Basketball

The Heat forced Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals by defeating the Celtics in Boston (111-103). After a sluggish Game 5 Jimmy Butler led all scorers with 47 points in 46 minutes of play. The 32-year-old year old small forward gave a comment postgame that is usual to him….

What makes a great championship team? And what makes one better than the other? These are the questions we tackled when putting together our list of the 75 best NBA teams of all time list, which is featured in our SLAM Presents top 75 NBA Teams of All Time special…

Warriors! Come out and plaayyyy! Wow. The Golden State Warriors are back in the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight years after their 120-110 series-clinching win over the Dallas Mavericks. 🗣 Warriors! A look from inside the arena as the @warriors accept the Oscar Robertson Trophy! #DubNation pic.twitter.com/KuOKSHPmUL…

Stephen Curry picked up some shiny new hardware after the Golden State Warriors closed the Western Conference Finals on Thursday, beating the Mavericks 120-11. The Baby-Faced Assassin is the first-ever winner of the Magic Johnson Trophy, the NBA’s newest postseason awarded earlier this month. Stephen Curry is the first-ever recipient…

When Dorian Finney-Smith entered the NBA out of Florida six years ago, the Dallas Mavericks wing heeded the advice he was given that he could “make a lot of money” if he could consistently hit the easiest shot in the League, the corner three. Since signing with the Mavs as an…

Two things are true when it comes to the offseason plans of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Collin Sexton. Cleveland wants to extend Sexton; the other is Sexton will be a restricted free agent. Where the Cavs front office and Sexton may disagree is the amount of money Young Bull will…

Historian Claude Johnson has spent more than two decades researching and honoring the history of some of the game’s more revolutionary pioneers. Following the racial integration of professional leagues in the 1950s, dozens of African American teams, which were often called “fives,” were founded. In his new book, THE BLACK…

It’s a journey whose steps began long ago. A marathon that’s still being run.  A mountain that’s still being scaled.  But the grind continues. There’s no turning back now. Too much ground has been covered, and there’s still much more left. Women basketball players. Women who hoop. Ballers. Athletes on…

The future of college basketball has arrived. SLAM’s 2022 High School Boys All Americans are an elite group of certified bucket-getters who are already making serious waves on the court. From Amari Bailey to Naismith Player of the Year Dariq Whitehead, here’s who we’ve selected to our SLAM All American…

SLAM’s 2022 High School All Americans don’t got next, they got right now. On the girl’s side, this talented group of female ballers are already winning championship titles, snagging FIBA gold metals and making their impact known on, and off the court, from the booth to the classroom. Meet this elite…