Celebrating key Black players, coaches and referees who helped propel the sport of basketball and the NBA. From NBA.com Staff NBA’s 1st Black starting five in 1964: No. 24 Sam Jones, No. 25 K. C ...

The former Phoenix Suns star and iconic Inside the NBA pundit named his list of the best NBA players of all-time and left out ...

As HBCU basketball continues to showcase its best in all-star games and combines, NBA execs are focused elsewhere for talent.

The NBA honored three HBCU basketball pioneers who were the first black players to be drafted into the league.

Black Basketball Players Were Drafted To The NBA 75 Years Ago. Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, Chuck Cooper, and Earl Lloyd played during the 1950-51 season ...

The Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg as No. 1 NBA draft pick, bringing attention to his Maine roots and status as first White ...

Arenas and Artest gave a history lesson to Brandon Jennings about Kobe and T-Mac: "Everybody was saying they didn't know who was better" originally appeared on Basketball Network. At one point, Kobe ...

The NBA was a fledgling organization still trying to find its way. Michael Jordan wasn’t yet born. The three-point line wouldn’t be adopted by the league for about another three decades. And before ...