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    David Stern, Transformative N.B.A. Commissioner, Dies at 77

    David Stern, who during a 30-year run as commissioner of the National Basketball Association masterminded its transformation from a league in peril to a multibillion-dollar industry and the first American sports league to thrive internationally, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 77. His death was announced in a statement from the N.B.A. Mr. Stern […] More

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    Fearless Predictions for the N.B.A. in 2020

    It’s a must this time of year: Let’s break out the crystal roundball to share eight more (almost) fearless predictions for the N.B.A. in 2020. Zion Williamson will make his official N.B.A. debut by the end of January — or else sitting out his entire rookie season becomes a real possibility. Although the initial projection […] More

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    Taking a Glimpse Into the Future

    It’s a must this time of year: Let’s break out the crystal roundball to share eight more (almost) fearless predictions for the N.B.A. in 2020. Zion Williamson will make his official N.B.A. debut by the end of January — or else sitting out his entire rookie season becomes a real possibility. Although the initial projection […] More

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    The Process. The Decision. The Big Three. They Changed the N.B.A.

    The New York Times is reflecting on the past decade in the N.B.A., which has evolved perhaps more than any other major sports league. The N.B.A. has been less bound to tradition than the other major sports leagues, embracing uniforms changes more so than the N.F.L. and embracing rules changes more readily than the M.L.B. […] More

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    The Best N.B.A. Season of the Decade? Too Hard to Choose.

    The New York Times is reflecting on the past decade in the N.B.A., which has evolved perhaps more than any other major sports league. The last decade in the N.B.A. had something for everyone. New superstars emerged — Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard — and veterans like Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant reminded us all why […] More

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    Instead of a Merry Christmas, Maybe LeBron Will Have a Happy Birthday

    LOS ANGELES — Witnessing the sight of Patrick Beverley strutting around with a finger aloft and letting the Los Angeles Clippers’ team owner, Steve Ballmer, wrap him up in a triumphant hug is not how LeBron James intended to celebrate Christmas. For the Los Angeles Lakers, it was the sort of dreaded scene that generates […] More

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    Why Stephen Curry (Not LeBron) Is the N.B.A. Player of the Decade

    The New York Times is reflecting on the past decade in the N.B.A., which has evolved perhaps more than any other major sports league. The choice for the N.B.A.’s player of the decade came down to just two superstars — Stephen Curry and LeBron James. After all, if it wasn’t Curry holding a championship trophy […] More