Michael Jordan

On January 13, 1999, basketball legend Michael Jordan shocked the world by announcing his second retirement from the NBA. The announcement came just before the start of the lockout-shortened 1998-99 …

Isiah Thomas knows exactly where the NBA’s most exhausting argument lives: in the space between what people feel and what the numbers actually say. That’s why his latest comments landed …

Carmelo Anthony has spent most of his basketball life in the same conversational neighborhood as the game’s immortals, so when he’s asked to name an all-time starting five, people naturally …

Shaquille O’Neal has spent most of his post-career life arguing, loudly, hilariously, and often convincingly, that he belongs in the same historical air as anyone who ever played. That’s why …

For years, Charles Barkley and Michael Jordan were the rare kind of celebrity friends whose bond seemed bigger than the NBA itself. Two 1984 draft icons, Olympic teammates, and competitive …

For decades, the public image of Michael Jordan has been defined by competitive fire, personal certainty, and an almost mythic ability to turn slights into fuel. That’s why a new …

Stephen Curry’s thirties were supposed to be the downslope. Instead, they’ve become the loudest chapter of his scoring career, the one where the résumé stops being about peaks and starts …

On October 6, 1993, Michael Jordan announced his retirement from basketball, due to a loss of desire to play the game, and the death of his father. The sudden retirement of the …

Kwame Brown reignited the long-running GOAT debate by asserting that LeBron James is not on the same level as Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan, framing the difference around what he …