This piece is part of The Athletic’s Anonymous Player Poll. Read the full poll . It was two games, but it changed everything. The came close to beating the this season, yet Denver outlasted them both times. Despite everything the Celtics accomplished this year, those two Nuggets wins made the difference. The majority of the players surveyed in The Athletic’s picked the Nuggets to win the championship. Advertisement This anonymous poll has asked players across the league since 2019 for their...
Paul George figures to be one of the most prominent free agents this off-season and the latest on a potential suitor headlines this collection of NBA free
The Los Angeles Clippers fell to the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night, losing by the final score of 101-90. After the Clippers took Game 1 of the first-round
One person voted for ex-Boston Celtics legend (and Basketball Hall of Famer) Paul Pierce as the game's greatest of all time in The Athletic's recent anonymous
Team USA Basketball’s 2024 Olympics squad is a who’s who of NBA mega-talent. Eleven of Steve Kerr’s 12-man Paris Olympics team has been revealed, with Los Angeles Lakers star
Despite his multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards, those in the NBA believe that Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is the most overrated player in the league. According to an anonymous poll run by The Athletic, today’s NBA players believe that Gobert is the most overrated (13.6% of the vote), followed by Jordan Poole (8.6%) […]
When this season started, it looked like Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid would defend his regular season MVP title. Unfortunately, he got injured and was ruled out of the season. However, it didn’t discourage Drew Hanlen from naming Embiid as the best player. Hanlen is Joel’s trainer and accompanies him most of the time. He …
The NBA said it banned Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter Jr. for violating the league's gaming rules. He was accused of manipulating his own performance and tipping off bettors. NBC News' Sam Brock reports.
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The NBA GOAT debate is between Michael Jordan and LeBron James. If you want to argue Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell or Magic Johnson deserve to enter the chat, fine. But Paul Pierce? Paul Pierce was a really good NBA player and he’s a deserving Basketball Hall of Famer. But nobody thinks Pierce belongs in the
Earlier this week, The Athletic published their wide-ranging anonymous NBA players poll that asks, among other things, who the most overrated player in the league is. And for the second consecutive season, the answer was three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert. Gobert’s stunningly low popularity in NBA circles is certainly nothing new, as The Washington […]
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