By ESPN | ESPN, 2026-04-04 11:19:00
2025-26赛季NBA常规赛即将落下帷幕，季后赛版图也趋于稳固，但围绕选秀和休赛期的讨论早已沸沸扬扬。
对于10支已经无缘季后赛的球队来说，焦点已转向5月10日的NBA选秀抽签顺位，以及这将如何影响他们的球队未来。
2026年选秀（6月25日和26日）被广泛认为是一个人才辈出且深度极高的“大年”；多名顶级球员被寄予厚望成为联盟未来的超级巨星，这导致了近年来最为明显的集体“摆烂”现象。
在其他方面，金州勇士队预计斯蒂芬·库里 (Stephen Curry) 将在周日对阵休斯敦火箭队的比赛中复出，此前他因右膝伤势缺席了27场比赛；洛杉矶湖人队周五宣布，超级巨星卢卡·东契奇 (Luka Doncic) 因腿筋伤势将缺席常规赛剩余的所有比赛；而关于科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 与Aspiration公司的调查仍在继续，目前尚无结束迹象。联盟主席亚当·萧华 (Adam Silver) 在上周的董事会会议上并未提及该调查。
以下是我们的内线记者从联盟各处消息源获得的情报。
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4月3日
卢卡·东契奇常规赛报销
据ESPN记者沙姆斯·查拉尼亚 (Shams Charania) 和戴夫·麦克梅纳明 (Dave McMenamin) 透露，湖人队球星卢卡·东契奇因2级右腿筋拉伤将无限期缺阵。东契奇将缺席常规赛剩余比赛，其季后赛能否出战尚不确定。
据DraftKings体育博彩数据显示，在该消息传出后的20分钟内，湖人队的夺冠赔率从30-1暴跌至100-1。
东契奇本赛季已出战64场比赛，并在ESPN最新的MVP模拟投票中排名第四。据其经纪人比尔·达菲 (Bill Duffy) 透露，东契奇将针对奖项评选的“65场比赛规则”申请所谓的“特殊情况挑战”。
来自WME篮球经纪人比尔·达菲关于卢卡·东契奇的声明：“本赛季，卢卡·东契奇的表现达到了历史级别，他在得分榜上领跑全联盟，带领湖人队升至西部第三，并让自己处于竞争最激烈的…… https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/2040187516754518125
— Shams Charania (@ ShamsCharania) 2026年4月3日
据ESPN的鲍比·马克斯 (Bobby Marks) 报道，东契奇可以针对去年12月因女儿出生而缺席的两场比赛申请例外豁免。申请时间不得早于常规赛最后一天的东部时间中午12点，且不得晚于常规赛结束次日的晚上11:59。
东契奇在去年8月签署了一份为期三年的续约合同，并在过去的六个赛季中五次入选最佳阵容。
如果申请被拒绝，他的下一份合同将不会受到财务上的影响。
尽管湖人队尚未提供复出时间表，但2级腿筋拉伤通常需要一个月的康复期。东契奇本赛季场均贡献联盟最高的33.5分，外加7.7个篮板和8.3次助攻。
湖人队在过去10场比赛中取得了8胜2负的战绩，目前位居西部第三，领先第四名丹佛掘金队1个胜场，领先第五名休斯敦火箭队2.5个胜场，领先第六名明尼苏达森林狼队3.5个胜场。
马克西达成重要里程碑
达到赛季奖项评选的65场比赛门槛，可能会对费城76人队后卫泰瑞斯·马克西 (Tyrese Maxey) 产生重大的财务影响。
如果马克西在本赛季入选最佳阵容，他将有资格在2027年休赛期签署一份为期四年、价值3亿美元的超级顶薪续约合同。该续约合同的第一年将从2029-30赛季开始。
如果一名球龄达到7年或8年的球员在紧接的前一个赛季入选最佳阵容，或者在紧接的前三个赛季中有两个赛季入选，则具备签署超级顶薪的资格。马克西目前的场均得分（28.8分）排名联盟第四，关键球总得分排名联盟第三。—— 鲍比·马克斯
4月2日
科怀·伦纳德与Aspiration调查仍在进行中
据ESPN记者巴克斯特·霍姆斯 (Baxter Holmes) 透露，针对洛杉矶快船队、科怀·伦纳德与Aspiration公司之间涉嫌私下交易的调查仍在进行中。
“Wachtell律师事务所的调查正在进行中，”一位NBA发言人表示，“还有更多工作要做，目前没有明确的时间表。”
2025年9月有消息爆出，快船队因涉嫌通过伦纳德与Aspiration之间价值2800万美元的代言协议规避工资帽而接受调查。老板史蒂夫·鲍尔默 (Steve Ballmer) 否认了这些指控。
阅读更多： 关于NBA调查洛杉矶快船队的最新进展
管理层讨论NBA选秀状元人选
ESPN的杰里米·伍 (Jeremy Woo) 和蒂姆·邦坦普斯 (Tim Bontemps) 与联盟各队高管讨论了即将到来的2026年NBA选秀，包括他们认为谁将成为状元秀、管理层对新秀的担忧以及最适合的球队。
“我认为这次选秀在某些方面与[2024年扎卡里·里萨谢 (Zaccharie Risacher)]那一届相似，但水平更高，”他们表示，“那一年人们在想，‘真的会有人变得很出色吗？’而今年，大家的感觉是，‘该死，好球员太多了。’你非常有信心其中至少有一些人会成为非常、非常优秀的球员，只是你不太确定具体是哪几个。
“你肯定不想手握状元签，最后却选到了这届球员中排名第五的人。”
