NBA stars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Michael Jordan each earn $26–32 million annually just from shoe deals. Nike’s basketball division made $5.1 billion in 2022, largely from NBA ...

Recent reports suggest the Sacramento Kings are in the market for a proven point guard this offseason after dealing All-Star guard De'Aaron Fox in a three-team ...

The NBA announced that it would finally announce the winner of the award on May 21 at 4 p.m. MST (7 p.m. EST) on TNT before Game 1 of the Indiana Pacers vs New York Knicks series.

FILE - NBA basketball player Jrue Holiday, left, and former professional soccer player Lauren Holiday arrive at the ESPY awards on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament.

Draymond Green shared a humble response to losing the NBA’s 2024-25 Defensive Player of the Year race to Cleveland Cavaliers forward Evan Mobley.

In the midst of this excitement, the NBA announced some of its award winners. Evan Mobley, the standout forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award.

• Hustle Award: All-Time Winners Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been named the winner of the 2024-25 NBA Hustle Award, the league announced on Friday.

Now, with the DPOY trophy in his hands, he is eligible for Rose Rule money — he was set to make 25% of the salary cap (five years at an estimated $224 million, starting at $38.7 million next season) ...

With the DPOY race over, Green has more pressing matters to attend to with their playoff run in peril following Butler’s pelvic injury in their 109-94 Game 2 loss to the Houston Rockets.

Last night, Celtics guard Payton Pritchard was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year, marking the 27-year-old's first NBA award and the Celtics' fifth ever Sixth Man award.

2025 NBA awards: Experts' picks for MVP, DPOY, top rookie, more honors By NBA insiders, ESPN Tuesday, April 22, 2025 ...