The NBA never stops moving, and neither does Carter. Each week brings a fast, entertaining trip through the games, stars, surprises, controversies, and tactical swings shaping the league—without turning the show into a box-score recital. Catch the stories everyone will be talking about next, from the Afterplay Network.

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The defending champion Knicks pause all contract talks, LeBron James makes his Sixers debut, Giannis gets goosebumps in Miami, Fred VanVleet returns after 500 days, and the injury report is longer than the schedule. Carter breaks down the biggest stories across the NBA as preseason wraps up.

NBA Weekly with Carter Reynolds — Oct 11, 2026

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Sunday, October 4, 2026 | ~6,000–7,500 words | Season hasn&#39;t tipped yet, so this is the definitive pre-season map: what the 2026-27 schedule reveals, what the numbers say about tiredness, where the lottery gold sits, and which calendars break differently.

NBA Weekly with Carter Reynolds — Oct 4, 2026

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Carter Reynolds breaks down the NBA&#39;s defining offseason: the Giannis trade to Miami, the Morant and LaMelo moves, Washington&#39;s max-extension gamble, five new coaches, a rebuilt schedule, and the injury returns that will decide a loaded Eastern Conference — 23 days before opening night.

NBA Weekly with Carter Reynolds — Sep 27, 2026

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Offseason special: the blockbuster trades that redrew the East, the camp battles and injuries that will shape September, and the CBA economics underneath it all — nine days before training camps open.

NBA Weekly with Carter Reynolds — Sep 20, 2026

The NBA never stops moving, and neither does Carter. Each week brings a fast, entertaining trip through the games, stars, surprises, controversies, and tactical swings shaping the league—without turning the show into a box-score recital. Catch the stories everyone will be talking about next, from the Afterplay Network.