The ring is everything in the NBA. The relentless pursuit of a world championship is why LeBron James first decided to join the Miami Heat, and why the Boston Celtics almost traded Jaylen Brown ...

Five athletes whose cards, fame, and legacies form the hobby’s Mount Rushmore of icons... even if we had to add room for one ...

Thanks to the hype that has followed James since the beginning of his career, he has no shortage of basketball cards to ...

The Athletic's top 25 players of the 21st century left fans outraged over Kobe Bryant's absence from the top three of the ...

The story of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers of the early 2000s is a legendary story not only because ...

There was a moment when it looked like Kobe Bryant sabotaged the Lakers on purpose - and he actually had to explain himself.

Which NBA players have been the best of the best since the 2000-01 season? The Athletic NBA staff makes its picks.

Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points, Joel Embiid added 29 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 130-120 ...

As for the moment in which O’Neal knew it was really over, that came during the 2009 NBA All-Star Game when he and Bryant ...

Odom played in 14 NBA seasons, 12 of which he spent in Los Angeles with the Clippers or Lakers. As the fourth-overall pick in ...

Cameron and Cayden Boozer didn’t always want to follow their father, Carlos, to Durham. Now that they did, another promising ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend and minority owner of the Dodgers Magic Johnson is happy to have his 18th championship as a player and owner.