Basketball

At the upcoming N.B.A. draft, perhaps the biggest question is where a likely role player—whose dad is one of the greatest athletes of all time—will end up.

Clark isn’t yet the best player the W.N.B.A. has ever seen. What can she learn from the player who is?

The ESPN star’s reporting on divisive subjects, including allegations of violence against women, has been as risky as it is refreshing.

The team has dominated all season. Why does it have so many doubters?

The Minnesota Timberwolves make the least glamorous part of basketball seem fun.

The podcast, co-hosted by J. J. Redick and LeBron James, combines analytical commentary with an insider’s perspective—and bypasses traditional media.

For years now, just in time for the N.B.A. post-season, sure as the daffodils, Jimmy Butler has transformed into the world’s greatest basketball player—or something close to it.

Talented and charismatic stars, including Caitlin Clark, JuJu Watkins, and Paige Bueckers, have made the games appointment viewing.

The L.S.U. star has had a weird season, but her charisma—and her rivalries with the University of South Carolina and with Iowa’s Caitlin Clark—is a gift to women’s basketball.

Officiating in the league is probably as good as it’s ever been. So why does everyone seem so angry about it?

The N.C.A.A. star has dominated the courts this season, breaking the women’s scoring record, with a conviction that the future is hers and that it comes now.

The San Antonio Spurs rookie, who stands seven feet four, with an eight-foot wingspan, is making other players look silly—when he isn’t looking silly himself.

The iconic filmmaker tells David Remnick how he got his start, how to direct Denzel Washington, and when he wants to retire. Plus, Thomas Mallon on “Fellow Travelers.”

The two franchises, now facing each other in the league’s Finals, have built great teams—and sometimes bent the rules—with unapologetic spending and fierce competitiveness.

The N.B.A. scoop merchant prepared for the rookie draft by hunkering down at the Westin in Times Square and spending eighteen hours a day on his phone.

The Denver Nuggets and their M.V.P. big man took their time getting to the N.B.A. Finals. It paid off.

The Boston Celtics forward grew up idolizing the late N.B.A. legend. But beneath the influence and adulation there is a fundamental difference.

The more good players there are in the league, the more central the great ones have become.

The artist discusses capturing movement, creation as a collaborative endeavor, and the ways that visual communication can transcend eras.

Watching him on the stage of Madison Square Garden again invited the inevitable question: is this the greatest player the game has ever seen?