When the Milwaukee Bucks won the second-annual Emirates NBA Cup last December, they took a more even keeled approach in celebrating the in-season tournament vic

Is the NBA Cup working? Tim Bontemps details what's next for the tournament on the eve of the Knicks-Spurs title game.

With the 2025-26 NBA season in full swing, the league is already seeing a lot of buzz and excitement for what’s to come throughout the schedule, especially for the NBA Cup in-season tournament. After six weeks of group play, quarterfinals and semifinals, there are only two teams left to compete for the NBA Cup trophy.

Every Monday, we catch you up on the happenings in the NBA. This week’s big story is Victor Wembanyama and his dramatic return. He took down an Oklahoma City Thunder team that has been invincible pretty much all season. It set up the marquee event of the week: the San Antonio Spurs taking on the New York Knicks in Tuesday’s 2025 NBA Cup final.

The Hall of Famer has an emotional stake in the San Antonio Spurs, the team he helped win four championships, and this was before the Spurs played the behemoth from Oklahoma City in the semifinals. Let’s just say that, after the fact, that stake has now intensified.

After returning from injury and taking down the Thunder in the NBA Cup, Victor Wembanyama has put himself back in the MVP conversation.

The San Antonio Spurs took a wrecking ball to the Oklahoma City Thunder's hopes of winning the NBA Cup, but that wasn't the Miley Cyrus song playing in the locker room after Saturday's 111-109 win.

"When I come back on the court, I think it will be me," Wembanyama said when asked who the best player in the NBA is.