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Who are the youngest players in NBA history?

In 2006, the NBA shut down the prep-to-pros pipeline, with the collective bargaining agreement stating that players must be at least 19 years old to be draft-eligible. While the NBA and NBPA have talked about lowering the age limit recently, the conversations ultimately fizzled out. Before the NBA’s age limit took effect, who were the […]

Zion Williamson is about to get paid

Zion Williamson is about to get paid. Long before he steps on an NBA court, the projected No. 1 overall pick in June’s NBA draft is expected to land a sneaker endorsement deal that will make him far richer than his first NBA contract will. In fact, many in the sneaker industry expect that Williamson’s […]

The best games of Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady’s NBA career

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Sept. 7, 2017. Tracy McGrady turns 41 years old on Sunday. From the moment Tracy McGrady first appeared on The Jump, ESPN’s Rachel Nichols has always introduced the seven-time All-Star as “Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady.” That title became reality in 2017, when McGrady was enshrined in […]

The all-time starting five for every NBA Western Conference team

We asked our NBA writers to come up with an all-time starting five for every current NBA franchise, along with one additional blast from the past. Only a player’s contributions during his time with that franchise were considered. (So, no, LeBron James doesn’t crack the Lakers’ all-time list … yet.) In this era of “positionless” […]

The all-time starting five for every NBA Eastern Conference team

What if Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen could’ve played alongside prime Derrick Rose? How many titles would the Celtics have won if Larry Bird and Bill Russell were on the same team? Imagine LeBron James taking his talents to South Beach to team up not only with Dwyane Wade, but Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning […]

Did 1998 have to be the last dance for Michael Jordan’s Bulls?

“I remember the date,” Reinsdorf said. “It was July the 3rd in 1998.” The Bulls had won their third straight NBA title and sixth in eight years less than a month earlier. All season long, the team had been playing with a sense of finality, knowing, as viewers saw in ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last […]