NBA选秀抽签将于5月10日举行，随后选秀大会将于6月25日和26日进行。
阅读更多： 2026年NBA选秀：球探和高管在关注前五顺位的哪些特质
3月31日
勒布朗今夏何去何从？
ESPN的蒂姆·邦坦普斯和戴夫·麦克梅纳明分析了勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James) 在今年休赛期可能采取的六种途径，包括留在洛杉矶湖人队、回到家乡克利夫兰，或者加盟联盟中一些令人意外的“黑马”球队。
阅读更多： 勒布朗的下一步？NBA内线专家解析湖人、骑士及自由球员市场选择
3月27日
球探和管理层如何看待马刺队的季后赛前景
在每周的情报档案中，ESPN的蒂姆·邦坦普斯和布莱恩·温德霍斯特 (Brian Windhorst) 采访了教练、管理层和球探，以评估外界对圣安东尼奥马刺队季后赛征程日益高涨的期待。
“他们现在是我的心头好，”一位球探告诉ESPN，“我一直在思考这件事。他的比赛风格在季后赛会更具统治力，每一场比赛他都会更加深入地占据你的心理。在第一场比赛中，你的球员在出手时会想到他；到了第四场，他们就会彻底做噩梦了。”
马刺队目前落后俄克拉荷马城雷霆队2个胜场，正在争夺西部第一。
阅读更多： NBA情报：马刺夺冠呼声在高管、教练和球探中日益高涨
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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2026 NBA buzz: Latest news, injuries, league intel, updates
The 2025-26 NBA regular season is coming to a close and the playoff picture is starting to solidify, but buzz around the draft and offseason is already humming.
For the 10 teams already eliminated from playoff contention, the focus has turned to the May 10 NBA draft lottery order and how it impacts their franchises.
The 2026 draft (June 25 and 26) is widely viewed as deep and talented; several of the top players are expected to be future stars in the league, which has resulted in some of the most overt tanking efforts in years.
Elsewhere, the Golden State Warriors expect Stephen Curry to return Sunday against the Houston Rockets after missing 27 games with a right knee injury; the Los Angeles Lakers announced Friday that superstar Luka Doncic will miss the rest of the regular season with a hamstring injury; and the Kawhi Leonard-Aspiration investigation continues on with no end in sight. Commissioner Adam Silver did not address the investigation at last week’s board of governors meeting.
Here’s what our insiders are hearing from their sources across the league.
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April 3
Luka Doncic out for the rest of the regular season
Lakers star Luka Doncic is out indefinitely with a Grade 2 right hamstring injury, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania and Dave McMenamin. Doncic will miss the rest of the regular season, and his availability for the playoffs is uncertain.
In the 20 minutes after the news broke, the Lakers’ title chances dropped from 30-1 to 100-1, per DraftKings Sportsbook.
