The Celtics collapsed yet again, falling into an 0-2 hole and an identity crisis that will decide whether their title defense ...

LJ Cryer is perhaps best-known for his All-American and Final Four season with the Houston Cougars this past year, where he ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets are facing off in Round 2 in the NBA Playoffs. The OKC Thunder are having to ...

Nikola Jokic is the Rubik’s sphere, rotund and requiring infinite moves to solve. In Jokic’s case, there isn’t — to this ...

His coach brought the flamethrower to the postgame news conference, but Tyrese Haliburton basically had a shoulder shrug when asked about Tuesday's anonymous NBA player survey from The Athletic ...

Jokić, a strong candidate to win his 4th Kia NBA MVP award, joins current teammate Russell Westbrook and Oscar Robertson. Associated Press Nuggets star Nikola Jokić finished Friday’s victory ...

Evan Mobley said his goal coming into the season with the Cleveland Cavaliers was to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award. He got it done. The Cavs consider Mobley to be their best ...

This week, with the 2025 NBA playoffs in full swing, The Athletic brought back its annual anonymous player poll to survey the league. In 2025, the poll is more comprehensive than ever, with 158 ...

In fact, the two-time all-star is top 10 in the NBA in win shares per 48 minutes, box plus/minus and value over replacement player. He has a strong case to make a second straight All-NBA team.

NBA players have made an unexpected choice when asked their opinion in the league’s most overrated player. The Athletic on Tuesday announced the results of its annual anonymous player survey ...

He led the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio among players who appeared in at least 50 games and helped lead the Pacers to their first 50-win season since 2013-14. He failed to earn an All-Star nod ...