It's usually a very good thing for a basketball player to receive high NBA prospect status. But some hyped prospects don't ...

Duke men's basketball changed forever on March 18, 1980. That was the day the school hired Mike Krzyzewski away from Army. Krzyzewski transformed the Blue Devils into a perennial power, leading ...

The NBA has no shortage of big, big men. We’ll look at the tallest towering giants who've played in the league -- all over 7 feet tall.

The 7-foot-6, 310-pound Ming was the No. 1 pick in the 2002 NBA Draft due to his size and exceptional skill. But he looked like a bust early on. In his first seven games, Ming averaged 4.3 points ...

After ending his college career at Memphis, Wagner was picked up with the sixth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Camden, New Jersey, native played the first three ...

Selected as the number one pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao's arrival in the league was groundbreaking. His unique presence made him a symbol of the opening of the doors to the East. He sparked a ...

And another uncle, Nikoloz Tskitishvili, was selected with the fifth overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. Tskitishvili also played with Golden State, Minnesota and Phoenix ...

In the 2002 NBA Draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected this big man with the eighth overall pick in the hopes that he would ...

GRAND FORKS — Basketball runs through George Natsvlishvili’s family. His father, Vakhtang, played professional basketball. One of his uncles has lived in the San Francisco area for about 15 ...