11-straight weeks at No. 1 👀

Victor Wembanyama's historic stretch keeps him at the top of Steve Aschburner's NBA App Kia Rookie Ladder!

Check out the full list in the NBA App!

📲: link.nba.com/April10-RL

Early peek at the top of some NBA awards ballots. nba.com/news/trending-…

Billy Donovan said he hasn’t been contacted by Kentucky. Neither has his agent. Asked how he’d react if he was contacted, he said: “I’m committed to being here.”

And 10 years earlier, in the 1984 Final Four.

As the regular season winds down, the stakes get higher!

Steve Aschburner breaks down some of the BIGGEST matchups ahead in the final week of the 2023-24 regular season!

👀 link.nba.com/10-BigGames

Henry Aaron was a class act, elevating the HR record he earned (and still holds IMO).
Terrific when I encountered him as a kid, great when I interviewed him multiple times years later.
What a thrill that was 50 years ago!

Ten must-see games between Tuesday and Friday: nba.com/news/10-bigges…

This is the 9th season since the Bulls fired Tom Thibodeau. Only 2 of them will have been winning seasons, and one of those was a 42-40 campaign in 2015-'16 in which they missed the playoffs.

So the Bulls have had 1 relevant season since firing Tom Thibodeau.

Barely.

Hizzoner, The Mayor.

April 4, 1985: The Bucks' Terry Cummings sings the Star-Spangled Banner in Milwaukee (just before he scored 29 PTS in a win over the Detroit Pistons).

After another outstanding week, No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama keeps the top rung in Steve Aschburner's latest NBA App Kia Rookie Ladder!

See the full breakdown on the NBA App!

➡️: link.nba.com/RL-April3

Our scribes’ picks will be posted on the Web site and app Tuesday 4/9. I’m still ruminating.

Full list:

Wilt Chamberlain - 5 (vs Kings)
Wilt Chamberlain - 5 (vs Wizards)
Wilt Chamberlain - 4 (vs Pistons)
Wilt Chamberlain - 4 (vs Knicks)
Wilt Chamberlain - 3 (vs Kings)
Wilt Chamberlain - 3 (vs Lakers)
Wilt Chamberlain - 3 (vs Knicks)
Wilt Chamberlain - 3 (vs Hawks)
Wilt…

Was GT asked by Minneapolis media in 2021, upon initial report of the deal and the price at which he was locking in, how he’d feel about the franchise valuation going up (likely considerably) by the time it was completed in 2024?

Sure we have: Dennis Rodman.

farthest you've gotten on the basepaths this year

I hadn’t even processed the scandal over what was on the stolen hard drive.

😆 Maybe if you’re asking a class of kindergarteners.
The guy after whom the Rookie of the Year Award is named — Wilt Chamberlain — was the greatest rookie anyone ever has seen. And no, Wemby’s not “the second-greatest” either. Check your replies. (h/t Basketball Reference)

Wembanyama’s season is not unlike Spurs’ 2 previous ROY winners.

• Wemby: 20.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 3.6 apg, 3.5 bpg.
• Tim Duncan (1998): 21.1, 11.9, 2.7, 2.5.
• David Robinson (1990): 24.3, 12.0, 2.0, 3.9.

Key difference: TD (+20) & DR (+21) added W’s in Year 1.
VW: (-2 so far).