Every year the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments bring out the best of basketball, providing upsets, buzzer beaters, chaos, drama, and more

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A yearly distribution of players to franchises since the league started, the NBA Draft has a lengthy, byzantine, sometimes tragic, and often controversial history

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No basketball arena has ever had more aura or mystique than the original Boston Garden, which hosted the Celtics from 1946 through 1995

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His 1979 purchase of the Lakers changed the NBA forever, as he turned “Showtime” into a full blown glamorous experience while also building and maintaining championship teams

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The fourth commissioner of the NBA and by far the most impactful, shepherding the league and sport into unprecedented growth while also courting near constant controversy with his policies

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A yearly event since 1951, the mid-season exhibitions highlight the league’s best and brightest, with varying degrees of interest and effort but always some level of intrigue

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A marquee day in the yearly NBA schedule, a showcase for all the biggest stars since the early ’80s, when Bernard King put it on the map

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Staged since 1947 to crown an NBA champion, the Finals are the yearly crown jewel event on the basketball calendar and have made or broken the careers of nearly every legend of the league

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Originally staged by the ABA, it became a yearly event in NBA All-Star Weekend starting in 1984, regularly turning players into superstars

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Home base of the “Showtime” Lakers and a fittingly glitzy L.A. locale; hosted celebrities, dignitaries, and other guests of Dr. Jerry Buss until the Lakers moved in 1999

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The pinnacle of NBA TV coverage, its heyday was the early ’90s through a 2002 disappearance; revived in 2025, “Roundball Rock” and all

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The most successful and renowned basketball shoe in existence, the savior of the Nike company, and the quintessential NBA marketing product

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A king making pinnacle of individual achievement in the NBA, the winners read like a who’s-who of all-time greats; has also had its share of controversy and contentiousness

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He invented basketball on a whim in 1891 then became the sport’s greatest evangelist for the remainder of his life, including as the first head coach at the University of Kansas

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In 1999 and 2011, the NBA world stopped for negotiations and legal action, all of which has shaped the league immeasurably

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All eyes were on the ESPN Wide World of Sports campus of Disney World in the summer of 2020, as the NBA resumed its season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

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The ultimate cathedral of basketball in the heart of New York, it’s hosted the Knicks since the first NBA season in 1946, as well as barnstorming legends and the prestigious Big East Tournament

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In 2021, the NBA celebrated its diamond anniversary after 75 years. As tribute, we published a series of lists dedicated to that milestone and celebration.

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