Michael Jordan News

In taking over the New York Knicks, Phil Jackson joins a long tradition of coaches becoming executives, with mixed results.

With Thursday's 29-point performance against the Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant became just the third NBA player since 1964-65 to score 25 or more points in 30 consecutive games in the same season, per NBA.com/stats .

Al Jefferson had 25 points and 16 rebounds, and the Charlotte Bobcats defeated the Timberwolves 105-93 Friday night for their eighth straight victory at home.

Michael Jordan is commonly accepted as the best NBA player of all time, though occasionally someone else believes a different player belongs No.

Basketball star LeBron James was forced to make a major defensive rebound yesterday after tweeting that his mobile had crashed, despite the fact he is a spokesman for phone giant Samsung.

ESPN Films' 30 For 30 series will continue with "Bad Boys" Thursday, April 17, at 8 p.m. ET.

Tonight the Bobcats play a big time game and one that will have heightened implications for the backend of the eastern conference playoff race.

The Wizards never looked better than they did on Jan. 15, when the Miami Heat came to Verizon Center a day after a White House visit and Nene promptly greeted LeBron James with a vicious blocked shot, Trevor Booker plowed over Dwyane Wade and the team lead by 34 points in the first half.

The Washington Wizards appear poised to end a five-season drought without a postseason appearance.

Part of the allure of Allen Iverson, and the reason the diminutive, dynamic guard became such a cult figure among NBA fans, the complex package he came in.

Matt: You know what I'm sick of right now? Winter. Well, let me add one thing. LeBron "please get off my television" James.

Former NBA coach Phil Jackson discusses the Los Angeles Lakers, the league and what he would like to do as far as being involved.

Michael Jordan last played in the NBA in 2003 for the Washington Wizards, but he had one heck of a career, and it's still showing.

This edition of "Fo' with the Foes" - Philadunkia's advanced scouting series which with the help of an accomplished journalist from around the NBA beat or blog world, previews key upcoming 76ers games - features tonight's opponent, the much improved Washington Wizards who are playoff bound in 2013-14.

Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com --- Saturday, March 01, 2014Amidst chants of "MVP," the 76ers honored their all-time great Allen Iverson by retiring his jersey.

Philadelphia 76ers retire Allen Iverson's number 3 in a halftime ceremony at the Wells Fargo Center, Saturday, March 1, 2014.

If you ask anyone who they think is the greatest player in Philadelphia 76ers history.

His size-19 shoes are slightly ripped along the sides, and it would appear that Myles Turner is ready to grow and break through just about everything, from his clothes up to and including high school basketball.

When I heard the story that the NBA had had discussions about making some radical changes to its game, my first thought was "Why?!" The pro game is polarizing enough - it seems fans either love or hate the NBA - that tinkering with the game just for the sake of tinkering would be a huge mistake.

Change is coming to the NBA's Mount Rushmore. The mythical monument will eventually become two-faced, featuring only Michael Jordan and LeBron James.