NBA

The Giannis Antetokounmpo rumor mill did not need more gasoline. It already had the smoke, the heat, the nervous executives, the anxious fan bases, and the unmistakable feeling that Milwaukee’s …

There is still no decision, and that matters. LeBron James has not announced whether he will return for a 24th NBA season, retire, stay with the Lakers, or look elsewhere. …

Jason Collins was never the loudest man in the room. That was never his way. He built his NBA career in the trenches, setting screens, absorbing contact, defending stars, doing …

There are playoff games that are won, and then there are playoff games that feel like a message carved into stone. Game 5 in San Antonio was the latter. The …

Shaquille O’Neal has never been interested in doing anything small. Not his game, not his personality, not his business ideas, and certainly not his dunks. So naturally, when Shaq decided …

Gary Payton has never been confused with a man who whispers around a microphone, so when he looked at LeBron James’ uncertain future and pointed straight toward the Bay Area, …

Anthony Davis spent most of his NBA career blocking shots, swallowing lobs and making guards reconsider their life choices in the paint. Now, apparently, he has found a second act: …

Brandon Clarke, the Memphis Grizzlies forward whose game was built on spring, timing and quiet force, has died at the age of 29. The Grizzlies, the NBA and Clarke’s agency …

Steve Kerr has spent the last decade coaching the greatest shooter in basketball history, building the NBA’s most famous modern offense, and helping turn the three-point line from a weapon …