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We’ve dedicated an entire special issue,SLAM’s TOP 75 NBA Teams of All Time, to ranking the best 75 individual season teams ever. This week, we’re unveiling which squads made it on our top 10. To find out who else made it on the list, read here. 8. 1982-83 Philadelphia 76ers Coach: Billy Cunningham Record: 65-17…

Read hundreds of SLAM issues exclusively in our Digital Archive. Shop here. “I can remember when he was a little boy—this is how obsessed he was,” recalls Brandy Cole, the mother of Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum. “I asked him, What do you want to be when you grow up? His first answer in life was,…

The Detroit Pistons face an exciting offseason after winning the No. 5 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft and could look to acquire more talent through trading Jerami Grant. However, it’s still unknown what teams around the League are willing to give up to trade for Grant. Pistons GM Troy Weaver wasn’t entirely enthusiastic…

We’ve dedicated an entire special issue,SLAM’s TOP 75 NBA Teams of All Time, to ranking the best 75 individual season teams ever. This week, we’re unveiling which squads made it on our top 10. To find out who else made it on the list, read here. 9. 2000-01 Los Angeles Lakers Coach: Phil Jackson Record:…

We’ve dedicated an entire special issue,SLAM’s TOP 75 NBA Teams of All Time, to ranking the best 75 individual season teams ever. This week, we’re unveiling which squads made it on our top 10. To find out who else made it on the list, read here. 10. 2012-13 Miami Heat Coach: Erik Spoelstra Record: 66-16…

The Boston Celtics are on their way to their first NBA Finals since 2010 after the C’s beat the Miami Heat, 100-96, on the road in Game 7. The Celtics’ Eastern Conference Finals series win was largely thanks to their efforts of inaugural Larry Bird winner, Jayson Tatum. Tatum finally helped the Celtics get over…

This is where things start to get realer than real. This week, SLAM is unveiling our TOP 75 NBA Teams of All Time list that ran in our special issue, SLAM Presents TOP 75 NBA Teams of All Time. It wasn’t an easy list to make, but one thing’s for sure about all of these…

What makes a great championship team? And what makes one better than the other? These are the questions we tackled when putting together our list of the 75 best NBA teams of all time list, which is featured in our SLAM Presents top 75 NBA Teams of All Time special issue. At this point in…

Warriors! Come out and plaayyyy! Wow. The Golden State Warriors are back in the NBA Finals for the sixth time in eight years after their 120-110 series-clinching win over the Dallas Mavericks. Warriors! A look from inside the arena as the @warriors accept the Oscar Robertson Trophy! #DubNation pic.twitter.com/KuOKSHPmUL — NBA (@NBA) May 27, 2022…

Stephen Curry picked up some shiny new hardware after the Golden State Warriors closed the Western Conference Finals on Thursday, beating the Mavericks 120-11. The Baby-Faced Assassin is the first-ever winner of the Magic Johnson Trophy, the NBA’s newest postseason awarded earlier this month. Stephen Curry is the first-ever recipient of the Earvin “Magic” Johnson…