Tracy McGrady On Why He Never Won An NBA Championship: "I Was One Of The Top Players In The League, I Just Didn't Have The Pieces Around Me."

Kyrie Irving and LeBron James played together in the NBA for 3 seasons and found a lot of success together as a duo. Irving's growth into a superstar in Cleveland was one of the biggest reasons LeBron made the decision to return to the Cavaliers in 2014. And together, they...

It goes without saying that JJ Redick has quickly become one of the most popular analysts on ESPN's First Take. Redick, who retired last season from the NBA, has transitioned into becoming an NBA analyst and has done a fantastic job so far. His insightful analysis, plus his ability to...

In a few years, LeBron James Jr. is going to have all the eyes in the world on him as he makes the transition from High School basketball to college. Today, the 17-year-old baller is just a High Schooler enjoying the last bits of his childhood. On Instagram, Bronny went...

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have one of the best all-around teams in the NBA. Their starting lineup alone has four different players who have been All-Stars. Andrew Wiggins was the latest player from the Warriors to become an All-Star this year. Wiggins has become a very solid player for the Warriors on both ends of the court. But Stephen Curry and the Warriors want to see more from Wiggins.

When Magic Johnson announced he had HIV, the NBA world didn't know how to react. His colleagues had a hard time trying to figure out what to do or what Magic should do with his career. He received a lot of criticism, mostly due to the misinformation about the disease, which led Magic to retire from the game for the first time.

The NBA fanbase loves only two things they love as much as basketball, trash-talking and memes. Jokes at the expense of players that underperform, especially stars, are all over social media platforms, with fans getting into heated arguments in the comments over some truly ridiculous jokes. And certain players are often targeted a lot more than others. Chris Paul is the latest example of a big NBA star receiving a lot of slander for their performances.

The story of LeBron James' rise is more than enough for anyone to get motivated in their life. Growing up poor to becoming one of the richest athletes in the world is certainly something that not many can achieve. Evidently, LeBron is considered one of the greatest players to grace...

Luka Doncic has been elite almost since the moment he stepped foot into the NBA, claiming Rookie of the Year before going on to make the All-NBA First Team in just his second season. The Mavericks star has been in the MVP conversation every season since his sophomore year and seems to have taken another leap this season, carrying the Dallas Mavericks to the Western Conference Finals.

While they only played in the NBA together for 3 years, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving were a formidable duo. Kyrie's growth into a superstar was one of the biggest reasons LeBron James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. And the duo went to the NBA Finals all three...

Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley are arguably the most fun duo on the air when it comes to NBA media. The two are constantly going at one another on Inside The NBA, and one of their main topics of argument always boils down to Barkley trying to discredit Shaq a little and O'Neal responding by bringing up how many rings he has compared to Chuck.

The relationship between Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen is pretty much dead at this point, following a series of controversial statements made by the latter regarding his time with the Chicago Bulls and what it meant to be a Michael Jordan teammate during those magical runs in the 90s. Pippen...

Kyrie Irving and LeBron James started their relationship the best way in Cleveland. The King took the young point guard under his wing, trying to teach him one thing or two about winning in the NBA. They made it to three consecutive NBA Finals from 2015 through 2017, winning one championship in 2016.

Just hours before his first Western Conference Finals game, one would think Mavs star Luka Doncic would be on the court or in the locker room to prepare for the battle ahead. Instead, he was enjoying some sunlight and a nice cold brew with who is believed to be his teammate, Boban Marjanovic.

The NBA media can be quite reactionary at times, and they tend to remember players' lower moments perhaps longer than they should. This gets held against those players until they perform at an elite level again and then they become subject to praise once more. This is perhaps most evident when it comes to Jimmy Butler, who after being maligned a fair bit after the 2021 playoffs is now earning comparisons to Michael Jordan.

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson are arguably two of the most important figures in basketball. Bird and Magic revolutionized the NBA when they were drafted in 1978 and 1979 respectively. Over the course of their careers, the pair would win 8 titles and 6 league MVPs for two of the most historic teams in the league's history.

JJ Redick has been one of the biggest highlights of First Take over the last few months. Since retiring from the NBA, Redick has transitioned into the next phase of his career; the media. Redick already had a successful podcast while he was playing, but is now trying to become...

There have been many great players over the NBA's 75-year history. From Wilt Chamberlain to Stephen Curry, the league has rarely been without a top-tier, generational talent. In a recent chat with other prominent voices in the basketball world, Charles Barkley spoke about some of the legends that have impacted him the most and revealed his "Mount Rushmore" of greats:

The James Harden trade certainly hasn't worked out as well as the Philadelphia 76ers would have hoped it would. Harden looks like a shell of his former self and with the exception of Game 4, in which he scored 31 points, he was pretty mediocre against the Miami Heat in the Conference Semifinals as the Sixers were eliminated in six games.

The Phoenix Suns concluded the regular season with an NBA best 64-18 record, eight games over the second-place Memphis Grizzlies. The Suns dispatched a feistier than expected Pelicans squad in six games during the First Round of the Western Conference playoffs before opening up 2-0 in the Second Round against a young Dallas Mavericks team they’d beaten 11 times in a row. Phoenix looked set to crash the Finals for the second season in a row.

The Western Conference Finals is set as the Golden State Warriors and the Dallas Mavericks are set to go to battle after the Mavericks shockingly blew out the reigning Finalists, Phoenix Suns, in one of the most shocking Game 7’s in NBA history. Dallas certainly looked like a force in the West during the playoffs, as they took care of business against two very solid teams in the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns. In many ways, nobody truly thought the Mavericks would have had a shot in the dark against either the Jazz or the Suns.