• Part II of a five-part series ahead of the 2024-25 NBA season, chronicling how the league reached this era of parity and the key questions that remain. Part I | …
“‘Zo? Yeah, I got him. (Dikembe) Mutombo? Got him twice. Got the big dude in Indiana, (Rik) Smits. Got Dale Davis, too. Haven’t gotten (Patrick) Ewing yet.” Then, he paused …
The 2025 NBA Draft cycle is officially here. International teams have tipped off their regular seasons, and college teams have started preseason practices. NBA scouts and executives are out and …
Welcome to the dog days. Most of the NBA will spend the next few weeks lounging on deck chairs near various distant seas before the slow march back into playing …
For the second time, The Athletic is rolling out its NBA 40 under 40 list. Look around the league and you’ll see how many of its leading faces are successful …
I’ll admit I had my doubts the NBA could do it again. Ultimately, I knew my favorite league would come through, and guess what? It did. The NBA released another …
Kevin Durant has become the latest American sports star to invest in European soccer. On Monday, The Athletic reported that the two-time NBA champion and Phoenix Suns forward had bought …
SOMEWHERE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN — Now for the question you know you’ve been dying to ask for three weeks about the Team USA men’s basketball “Avengers”: With their gold-medal …
PARIS — Stephen Curry just wanted to feel like one of the Olympians. During the July 26 opening ceremonies, he was floating down the Seine River on the Team USA …
PARIS – Joel Embiid recently suggested Team USA’s stars were old, and their advanced ages may cause outsiders to overrate their collective might. Two of the players Embiid was talking …