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I collected the data in the graph above with the help of Michael Rees, a student researcher at the University of Texas at Austin. We spent the past several weeks tracking down historical NBA injury data, stitching it together, and cleaning it up so that we could study it. The resulting dataset includes more than 13,000 injuries and over 1,500 players, spanning 16 NBA seasons and all 30 teams. Public injury data is notoriously messy. Reporting guidelines have shifted over the years, the information we have about individual injuries is often vague or inconsistent, and teams may be more cautious with treating soft-tissue injuries than they were in the past. But the trends in this dataset are loud enough to cut through the noise and reveal a signal that is unmistakable and important: The NBA is in the midst of a leg plague, and a growing number of players are missing a growing number of games with lower-body soft-tissue injuries.
Baxley points to the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody Center, which Gensler helped design, as an example of a sunken arena that flows into a public plaza. The firm also helped design the Milwaukee Bucks’ Deer District, a mixed-use neighborhood outside the team’s new Fiserv Forum that includes a public plaza, entertainment venues, restaurants and retail. The idea of the extending the arena into downtown’s streets with outward-facing concessions and retail is somewhat novel, Baxley said. His model shows large canopies extending over First and Hennepin, creating shopping arcades that provide some shelter from the weather.
The 2025–26 NBA season has officially tipped off, and Netflix is diving deeper into basketball with a new project chronicling the illustrious career of Houston Rockets star forward Kevin Durant. Netflix has teamed up with OBB Pictures, the film and TV division of OBB Media, and Boardroom to create the definitive documentary series charting the NBA great’s life on and off the court: his upbringing in the Washington, DC, and Maryland area, college at the University of Texas, his immediate impact in the NBA, and his role representing the United States in the Olympics.
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In addition to Harris, Austin’s proposal was supported by NBA superstar Kevin Durant (who starred one year at the University of Texas), former Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry and PEAK6 founder Jenny Just. All big names, but none with active control of an NBA team.
University of Texas guard Tre Johnson went through a predraft workout with the Utah Jazz last week, according to league sources. Johnson, 19, is widely expected to be a top-5 pick, but could go as high at No. 3 in the June 25 draft.
Nick DePaula: Kevin Durant debuts the “Longhorns” KD 18 PE back at UT. 🤘 pic.x.com/I8cyn5KW9e
The Suns will face San Antonio Feb. 20 in their first game after the break at Moody Center in Austin, where Durant starred for the University of Texas for a one-and-done season. “Hopefully everybody gets their minds clear, enjoy their break with their families, get their bodies right and then come back and put our foot on the gas and try to get this thing turned around,” Durant said. “I know we’re losing games. That’s an exciting part of the NBA. Seeing how you can try to turn the season around and try to be better,'' he said. "We know we can be better. I’m excited about how we’re going to come in as far as mindset. I know a week off from the game, guys will be fiending to get back. I can’t wait.”
A group trying to bring a team to the city has filed a formal bid with the WNBA, three sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic. Former Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry is the lead investor in the group trying to bring another team to Texas, through his investment firm, Avenue Capital, while perennial NBA All-Star Kevin Durant and former University of Texas star and Houston Comets player Fran Harris are both involved with the bid, according to a person briefed on the bid. The team would likely play at the Moody Center, where the Longhorns compete. The group plans to build a practice facility for the prospective team if it wins the bid.
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Kevin Durant could be part of an Austin, Texas, ownership group pursuing a WNBA expansion team, SBJ has learned, becoming the latest NBA player to leverage the league’s collective bargaining agreement that allows active players to buy up to 4% of an independent W franchise. Almost two weeks ago, Jayson Tatum’s name surfaced as a potential partner with a separate group looking to bring a WNBA expansion team to St. Louis, Tatum’s hometown. Sources said Durant is in similar discussions with his own burgeoning group in Austin, where he attended the University of Texas for one season.
The Austin group is represented by former WNBA champion Fran Harris, who is leading the city’s capital raise but has not yet disclosed her lead investor. She would also neither confirm nor deny that Durant will be a minority partner. "I have a team of people who are assisting in the cap raise," Harris told SBJ. "We are at this point, putting together some strategic people in Austin, because sometimes when you're putting a raise together, it's not just about getting one big fish. It's about who are the other people who are around the table…You kind of round it out with some usual suspects of people who might have attended the University of Texas and play in the NBA."
On Thursday, Feb. 20, TNT will present San Antonio’s home game against Phoenix at the Moody Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, where 14-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant of the Suns was a college standout with the Longhorns (9:30 p.m. ET).
Rockets assistant coach Royal Ivey will interview for the vacant head-coaching position with the Charlotte Hornets, two individuals with knowledge of the process said. Ivey, a former University of Texas player and 10-year NBA veteran, was a Brooklyn Nets assistant for three seasons before joining coach Ime Udoka with the Rockets. Ivey, 42, was also an assistant with the Oklahoma City Thunder and New York Knicks after beginning his coaching career as the head coach of the Oklahoma City Blue in the G League.