Which NBA players have been the best of the best since the 2000-01 season? The Athletic NBA staff makes their picks.

He averages 42.3 percent from three through 16 seasons in the NBA. 95.3 on free throws. Steph Curry is widely considered the best shooter in NBA histor y, and yet he calls his old splash brother’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Jimmy Butler played the quintessential Jimmy Butler game against the Clippers on Tuesday night. He meandered ...

Many sports and pop culture fans believe Ayesha Curry possesses an uncanny ability to embarrass her husband, NBA superstar Steph Curry. Just last month, Curry told a publication that she thought she’d ...

Steph Curry had made 2,999 more three-pointers in his career than Aaron Gordon before Thursday night. It still took a shot from near halfcourt for Curry to force overtime before the Golden State ...

Say this about the first three nights of the 2025-26 NBA season: It absolutely sucks that a federal gambling probe seemingly fell out of the sky to overshadow what has been one of the most electric ...

This was going to be the Aaron Gordon game — the Denver Nuggets often overlooked forward had 50 points on the night and shot a ridiculous 10-of-11 from 3-point range. Only five other players have ever ...

Steph Curry had a couple of special guests on the sidelines in the Golden State Warriors‘ season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers. His wife, Ayesha Curry, and eldest daughter, Riley Curry, were ...

SAN FRANCISCO – If the first two games are anything to go by, the Warriors will not be shutting many teams down during the 2025-26 season. Steph Curry fights through illness vs. Suns, to sit out at ...

Stephen Curry scored 42 points on Thursday, including 16 straight for the Warriors at the end of the fourth quarter and start of overtime. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO — Chase Center, during ...

Another masterful performance from Stephen Curry has the Warriors superstar in rarefied NBA air: The future Hall of Famer is set to pass Michael Jordan for a rather remarkable scoring record. Curry ...