Matt Dollinger
@matt_dollinger
Deputy Editor, NBA @ringer. Adjunct Professor @IUMediaSchool. Sports Illustrated alum.
Say what you want, but Magic gets SEO.
I'm so excited for Denver vs. Utah Game 7 & to see Jamal Murray vs. Donovan Mitchell! For Denver to win, Nikola Jokić, Gary Harris, Paul Millsap, or Michael Porter Jr. has to step up! For Utah to win, it's on Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, or Rudy Gobert to step up.
wrote about why i love the clippers in this piece and them adding chris paul has turned me into the vince mcmahon meme
Now that the dust has settled, I wrote about a few NBA offseason topics that interest me: theringer.com/2025/07/21/nba…
I’m really going to miss the Indiana Pacers: theringer.com/2025/06/23/nba…
Desmond Bane is an A+ perfect fit for the Orlando Magic. Wrote about the trade here: theringer.com/2025/06/16/nba…
SGA is very very very good theringer.com/2025/06/09/nba…
I wrote about how regardless of pretty much everything that's going on around them, the Indiana Pacers never stop playing like the Indiana Pacers: theringer.com/2025/06/06/nba…
One of the best to ever do it! Thanks for paving the way, @rickbozich. x.com/WDRBNews/statu…
BOZICH | Goodbye (and thank you) after nearly 50 years living a sportswriter's dream: wdrb.com/sports/bozich-…
Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to stay in Milwaukee. The Bucks just have to give him a reason to. I wrote about the long road back to contention for a championship team that’s almost completely turned over: theringer.com/2025/06/30/nba…
Deep dive on Cooper Flagg. Read it here: theringer.com/2025/06/25/nba…
From yesterday, opened up the Tank Diaries one last time to write about the champs. This one’s for Poku. theringer.com/2025/06/23/nba…
updated mock draft, updated big board nbadraft.theringer.com
“I’m drinking on the podcast if they win.” 😂 @BillSimmons, @ZachLowe_NBA, and @RobMahoney make their predictions for Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
When nothing makes sense, everything becomes possible. @HowardBeck on the beautiful, glorious, totally illogical chaos of the 2025 NBA Finals: theringer.com/2025/06/20/nba…
"Hoosier god? McConnell is. McConnell is your god now." Read the great @dannychau: theringer.com/2025/06/20/nba…
Mike D’Antoni’s revolution lives on in Indiana, but the Pacers aren’t just the 2004 Suns reincarnated. They’re playing at a higher level, says D’Antoni. @HowardBeck: theringer.com/2025/06/16/nba…
Caitlin Clark’s return and an afternoon of logo threes that reminded us the Fever’s goals are within reach, even if they are a long shot: theringer.com/2025/06/16/wnb…
The Thunder looked invincible for most of Game 1 and then learned a Finals lesson the hard way. @HowardBeck on OKC’s painful reality check: theringer.com/2025/06/06/nba…
"The Thunder may be basketball’s latest inevitability, but the Pacers are the living embodiment of basketball’s inherent magic." I wrote about Game 1. theringer.com/2025/06/06/nba…
Listen to the latest @ringernba Groucpchat where at the top of the show I suggest exactly what Joe House did. Back up the brinks truck for coach Spo, blow him out of the water with money. Also come for NBA @JustinVerrier -ables! open.spotify.com/episode/7KKNmv…
🚨 new real ones 🚨 1st segment: me and @howardbeck discuss thibs firing 2nd segment: me & HB preview the finals 3rd segment: me, Howard, @byjoelanderson & @bryancurtis talk about end of “Inside the NBA” on Turner and the show’s future at ESPN Tap in open.spotify.com/episode/7a0Rzv…