To understand, consider the case of Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks, the NBA’s purgatory. Nobody does purgatory like the Hawks. Literally. 15 times the past four seasons, an NBA team won 40-43 games.

It was still early in the fourth quarter, still time remaining for Karl-Anthony Towns to awaken from one of his quietest and ...

When the New York Knicks acquired Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves, most agreed that an upgrade was made. Towns represented a better structural fit than Julius Randle, due in no ...

The Pistons were shorthanded in the middle, missing their hard-nosed center Isaiah Stewart, leaving them to find a way to try ...

Jalen Brunson put in a valiant effort to try and get the win for the Knicks. The talented offensive guard poured in 37 points ...

Towns knows what it takes to make a deep playoff run. And he’s both talented and capable enough of a scorer and play-maker to ...

If the Knicks wind up losing to the Pistons, or just barely getting by them, or even if they get trucked in a subsequent series, it is the flaw most likely to spell their undoing. And it is not the ...

The Phoenix Suns could take advantage this offseason with trade interest for star shooting guard Devin Booker at an all-time high. Among the teams that could be ...

Jaylen Brown is the reigning NBA Finals MVP. He doesn’t have the ballhandling responsibility or playmaking skill that Jayson ...

Duke men’s basketball’s season ended in heartbreak in the Final Four, but it is far from the only great team to come up short ...

Here, we'll look ahead to some of the storylines and angles that figure to define the 2025 offseason. While acknowledging ...

Former Kentucky Wildcats standout and current Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was this year’s NBA scoring ...