Here is a look at the NBA players with the most career points and no NBA championship: Check out the ESPN NBA hub page for the latest news, features, scores, stats, schedules and more. After being drafted third overall by the Denver Nuggets in 2003, Carmelo Anthony quickly became one of the most prolific scorers in the NBA.

In an ideal world, we would all have tremendous job security, have contracts for life, and be unfireable. We would all have a place to call our home, at our discretion. We would all fall in love on the first try and not repeatedly have to go back to the cutthroat market of dating apps. Everything would be secure, always.

Richard Jefferson warns why the NBA could face the danger of a lockout with players unhappy about the second apron.

For now, Wembanyama will be the NBA’s greatest anxiety—capable of everything but guaranteed nothing. In a way, he’s a metaphor for life itself; if nothing else, you can put that on the plaque.

Portland Trail Blazers wing Deni Avdija (26 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 4.8 APG) has maintained his post-All-Star leap from last season. Players like Oklahoma City Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell (16.7 PPG) and Milwaukee Bucks guard Ryan Rollins (16.9 PPG and 5.4 APG) have emerged from NBA obscurity and are important cogs in contenders' rotations.

Basketball players dream of playing in the NBA, but for some, it doesn't end there. So, who are the best NBA players-turned-executives?

NBA insider Jake Fischer reported as much Sunday, noting the Western Conference team is "willing to listen to offers for players up and down their roster" outside of Keegan Murray and Nique Clifford, who "both will be off the table in upcoming trade talks."

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić and Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson have been named the NBA Players of the Week for Week 4 of the 2025-26 season. NBA Players of the Week for Week 4.

Former UConn players have found out just how tough it is to make a name for yourself in the world’s best league, and while a few of them are excelling, some are facing uncertain times ahead.

Players are running more than ever in game, being asked to make more explosive moves, and that has consequences.