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Jaden Ivey’s release isn’t a victory for inclusion. It’s a lesson in athlete expendability | RK Russell
Former athletes like me know that in professional sports you can get away with most things … as long as you’re talented enough When the Chicago Bulls waived Jad
Billion-dollar bids made for NBA Europe teams
Multiple billion-dollar bids have been made for teams in the NBA's proposed Euros league, BBC Sport understands.
Doncic breaks Bryant points record for LA Lakers
Luka Doncic breaks NBA great Kobe Bryant's record for the most points scored by a Los Angeles Lakers player in a calendar month.
Deal complete to sell NBA's Portland Trail Blazers
NBA side Portland Trail Blazers are sold to a group led by NHL outfit Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon.
‘Death hunted him since he was a kid’: how Lamar Odom survived to become a villain in his own tale
A new documentary charts the tragic events that led to the former NBA star overdosing in a Nevada brothel – and what came next There’s a version of the Lamar Od
Bucks out of NBA playoff contention with defeat by Spurs
The Milwaukee Bucks lose to the San Antonio Spurs and will miss the NBA play-offs for the first time since 2016.
The nerdy, authentic Oklahoma City Thunder are a breath of fresh air
The relatable, endearing authenticity of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the defending NBA champions is a wonder to behold Winter is over, though perhaps most NBA fans feel as if it’s just beginning. After a midseason slump, the Oklahoma City Thunder have won 12 of their last 13 games They’re clinging to a slim but steady three-game lead over the San Antonio Spurs atop the otherwise chaotic Western Conference. (The Lakers are good now? The Nuggets can’t find their footing? The Rockets can’t even sta
NBA explores adding teams in Seattle and Las Vegas
The NBA's board of governors vote to allow the league to explore potential expansion franchises in Seattle and Las Vegas.
NBA expansion explained: teams in Vegas and Seattle, LeBron’s role and hungry billionaires
The NBA’s board of governors voted to move forward with the cities as targets for its first expansion since 2004. Here’s what it means for the future of the league The NBA has moved a step closer to adding teams in Seattle and Las Vegas. The league’s board of governors met this week and voted to explore bids and applicants for teams exclusively in those two cities, beginning the process for its first expansion in more than two decades. Bids are expected to be in the $7bn to $10bn range per franc
The Celtics’ orca-loving Joe Mazzulla is an NBA oddball. He’s also a masterful coach
The 37-year-old may come across as corny and gauche. But he’s already won one NBA championship and it probably won’t be his last The Boston Celtics’ head coach, Joe Mazzulla, is a very odd man. He is also a very good coach. Take, for example, a story Celtics guard Derrick White told in an interview last November. According to White, the first sound at one Celtics practice wasn’t a whistle. Continue reading...
Lions and Hatters add Cup to Trophy successes
London Lions won their second final of the season as they beat Manchester 83-74 to lift the Super League Basketball Cup.
James sets NBA appearance record in late Lakers win
LeBron James sets the record for the most regular-season games played in NBA history as he helps the Los Angeles Lakers to a dramatic buzzer-beating 105-104 victory against the Orlando Magic in his 1,612th outing.
The WNBA’s historic deal teaches girls everywhere to advocate for themselves | Etan Thomas
A landmark new CBA should be a moment of progress. Instead, the discourse around the negotiations revealed the same old attitudes – and my daughters recognized them instantly Sign up for WNBA 30: a limited run women’s basketball newsletter I interviewed Jemele Hill for my podcast The Rematch and asked for her reaction to the WNBA’s landmark new collective bargaining agreement, a seven-year deal that includes a salary cap increase to $7m (up from $1.5m in 2025), maximum salaries approaching $1.
NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won’t visit White House, citing ‘timing issue’
Team says ‘timing just didn’t work out’ for visit No NBA team has visited during a Trump presidency The reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder will not visit the White House during their trip to the nation’s capital this weekend. A Thunder spokesperson confirmed Friday that a “timing issue” will prevent the team from making the traditional appearance. Oklahoma City face the Wizards in Washington on Saturday. Continue reading...
Doncic matches Bryant as Lakers beat Heat
Luka Doncic scores 60, LeBron James ties an appearance record and Dell Curry has has shirt retired in a busy night for the NBA.
Luka Dončić erupts for 60 as surging LA Lakers extend win streak in Miami
Dončić drops 60 as Lakers win eighth straight LeBron posts triple-double in Miami return Luka Dončić scored 60 points, LeBron James had a triple-double on a night where he tied the NBA record for games played, and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed their season-best winning streak to eight games with a 134-126 win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night. It tied the second-most points Dončić ever scored in a game, behind a 73-point night against Atlanta in 2024 and matching a 60-point night against N
Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham to miss extended time with collapsed lung
Cunningham to miss time with playoffs near Detroit star may now fall shy of awards cutoff Pistons lead East but face uncertain timeline All-Star guard Cade Cunningham of the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons has a collapsed lung and is expected to miss at least two weeks and possibly more, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Thursday. The exact timeline for a return to play is still unknown, the person said. Continue reading...
