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According to Pat Riley, Dwyane Wade was “the best player in the world” when he led the Miami Heat to an improbable championship victory in 2006. Wade, an NBA Finals MVP at age 24, “was better than Kobe [Bryant] at ...

Tim Hardaway infamously told a sports radio interviewer that he hated gay people back in 2007, and now says it’s the “only reason” he hasn’t been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Hardaway, 52, says he has since �...

Devin Booker notched his second consecutive 50-point game Wednesday night, but it wasn’t enough for the Phoenix Suns, who fell 124-121 to the visiting Washington Wizards. Booker, 22, is the youngest player in NBA histo...

Filip Peraić needed a career boost. He found one by drawing Harden, the Houston Rockets guard, in profile over and over and over again.

Chicago forward Lauri Markkanen won't play against Portland on Wednesday after a trip to a local hospital and remaining overnight in Toronto.

The rare N.B.A. star willing to lean into his role as a villain, Butler, briefly back in the city he scorned, is ready to absorb fans' anger.

Jazz reserve point guard Dante Exum underwent surgery to repair a partially torn patellar tendon in his right knee Wednesday and remains out indefinitely, the team announced Thursday.

Josh Hart averaged 7.9 points in his second career season.

Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki have shared a lot of moments on the basketball court, but always on opposite ends. There was the 2006 NBA Finals, when Wade dominated the …

Steve Kerr says that Kevin Durant, who went 12-for-13 from the field Wednesday night, “does whatever he wants each game.” KD told reporters that he became hyper-focused on efficiency in 2009, his second year in the N...

Blazers 118 (47-27), Bulls 98 (21-55) Portland went into halftime with an 18-point lead, which would grow to 28 points during the third quarter. Damian Lillard finished with 11 points, 7 dimes, 6 boards and a +20 plus/mi...

After losing center Jusuf Nurkic to a gruesome leg injury, the Portland Trail Blazers are trying to regroup as the regular season winds down.

Jeff Green shrugged off a crossover from Lance Stephenson that sent him stumbling backwards, and threw NBA social media into a frenzy Tuesday night. "I can confirm that he did step on my foot," Green told reporters. Step...