The LeBron James GOAT coronation just got complicated.For LeBron, this season was always going to be largely defined by his pursuit of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record -- a mark, at this rate, he should surpass around mid-February....
Welcome back to NBA Star Power Index: A weekly gauge of the players getting the most buzz around the league. Inclusion on this list isn't necessarily a good thing -- it simply means you're capturing the NBA world's attention. This...
Did we jinx the Los Angeles Lakers? It's entirely possible. Two weeks ago, we argued that their recent improvement would likely prevent the New Orleans Pelicans from stealing Victor Wembanyama. And then on Friday, Anthony Davis suffered...
Travis Schlenk, the Atlanta Hawks president of basketball operations, is moving into a senior advisory role with the team, the team announced Wednesday. The team is set to promote current general manager Landry Fields to Schlenk's...
The Chicago Bulls are in freefall.This wasn't going to a title-contending season, but it wasn't supposed to be this either. They're 11-18, coming off a 150-124 loss -- yes, really -- to the Minnesota Timberwolves, which followed a...
It seems as though the Houston Rockets may finally be willing to part with veteran guard Eric Gordon. The Rockets have held onto Gordon despite the fact that they've been in the midst of a rebuild since trading James Harden to the...
A week after tearing his right hamstring in practice, the Dallas Mavericks announced Tuesday that big man Maxi Kleber had surgery and will begin rehab immediately. Last week, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported last week that Kleber...
The NBA's Phoenix Suns and WNBA's Phoenix Mercury are expected to be sold to Mat Ishbia, the billionaire CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage, according to ESPN. The purchase price will be $4 billion, according to The Athletic. The...
Orlando Magic forward Chuma Okeke will miss the next four weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, the team announced on Tuesday. The procedure Okeke had is a chondroplasty, which repairs damaged cartilage. Okeke...
The Dallas Mavericks have had perhaps the most frustrating season of any team in the Western Conference this season, and things just went from bad to worse on Monday in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. That defeat, their 16th...
The NBA world has spent the past several years trying to separate Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers. Year after year he has watched superstars team up and win championships in other cities as he remained on flawed Blazer...
The Dallas Mavericks have had perhaps the most frustrating season of any team in the Western Conference this season, and things just went from bad to worse on Monday in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. That defeat, their 16th...
The NBA world has spent the past several years trying to separate Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers. Year after year he has watched superstars team up and win championships in other cities as he remained on flawed Blazer...
No NBA city is perfect, but the one market that consistently seems to create issues between players and fans is Salt Lake City. The Utah Jazz have played there for over four decades, but a common thread in that time has been players...
Here's a little holiday-season inspired advice for the NBA, which, it seems, can clearly use it: You're entering a transition from one era of stars that defined the game to another, and you better start embracing and supporting that...
Nobody likes the "I told you so" guy, but I told you so. Anthony Davis was always going to get hurt. When he was playing out of his mind and the Lakers were tricking themselves into thinking they had something going as currently constructed,...
Nikola Jokic is one of the most unique and skilled big men to ever play the game of basketball, a fact he proved yet again on Sunday night with a performance that, even by the standards he's set as the reigning two-time MVP, was astounding....
This version of the Brooklyn Nets goes as Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving go, and perahaps no game this season has encapsulated that truth as well as their 124-121 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday evening, which extended their...
In the latest twist in this fascinating start to the 2022-23 NBA season, the once floundering New York Knicks are now the hottest team in the league. They extended their longest-active winning streak to seven Games on Sunday with a...
Former NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire was arrested Saturday on domestic violence charges after he allegedly punched one of his teenage daughters in the jaw during an argument, according to a report by CBS Miami. Stoudemire, the 2003 NBA...
With Steph Curry set to miss the next month or so with a shoulder injury, everyone on the Golden State Warriors will have to step up in his absence, but especially Jordan Poole. The young guard did just that on Sunday, leading the...