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NEW YORK — A defendant in the federal NBA gambling case told a judge Thursday that he paid an NBA player to change his performance so he could bet on him. The player, a federal prosecutor later clarified, was former Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier. Through his attorney, Rozier disputed the claim.…

The NBA’s big tanking fix is in place. The league’s board of governors approved a comprehensive reconfiguration of its draft lottery rules by a remote vote Thursday, according to two sources briefed on the vote and later confirmed by an NBA news release. The NBA will replace its previous draft lottery system, which gave the…

The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this date in 1986, Larry Bird won his third consecutive MVP award. He’s the last person to win three straight. Only Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain have done it. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will…

The job of a sports television broadcast is to show the action on the floor or field. But capturing the magic that brings it to life on any screen, of any size, in any random place across the world? That’s the real goal. How do you transport the audience into the scene from the TV…

The New York Knicks are going to the NBA Finals with a chance to erase a long run of postseason futility. This is their first appearance in the finals since 1999, and they haven’t won a championship since 1973. It’s been so long that even New York Gov. Kathy Hochul seems to be confused about…

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OG Anunoby is an NBA champion. That will never be taken away from him, even if the history books don’t tell the whole story. As a second-year forward with the Toronto Raptors, the up-and-coming Anunoby played a big role primarily off the bench for Canada’s team as it earned 58 wins and the No. 2…

The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years for very clear reasons. They compete with passion and joy, and they play offense and defense with a selflessness that defined the franchise’s only two title teams in the 1970s. Nothing is mysterious about these history-making Knicks, other than…

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said team building is poised to improve. While many have questioned the proposed anti-tanking system, which includes lowering the odds for the bottom-three teams, Silver sees the current league leaders as evidence that other avenues to constructing successful rosters exist. Advertisement Speaking on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wednesday, Silver explained…

Kathy Hochul doesn’t believe President Donald Trump is a true fan of the New York Knicks. The New York governor posed a trivia question to the president on Wednesday after Trump, who has said he follows the team, revealed plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden. “I’d ask him to name…