Doncic, who has played in 64 games and ranked fourth in ESPN’s latest MVP straw poll, will apply for what’s called an “extraordinary circumstances challenge” to the 65-game rule for award consideration, per his agent, Bill Duffy.
Statement from Luka Doncic’s agent Bill Duffy of WME Basketball: "This season, Luka Dončić has performed at a historic level, leading the league in scoring, carrying the Lakers to third place in the Western Conference and placing himself in the middle of one of the most tightly… https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/2040187516754518125
— Shams Charania (@ ShamsCharania) April 3, 2026
Per ESPN’s Bobby Marks, Doncic can apply the exception for the two games he missed in December for the birth of his daughter. The application must be made no earlier than 12 p.m. ET on the last day of the regular season and no later than 11:59 p.m. on the day after the last day of the regular season.
Doncic signed a three-year extension last August and has been named All-NBA in five of the six previous seasons.
There will be no financial implications in his next contract if the application is denied.
Though the Lakers haven’t provided a timeline for his return, Grade 2 hamstring injuries typically require a monthlong recovery. Doncic has averaged a league-high 33.5 points this season, along with 7.7 rebounds and 8.3 assists.
The Lakers, who have gone 8-2 in their past 10 games, are third in the Western Conference, one game ahead of the No. 4-seeded Denver Nuggets, 2.5 games ahead of the No. 5-seeded Houston Rockets and 3.5 ahead of the No. 6-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves.
Maxey reaches important milestone
Reaching the 65-game criteria ffor postseason honors could have significant financial implications for Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey.
In the scenario Maxey is named All-NBA this season, he would become eligible to sign a four-year, $300 million supermax extension in the 2027 offseason. The first year of the extension would begin in 2029-30.
A player with seven or eight years of NBA service is supermax eligible if they are named All-NBA in the immediately preceding season or in two of the immediately preceding three seasons. Maxey ranks fourth in the league in points per game (28.8) and third in total clutch points. – Bobby Marks
April 2
Kawhi Leonard-Aspiration investigation ongoing
The investigation into an alleged deal between the LA Clippers, Kawhi Leonard and the company Aspiration is ongoing, sources told ESPN’s Baxter Holmes.
“Wachtell’s investigation is ongoing,” said an NBA spokesperson. “There is more work to be done and no set timeline.”
The news broke in September of 2025 that the Clippers were being investigated over allegation that a $28 million endorsement deal between Leonard and Aspiration constituted salary cap circumvention. Owner Steve Ballmer has denied the allegations.
Read more: The latest on the NBA’s investigation into the LA Clippers
Front offices debate the NBA draft’s No. 1 pick
ESPN’s Jeremy Woo and Tim Bontemps talked to executives across the league about the upcoming 2026 NBA draft, including whom they believe will be taken with the first overall selection, what concerns front offices have with prospects and best fits.
“I think this draft is, in some ways, similar to the [2024 Zaccharie] Risacher year, but on a higher level,” they said. "That year it was like, ‘Is anyone going to be really good?’ This year, it’s like, ‘Well, s—, there’s a lot of guys.’ You have high confidence that at least some of them are going to be really, really good. You’re not really sure which ones.
“You don’t want to be drafting at 1 and end up with the fifth-best player.”
The NBA draft lottery takes place on May 10 ahead of the draft on June 25 and 26.
Read more: 2026 NBA draft: What scouts, execs are watching in top five picks
March 31
What’s next for LeBron this offseason?
ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Dave McMenamin broke down the six possible avenues LeBron James could take this offseason, including staying with the Los Angeles Lakers, returning home to Cleveland and or landing with some surprising wildcard teams around the league.
Read more: Next for LeBron? NBA insiders on Lakers, Cavs, free agency options
March 27
How scouts and front offices view the Spurs’ playoff chances
In their weekly intel file, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst talked to coaches, front offices and scouts to gauge the growing hype around the San Antonio Spurs’ playoff run.
“They’re my favorite now,” the scout told ESPN. “I’ve been thinking a lot about it. His game is going to be even more dominant in the playoffs and every game he’s going to get more and more into your head. In Game 1, your players will think about him on some of their shots. By Game 4, they’ll be having full-on nightmares.”
The Spurs are currently two games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder for the top seed in the Western Conference.
Read more: NBA intel: Spurs title buzz grows among execs, coaches, scouts
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