Spurs' 2025-26 schedule is packed with marquee matchups, boosting Victor Wembanyama's fantasy upside and Keldon Johnson's steady contributions as San Antonio faces top teams early.

Across the league, Donovan Mitchell anchors CLE, Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle lead NYK, Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero pace ORL, and Chris Boucher's Celtics arrival adds frontcourt depth. Derrick Rose's Bulls legacy and LaMelo Ball's Hornets add veteran and breakout appeal for fantasy managers.

The Atlantic looks tight for 2025-26 as Boston fights to hold off Brooklyn, New York, Toronto, and Philadelphia. Health and depth will decide if the Celtics stay atop or slip into a play-in scramble, with the Real GM Radio projection mapping Celtics, Nets, Knicks, Raptors, and 76ers outcomes. Boston could grip a top-six East seed, but a run of misfortune could thrust them into the play-in while still keeping playoff odds alive.

Brunson and Hart say childhood dreams still guide them: the ultimate aim is a championship with the Knicks, framed as a team journey and continuous self-improvement rather than individual glory. A near-miss in last season’s East finals fuels the drive. Opening night against Cleveland tests that mindset as New York chases a deep playoff run, with fantasy-friendly production from the Brunson-Hart backcourt and a supportive cast ready to deliver clutch moments all season.

No. 41 jersey lore surfaces in Thunder history, tracing five players who wore the number and spotlighting Steve Hayes as the third Sonic to do so. Hayes, an Idaho State alum, went from a 1977 Knicks draft pick to stints with the Spurs, Pistons and Cavaliers before Seattle in 1983, where he wore No. 41 for a single season, averaging 1.3 points and 1.4 rebounds.

The feature anchors this trivia in Basketball Reference data and uses the No. 41 lineage to illuminate how Seattle’s Sonics roots linger in the Thunder era, keeping a memory of a franchise past alive in modern lore.