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Tim Hardaway Jr., Shane Larkin, Steven Adams all significantly improved their draft stock with impressive performances at the NBA draft combine.

Blog | Conversation | May 20, 2013

Amin Elhassan outlines five NBA draft prospects who fit five specific teams' needs in terms of both position and style of play. He writes that Trey Burke to the Magic and Victor Oladipo to the Thunder would work particularly well.

Story | Conversation | April 10, 2013

Chad Ford unveils his first mock draft of 2013, with Nerlens Noel leading the way.

Story | Conversation | April 09, 2013

Outside of the 1990s Chicago Bulls, and maybe the Bill Walton-era Trailblazers, few NBA teams have captivated my basketball imagination quite like the Mike D'Antoni-Steve Nash Phoenix Suns. There are a few reasons for this, some of them more complica...

John Calipari has spoken with injured Bulls guard Derrick Rose.

The majority of Orlando Woolridge's life was full of the joy he brought to others.

With the NBA draft lottery finalized following a few tiebreakers, Chad Ford examines each team's odds to land the No. 1 pick (and Anthony Davis), plus players they could target if the lotto doesn't break in their favor.

Blog | Conversation | April 27, 2012

Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge has been released on bond following his arrest for stealing aluminum tubing at a drill site in DeSoto Parish.

Fran Fraschilla evaluates five of the top international prospects for the NBA draft.

Blog | Conversation | February 22, 2012

Chicago has become the basketball capital of the world.

Football is in the rearview mirror. What should you watch to satiate your appetite for competition? espnW's contributors weigh in with their picks.

ESPN NBA draft analyst Chad Ford writes that, with all of the NBA's fascination with big men and point guards, this year's draft is strong in wingmen such as Harrison Barnes and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. But which one should go first?

Blog | Conversation | January 20, 2012

The release of Nike's new Air Jordan basketball shoes caused a frenzy at stores across the nation early Friday, with police using pepper spray on a group of rowdy customers near Seattle and officers arresting some shoppers after a crowd broke down a door

On Sunday, at the local gigantic organic grocery store deli counter, my roommate complimented a meat salesman wearing a Chicago Bulls hat. "Thanks," the deli salesman said. "I just wish they weren't canceling the season." My roommate paused and...

The Mag talks to the pioneering players since the institution of the so-called 'one and done' rule who spent just a year in college before going pro to get their thoughts on their decision and transition to the pros.

Coach John Calipari and former Memphis guard Derrick Rose agreed last year to pay $100,000 to avoid a lawsuit over the Tigers' season that ended in the 2008 Final Four with the wins later vacated by the NCAA.