In the early years of the NBA, two men defined what it means to be truly great at the center position: Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain. While Russell and Chamberlain developed a strong friendship ...

Derrick Rose invoked the names of two NBA legends to make an astute point about whether kids will remember him or not.

Bill Russell -- the prototypical defensive center -- was a champion from his rookie season until his last game in his last Final. Before he arrived, the Celtics had never won an NBA title.

“The Basketball 100” is the definitive ranking of the 100 greatest NBA players of all time from The Athletic’s team of award-winning writers and analysts, including veteran columnists David Aldridge ...

Long before he became an NBA icon himself, Abdul-Jabbar had already decided which philosophy he wanted to follow. As a fast-rising high school phenom, Kareem, then Ferdinant Lewis Alcindor Jr., kept ...

On Tuesday night, Russell Westbrook became the first player in NBA history to record 200 triple-doubles in a Denver Nuggets' win over the Memphis Grizzlies. For one of the more unique talents and ...

Wilt Chamberlain's game-worn uniform from his epic 1969 NBA Finals battle with Bill Russell's Celtics is on the auction block ... a piece of basketball history that'll almost certainly rake in over 7 ...