The NBA is a showcase of extraordinary athletic talent, particularly when it comes to vertical jumps. While many players can leap over a meter, none have managed to touch the top of the backboard.

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James is well on his ... Jordan’s total of 5,987 during the Cleveland Cavaliers' Eastern Conference finals game at Boston. James then became the top scorer in regular ...

Scoring slam dunks in real estate is hardly as easy as doing the same thing on the basketball court, especially when you're ...

The emotional reaction is — to borrow a favorite LeBron James phrase — earned. James himself isn’t a character in the play, which is making its Cleveland debut three years after premiering ...

Instead, LeBron's son took the court in the NBA G League for the South Bay Lakers against City Cruise, and he added quite the dunk to his highlight reel. Early in the first quarter, James took off ...

The Los Angeles Lakers are experiencing a little whiplash right now. The ecstasy of acquiring Luka Doncic from the Dallas ...

Smith made his pick for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the Eastern Conference. And on the other side, Smith thinks the Western Conference champ will be the Los Angeles Lakers with LeBron James and ...

Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.