A new pro league is paying teenagers six figures to quit high school for basketball.

The Brooklyn Nets were built to be an unbeatable superteam of eccentric basketball superstars. Will they dominate the N.B.A. playoffs?

Just before his first NBA game, an 18-year-old LeBron James was asked about the pressure of controlling the combined fortunes of a city, major corporations, and the league. “I can handle it,” he said.

A conversation with the former player, and new coach, about basketball, Beijing, and being understood.

The story of one of the great final acts in sports history.

A former NBA player describes his own unraveling.

“Wonder Boy” is heading to the NBA, and he’s out to change how we think about European imports.

On the owner’s 20-year evolution from disruptive force to formidable constant.

On the life and legacy of David Stern.

Inside the Hong Kong protests.

A profile of the Golden State Warriors head coach.

Inside the dysfunctional world of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The former NBA player is forever linked to the murder of his girlfriend.

The rise and fall of basketball player Daniel “Gus” Gerard.

“I know that, as a white man, I have to hold my fellow white men accountable.”

In 2007, NBA ref Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to betting on games he officiated. But it was never proved that he fixed them—until now.

I’m a 36-year-old grown-ass man, and I’m about to start crying on the plane coming back from Game 4. That’s how bad I want it.

I know dudes like me aren’t supposed to talk about depression, but I’ll talk about it. If a real motherfucker like me can struggle with it, then anybody can struggle with it.

On the NBA’s most modern avatar.

The 26-year-old is many things: New York Knicks center, devout Muslim, star of #NBATwitter, and enemy of the Turkish state.

Did the NBA executive use social media to secretly disparage his players and defend his decisions?

On mental health and professional sports.

In the 1980s, Billy Ray Bates, once dubbed “the Legend,” drank himself out of the NBA and ended up playing in the Philippines. For a few wild years, his legend grew—both on the court and in the bars.

He was the consensus #1 pick in last year’s NBA draft. Then, seemingly overnight, he forgot how to shoot.

The psychology, interactions, and sadness of a fringe NBA player.