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How the NBA’s tanking problem reached a breaking point
Roughly six weeks remain in the NBA regular season. If we’re lucky, it will be the final six weeks of the league’s decades-long tanking plague. In Thursday night’s slate,...
Imagine what it would be like if the Knicks won the NBA’s real title
These are the types of moments that could make a fan base — desperate for a title since 1973 — take a step back and utter the most dangerous...
SMAC Entertainment Signs NBA’s DeAndre Jordan
EXCLUSIVE: SMAC Entertainment, the management and production company co-founded by Constance Schwartz-Morini and Michael Strahan, has signed New Orleans Pelicans center DeAndre Jordan, the company announced Friday. Jordan becomes...
The pivotal role the Nets have assumed in trying to rebuild the NBA’s ties to China
The NBA’s ties to China, its biggest international market, have been strained in recent years, by factors including President Donald Trump’s trade wars and NBA executive Daryl Morey’s tweets....
76ers’ $243 Million All-Star Named NBA’s Most Overpaid Player
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has one of the biggest contracts in the NBA, though his checkered injury history is making it a burden on the franchise.Embiid is making...
My ranking of the NBA’s top players next season — and where the Knicks fit
It’s the dead time of the NBA calendar, a span that lasts roughly the two months between the end of Summer League and training camp. There are still some...
A potential Thunder dynasty is the NBA’s nightmare scenario
Normally, it’d be sacrilege to root for the Pacers — especially an Indiana team that eliminated the Knicks in consecutive years.  But these circumstances compelled treachery from New York...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally plays like NBA’s MVP at perfect time for Thunder
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hadn’t had an MVP moment in these NBA Finals, hadn’t grabbed hold of a game and seized it in winning time. That changed Friday night, when the...
Gregg Popovich, the NBA’s all-time wins leader, retires after 29 seasons as coach in San Antonio
(AP) - Gregg Popovich stepped down as coach of the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, ending a three-decade run that saw him lead the team to five NBA championships,...
Knicks find new level of toughness for tantalizing statement win over one of NBA’s elite
Once in a while across the endless basketball winter, you get one you need to circle, the better to remind yourself later on. So circle this one. Use your...