How will the NBA season look if my stats-based projections are an accurate measure of team ability? The purpose of simulating the NBA season ahead of time is generally to see how often various things ...

The NBA has finally returned. The league tips off Tuesday, Oct. 21 with a doubleheader featuring the Houston Rockets against the defending-champion Oklahoma City Thunder, with the Los Angeles Lakers ...

The Dallas Mavericks finished 39-43 and 10th in the Western Conference last season, missing the playoffs in a year that featured one of the biggest trades in NBA history; franchise cornerstone Luka ...

Editor's note: This is a part of an occasional USA TODAY Sports series on the best moments, teams, players and figures in sports over the last 25 years. There's a long legacy of Hall of Famers ...

As soon as he learned the NBA was returning to China, diehard fan Buke Liu scrambled to get his hands on tickets, paying almost a thousand dollars – a price you might expect for an NBA Finals game – ...

After months of speculation about the future format of "Inside the NBA," ESPN announced on Thursday, Oct. 9 what it called a "robust" schedule for its first NBA regular season airing the long-running ...

Will this be the year the Timberwolves make the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history? Johnson: Stand-alone SNAP, federal salary bills a ‘waste of our time’ Dog and owner were killed at ...

Allen Iverson shared his list of the top five NBA players of all time this week, and he included a few obvious choices along with one surprise. A Hall of Famer and member of the NBA's 75th Anniversary ...

The Portland Trail Blazers are expecting to be in contention for a playoff spot this season. They believe they will get their young guys to develop and take a leap this year. Not only that, but the ...

An Indiana Pacers guard had to depart a preseason clash with the Oklahoma City Thunder early. Per Indiana's official X account, shooting guard Quenton Jackson was compelled to check out of the club's ...

Paul Pierce was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence on Tuesday. The NBA legend was found asleep at the wheel by police on the 101 freeway in the San Fernando Valley, according to NBC ...

Indiana's backup point guard left in the second quarter of Tuesday's NBA preseason game against the Timberwolves. From NBA.com News Services Veteran T.J. McConnell averaged 9.1 points and 4.4 assists ...