The N.B.A. makes for good television because basketball’s a sport that bends around stars. The players wear no face-obstructing gear—no helmets, no long-brimmed hats casting shadows—and...
This is the fifth annual NBA Player Tiers project, in which Seth Partnow names the top 125 players in the league after each season and then separates them...
Whether you agree or not, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown proved to be the best star duo in basketball this season after leading the Boston Celtics...
The Celtics have the No. 30 pick. Bill Simmons has an idea. The Ringer founder proposed a wild scenario for next week’s 2024 NBA Draft, in...
NBA free agency is here again, and that’s probably more exciting in theory than it will be in practice. The recent trend of teams signing their...
We have less than a week until the 2024 NBA Draft, and we have just as much clarity about what will happen as we did about...
This is the fifth annual NBA Player Tiers project, in which Seth Partnow names the top 125 players in the league after each season and then separates them...
This is the introduction to our book “The Basketball 100,” The Athletic’s definitive ranking of the 100 greatest NBA players of all time. The book, with...
BOSTON – Fans are expected to pack the streets of Boston on Friday as the Celtics are honored for a duck boat parade after they defeated...
Patience is often hard to come by in professional sports. Everyone — from the owners to the general managers to the players to the fans —...
The NBA season ended with the Celtics hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy on Monday night. The offseason was already in full swing by the wee hours...
The Boston Celtics won the 2024 NBA title and are early favorites to repeat next year. They have +310 odds to win the 2025 championship, per...