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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
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
MILWAUKEE — Kyle Korver watched the 2003 N.B.A. draft from his dorm room at Creighton University, where he was joined by friends and a television news crew that hovered in the doorway. LeBron James, as expected, went No. 1 to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but then the night began to drag for Korver. He began to […] More
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
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
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
Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. The N.B.A. stuffed a lot into the last 10 years. It was a decade book-ended by the first forays into free agency for LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard, both of whom shook the league with the choices they made and […] More
The expectations are always high for the N.B.A.’s Christmas Day games, and the schedule-makers have an unenviable task in deciding which ones will be relevant with more than half the regular season left. This year’s collection of games is hit-and-miss. Two of the five could be Eastern and Western Conference finals previews, while two others […] More
