Which NBA players have been the best of the best since the 2000-01 season? The Athletic NBA staff makes their picks.

The Athletic's top 25 players of the 21st century left fans outraged over Kobe Bryant's absence from the top three of the ...

As for the NBA specifically, we recently saw a case where Kevin Durant surpassed LeBron James as the highest-paid player of ...

The 1984 draft couldn’t be more legendary, featuring names like Michael Jordan , Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley and John ...

Lakers legends Shaq and Kobe Bryant have been ranked No. 7 and No. 4, respectively, in a new list of top-25 players of the ...

Star, Lenny Wilkens coached the Seattle Supersonics to their only NBA Championship in 1979. Wilkens’ family announced the ...

Week 3 of the 2025-26 NBA Regular Season is complete! We are now starting to get a decent sample size of basketball games to ...

Lenny Wilkens was gentle and fierce, graceful and competitive, soft-spoken and direct all at the same time. He was also ...

The NBA lost one of the most accomplished figures in league history on Sunday when Lenny Wilkens passed away at the age of 88 ...

Because NBA rules restrict the Lakers from extending Reaves up to 140% of the average player (four-years, $87.4 million with ...

Charlie Sheen talked about his close friendship with the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan.