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John Hollinger's daily NBA power rankings for all NBA teams....

Live, up-to-the-minute NBA basketball scores on ESPN.com....

The NBA Awards Watch is a constantly updated list of potential candidates for the MVP, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Player of the Week: Defense and Improved....

ESPN's NBA Playoff Predictor allows you to drag and drop teams to desired seedings and produces winning probabilities based on AccuScore simulations....

Constantly updated first-round matchup scenarios for the NBA Playoffs....

Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939) was a Canadian-born educator and coach who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while teaching physical education at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass. Naismith did not finish high school until the age of...

Phil Jackson is a retired NBA player and coach, who was most recently the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Jackson played 13 seasons in the NBA, winning two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973 as a member of the New York Knicks. Jackson was also the h...

Alphabetical listing by school of all NBA prospects, both drafted and undrafted....

Complete schedule of NBA basketball games....

The NBA Playoff Bracket features automatic updates for every matchup during each round of the NBA playoffs....

Complete 2013 NBA Draft coverage on ESPN.com, including mock drafts, player analysis, draft order, draft history, and more....

Back in April, Phil Jackson praised the Knicks. He went as far as to say they could challenge for the NBA title. Now? Not so much. In an interview with the New York Times, the Zen Master hinted that the Knicks are a ways away from winning a...

If you're an NBA fan, there are a number of great stories you should keep bookmarked at all times, just in case you ever need a reminder that the league is amazing. One example is this New York Daily News article about Kenny Anderson's divorce during...

When the Miami Heat faced the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs last season, the series featured two suspensions, a host of flagrant fouls and plenty of blood. It appears the Eastern Conference finals between the teams is already heating up.

New York Knicks sixth man J.R. Smith played in the postseason with fluid in his left knee, a league source confirmed. It is unclear whether Smith will need to undergo a procedure to drain fluid from his knee at this point, the source said. A se...

Lionel Hollins has been more successful than any Grizzlies coach and will be a free agent after June 30.