When Yao Ming entered the NBA in 2002 as the No. 1 overall pick by the Houston Rockets, the league was already global; however, his arrival ignited a new era of international fandom, particularly in ...

Yao Ming's journey to the NBA was complex, and he had to go through hell to get there. But once he arrived on the biggest ...

Basketball is a sport full of players taller than the average person, which means that some of the tallest players in history have played in the NBA. Few players in the league have surpassed 7-feet ...

I missed nine shots, I really felt like I could have really been 18-for-18,” Kevin Durant says. “I missed some good looks, ...

Manute Bol also played in the NBA at 7-foot-7, which was the tallest in the league before Gheorghe Muresan came along. He was ...

ESPN national analysts Zach Kram and Kevin Pelton debate the biggest early-season questions about Victor Wembanyama, Austin ...

In 2019, the NBA was frozen out of its biggest overseas market. The relationship is now improving but there are no guarantees ...

One of America’s most successful sporting exports, the NBA is hugely popular in China, and a rare cultural touchpoint between ...

Former Houston Rockets forward Tracy McGrady had a different take on load management than his coworkers at NBC.

Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen shoots his first regular-season point during the first half of an NBA basketball ...

Victor Wembanyama had a remarkable start to his third season in the NBA. The Frenchman led the San Antonio Spurs to a 125-92 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. Wembanyama went off scoring 40 ...

Kevin Durant says Rockets players and coaches are "pissed off" as they fell to 0-2 with a 115-111 loss to the Pistons but also views that early-season frustration as a good thing.