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Founded in 1995, they mostly struggled for their first two decades of existence but turned it around in the ’10s thanks to Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, eventually winning the first championship by a Canadian team in 2019.

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No one believed in us: 14 biggest upsets in NBA Finals history

June 1, 2022

NBA playoff tradition is that the better team typically wins, but in these 14 NBA Finals series, the lesser team on paper managed to pull off a stunner.

Foundational pieces: 30 notable NBA expansion draft picks

October 1, 2025

Fixer-uppers: Seven notably inadequate arenas that have hosted NBA teams

July 1, 2022

Reign of terror: 19 disastrous tenures from NBA general managers

October 21, 2020

Add an asterisk: Five NBA championship teams with questionable legitimacy

August 11, 2020

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Separated laundry: 18 NBA players with a jersey retired by multiple franchises

It’s honor enough to have your jersey retired by an NBA franchise but how about two? Or even three? These 18 players have their number hanging in the rafter of multiple arenas.

January 21, 2026August 25, 2026

Player hater’s ball: Eight players who have antagonized an city’s entire fan base

Being beloved by your hometown faithful is the goal of most basketball players, but some took a special pride in the pure hatred they inspired in opposing fan bases.

December 21, 2025August 25, 2026

Foundational pieces: 30 notable NBA expansion draft picks

Utilized to seed the roster of new franchises, expansion drafts have been staged 11 times in NBA history, starting with the Chicago Packers in 1961 and most recently with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2004. These are the most notable selections in expansion draft history, from flops to revivals to impending franchise cornerstones.

October 1, 2025September 2, 2026

Faces in the crowd: 12 NBA celebrity superfans

Our taxonomy of the biggest celebrity NBA fans around, from movie stars to rappers to the one and only Jack Nicholson.

May 21, 2025August 25, 2026

Keep your bags packed: 15 legendary players who switched NBA teams twice or more in their prime

It’s now a regular occurrence, with players like Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, and Chris Paul adding their name recently to the list, but here we review 15 previous legendary players who changed franchise affiliations not just once but two or more times.

May 21, 2023August 25, 2026

Second acts: 22 franchise legends who ended their career with a brief stop on an unfamiliar team

The star players on this list are indelibly linked with a single franchise where they built their legend, but closed out their career looking not-quite-right in a different jersey.

October 1, 2022August 12, 2026

Fixer-uppers: Seven notably inadequate arenas that have hosted NBA teams

Whether they were too cramped, too spacious, too old, too new, or just plan too crappy, these seven arenas served as mediocre temporary sites for NBA teams that were in between permanent homes.

July 1, 2022August 20, 2026

New look, same result: Five players who won back-to-back championships with a different team each year

Winning back-to-back titles as an NBA player is rare enough but how about doing it with two different teams? Only five players in league history have pulled off such a feat and we present them here.

June 11, 2022August 11, 2026

No one believed in us: 14 biggest upsets in NBA Finals history

NBA playoff tradition is that the better team typically wins, but in these 14 NBA Finals series, the lesser team on paper managed to pull off a stunner.

June 1, 2022August 10, 2026

Instant classics: 75 greatest games in NBA history

All the ultimate barn burners, buzzer beaters, back-and-forth battles, incredible moments, and individual dominance are present in this list of the 75 greatest games in NBA history.

October 21, 2021August 25, 2026

Reign of terror: 19 disastrous tenures from NBA general managers

Unconscionable signings, lopsided trades, unexplainable draft picks, and perplexing personnel decisions are the hallmarks of the eras detailed below, where a general manager put together a performance so dreadful, they arguably set the franchise back years of development.

October 21, 2020August 25, 2026

Add an asterisk: Five NBA championship teams with questionable legitimacy

As fans and the media debate the legitimacy of the eventual ’19-’20 NBA champion, we take a look back at five other title winners that have faced similar questions regarding their validity.

August 11, 2020August 25, 2026

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