National Basketball Association

To rate NBA point guards, SI senior writer Phil Taylor selected 16 whom he considers the cream: ten who are or have been All-Stars, and six who have All-Star potential. (The New York Knicks' Chris Childs and the...

42Years after the Syracuse Nationals won their only NBA title that a commemorative banner went up in their home arena, the Onondaga County War Memorial.

The way the Lakers performed on Sunday, silencing the Seattle crowd with a 32-point first quarter and then holding off a furious Sonics rally to win 104-103, is a bad sign for the rest of the Western Conference. L.A....

The numbers lie—or so the Sonics say. For the season, Denver center Ervin Johnson has outscored his successor in Seattle, Jim McIlvaine (6.9 points a game to 4.0), outrebounded him (10.6 to 3.8) and outswatted him...

Here's ammunition for those who argue that the quality of officiating is declining. When we asked our panel (a coach, player or front-office executive from each of the NBA's 29 teams) to name the referee whom they...