Between the aprons decimating rosters, the ever-present threat of injuries and the impossibly high bar each postseason sets for who is and is not playable on the biggest stage, we have officially ...

Editor's note: This is a part of an occasional USA TODAY Sports series on the best moments, teams, players and figures in sports over the last 25 years. There's a long legacy of Hall of Famers ...

Editor's note: This is a part of an occasional USA TODAY Sports series on the best moments, teams, players and figures in sports over the last 25 years. Cooper Flagg has a lot to live up to after the ...

As soon as he learned the NBA was returning to China, diehard fan Buke Liu scrambled to get his hands on tickets, paying almost a thousand dollars – a price you might expect for an NBA Finals game – ...

The NBA is vibrant and complex as ever, but viewer access has never been so expensive. Alonzo Adams / Imagn Images The NBA will look and sound different this season. Watching it will also cost more ...

Reed Sheppard is one of several second-year players who need to take the leap this season. Alex Slitz / Getty Images The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here ...

MACAU (Reuters) -The National Basketball Association (NBA) returned to China on Thursday for the first time since a controversial parting of ways in 2019, staging two games in Macau and announcing a ...

Oklahoma City fell short of a title last season. No, not the Larry O'Brien—they won that, and for the first time in franchise history. But before they got there, the Thunder couldn't quite close the ...

San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama was already tall. But, if the latest official measurements released by the team are to be trusted, he actually got taller. Wembanyama came into the NBA two ...

The Cleveland Browns started a rookie quarterback this past weekend. However, that rookie was not the polarizing fifth-rounder from the University of Colorado, Shedeur Sanders. It was former Oregon ...

Tony Bradley is one of three players on non-guaranteed deals with two roster spots open: 'I know what's at stake' Bradley has been focusing on extending the range on his jump shot to complement his ...