Basketball News

There are so many aspects of Bol Bol's game to admire, but there are also red flags. That's what makes the 7-foot-2 center out of Oregon a high-risk, high-reward prospect …

Meet SLAM's 2019 High School All-American girls squad. We spent an afternoon with the top seniors--Zia Cooke, Haley Jones, Jordan Horston, Aliyah Boston, Samantha Brunelle and Ashley Owusu--for our annual photo shoot. Ge...

This N.B.A. season has been treated as a foregone conclusion, but Golden State will not want to get too comfortable against Kawhi Leonard and his loaded Toronto Raptors.

Magic Johnson pushed back against a published report that he was something of an abusive boss during his brief tenure as president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers. Johnson says team owner Jeanie Buss ...

World Peace, known as Ron Artest for much of his N.B.A. career, has become a strong voice on mental health and the subject of a documentary. But he knows many remember him for one thing: the brawl.

Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins, who continues to rehab from a torn left quad, could be active for Game 1 of the NBA Finals vs. the Raptors.

Though the Heat's position well above the salary cap and up against the tax line presents clear obstacles, team president Pat Riley is hardly giving up on doing something significant …

Raptors forward OG Anunoby, who had an emergency appendectomy last month, has begun taking contact and hopes to return during the NBA Finals.

So the once-regal Los Angeles Lakers are in abject disarray, a soap opera on steroids. Lakers pillar Magic Johnson abruptly quits as president. He accuses general manager Rob Pelinka of …

The Houston Rockets are reportedly making their entire roster and future draft picks available in trade talks this summer. Chris Paul and big man Clint Capela are said to be “realistic trade targets.” General manager...

It’s been four months since word broke that Anthony Davis didn’t intend on signing an extension with the Pelicans, preferring instead to be traded out of New Orleans. Much has changed for the franchise since. Today, ...

Referees Eric Lewis and Kane Fitzgerald will be working their first NBA Finals, and veteran Mike Callahan was chosen to work the championship series for the 16th time.