Thunder first NBA side to clinch play-off place
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander enjoys 40-point night as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Orlando Magic and become the first NBA team to secure a play-off berth.
More than the Score
Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward chose a career in the NBA over the NFL
James praises Doncic after overtime Lakers winner
LeBron James praises the 'generational' talent of team-mate Luka Doncic, who hit an overtime winner for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Leonard equals franchise record in Clippers win
Kawhi Leonard scores at least 20 points for the 44th consecutive game to equal a 51-year-old franchise record for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Former NBA star Chris Washburn reflects on drugs, downfall and second chances
The former No 3 overall NBA draft pick opens up about addiction, homelessness and redemption in a candid memoir revisiting basketball’s cocaine era When the Golden State Warriors drafted Chris Washburn with the No 3 pick in 1986, it should have been a dream come true. Instead, it might have been the worst thing that could have happened for the 6ft 11in NC State prospect. “I put on a smile because they were paying me to be out there,” Washburn, a former three-time high school All-American, tells
How Detroit’s New Bad Boys climbed from the NBA’s cellar to rule the East
From a 28-game losing streak to the top of the East, the Pistons have rebuilt themselves the old Detroit way – defense, defiance and a refusal to stay down In Detroit, the black-eyed Susan grows along lonely highways and in vacant lots. It pushes through gravel and broken glass. It survives heat that cracks the earth and winters that freeze it solid. When the wind bends its stem, it cracks back in place. Its petals are a grungy yellow, the shade of anxiety, orbiting a bruised center. Black-eyed,
Gilgeous-Alexander breaks 63-year NBA points record
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says he gives the "game everything" on breaking the 63-year-old NBA record for the most 20-point games in a row.
Wings, sex and hypocrisy: how the NBA tied itself in knots over a strip club night
The Hawks decided to pay tribute to Atlanta institution Magic City. The league soon found itself dealing with a narrative it doesn’t understand fully Manufactured outrage will have to serve as the theme for what had been the most hotly anticipated game of the season. For those who may have missed it: last month the Atlanta Hawks announced plans for a 16 March promotional event called Magic City Night. The name wasn’t just a nod to that evening’s opponent, the Orlando Magic; it was meant to honor
Bam Adebayo just scored 83 points in a game. Was it down to brilliance or stat padding?
The Miami Heat star scored the second-most points in a game in NBA history on Tuesday night. Some may question exactly how he got there Second in points, last in ethics? That will be the accusation against the Miami Heat and Bam Adebayo, after the big man moved into second on the NBA’s single-game scoring list with 83 points against the woeful Washington Wizards on Tuesday. Adebayo surpassed the 81 points that Kobe Bryant scored in a 2006 game and left only Wilt Chamberlain, with 100 in a game i
'It's Wilt, me, then Kobe' - Adebayo scores 83 points
The Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo scores 83 points in a game, surpassing Kobe Bryant and second only to the great Wilt Chamberlain.
Miami’s Bam Adebayo erupts for 83 points, second only to Wilt in NBA history
Adebayo scores 83 points in historic Heat victory Only Chamberlain’s 100 points stands higher Career night comes at home with mother watching It’s Wilt, then Bam. Bam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. Adebayo scored 83 points, setting league marks for free throws made and attempted in a game for the Miami Heat in a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. Continue reading...
The NBA knows how to punish spectacle. Systems are harder | Lee Escobedo
When Ja Morant brandished a gun on social media the league knew how to act. But what happens when complex questions about team ownership arise? Lately, I’ve been thinking about the job I had two decades ago, when I was a janitor at a machine shop in Fort Worth, Texas. Even as a hungover 20-year-old, my internal monologue would debate the ethics of the parts I packaged. We produced tiny components for Halliburton and Lockheed Martin. Slivers of aluminum machined to tolerances so fine you could mi
NBA’s bizarre ‘tanking’ problem has spewed theories but no solutions | Sean Ingle
Logical situation of losing to get a better pick has led to big fines but June’s superstar draft created a ‘perfect storm’ Imagine you are the director of football at a crisis-stricken Premier League club in a world where relegation doesn’t exist and the planet’s best teenagers become available for free in a draft every June. In this alternate universe, you are also aware of something else: the 2026 Premier League draft is one for the ages. Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí are in it. So