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Jay Williams framed Jalen Brunson as something rare in the modern NBA: a superstar who seems to answer every complaint fans make about the league. Too much money? Brunson took …

Nick Wright does not think Victor Wembanyama was scared by the NBA Finals. His concern is worse than that. After the Spurs’ 105-95 Game 1 loss to the Knicks, Wright …

Karl-Anthony Towns did not describe Game 1 of the NBA Finals like a man overwhelmed by the stage. He described it like a man who felt protected inside it. The …

The New York Knicks waited twenty-seven years to return to the NBA Finals. Then, in Game 1, they played like a team that had no interest in easing back into …

The Spurs’ return to the NBA Finals is not only being treated as a basketball achievement. In San Antonio, it is being treated as a community moment. The organization announced …

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s sneaker empire did not begin with a signature shoe, an MVP trophy or a championship parade. It began with a small contract, a struggling family and one non-negotiable …

Victor Wembanyama had already cried once. He had already stood inside the emotional wreckage of Game 7, after the Spurs beat the defending champion Thunder 111-103 in Oklahoma City and …

For decades, Europe has been the NBA’s most successful export market. The league found fans there long before it found offices. Michael Jordan jerseys became cultural symbols. Dirk Nowitzki changed …

Luke Kornet has always had a gift for becoming unexpectedly viral. First it was the “Kornet Contest,” his strange, hilarious and occasionally effective vertical eclipse of jump shooters. Now, on …