Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.

The battle of the second and third-ranked teams in the Western Conference features some of the league's up-and-coming franchises. The third-seeded Memphis Grizzlies are an established squad built ...

The Western Conference, as usual, has a deep pool of players to choose from and will inevitably have at least a few "snubs." Given the structure of how reserves are selected (three frontcourt ...