Earlier this week, the Defector staff was chatting about Joel Embiid. Watching him give the business to the Boston Celtics in ...

Since winning a championship in 2023, the Denver Nuggets haven’t managed to reach a conference finals. Twice in three years, ...

Shaquille O'Neal pulled a hilarious stunt during the New York Knicks-Atlanta Hawks blowout Game 6 on Thursday.

New York ultimately rolled to a 140-89 win, the biggest margin of victory in Knicks playoff history. OG Anunoby led the way ...

Playing without Kevin Durant for the third straight game, the Rockets won a crucial Game 5 99-93 at Crypto.com Arena. They ...

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs took care of business on Tuesday night in Game 5 of their first-round NBA ...

Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the best of U.S. men's basketball make up USA TODAY's '250 ...

The Miami Heat insist they are better than the play-in. The reality is that a return to even that height could be a challenge ...

Me’Arah O’Neal, daughter of Shaquille O’Neal, has announced she is entering the transfer portal. O'Neal was a key part of Florida's highest-rated recruiting class in program history. Her departure ...

Mac McClung is leaning all the way in. The three-time slam dunk champion and current Chicago Bulls two-way guard is officially taking his high-flying talents to ...

Three-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion Mac McClung announced Tuesday that he will be part of the Dunkman professional ...

Mac McClung is taking his high-flying career in a direction few saw coming. Fresh off his 2026 NBA G League MVP season and now entering restricted free agency, the Chicago Bulls guard has been ...