BOSTON — Twenty years after the Seven-Seconds-or-Less Phoenix Suns shook up the NBA with an offense the likes of which the league had never seen or tried to defend before, …
BOSTON — Before his new team had even seen the court, Kristaps Porziņģis was already competing. At media day, players are shuttled through a circuit of interviews, news conferences and …
Each NBA playoff series is its own distinct event, with no real continuity point between the end of one and the beginning of another. The Minnesota Timberwolves, for instance, knocked …
MINNEAPOLIS — As Luka Dončić sat down in the tiny postgame news conference room, the smallest one he’ll be in until his season ends, he placed a trophy on the …
As the NBA closes in on a new media rights deal, much of the attention has been on what it means for the league and its teams. But there’s also …
Sample size matters, people. So when The Athletic launched its first NBA player poll in 2019, with 127 players answering questions about league matters so honestly because of the anonymity …
We, as a species, have trouble imagining something until it actually happens. The NBA playoffs are a perfect vessel from which to view this particular shortcoming. The Boston Celtics just …
Are you ready for some NBA postseason? We got a little taster on the season’s final weekend, with a few teams playing high-stakes games that resembled playoff environments. That was …
Yesterday, I largely focused on setting the table for the updated NBA Pre-Postseason Players Tiers before revealing Tier 3 (players between the 24th and 42nd spot) and Tier 4 (Nos. …
NBA players have always gotten an earful from fans, whether at home or on the road. It comes with the job. But this season, it’s getting darker. The recent surge …