Associated Press In the first season in NBA history where the reigning NBA Champion is not based in a U.S. city, Mexico City will host multiple regular-season games this December. Just the fourth season this emerging NBA mega-market of 30 million souls has had the chance to sample a plurality of matches that will actually impact the playoff race, the duo of tilts will pit the Phoenix Suns against the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks against the Detroit Pistons. The latt

San Antonio Express-News Big changes might be on the near-term horizon of the NBA. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports the league has been engaged in talks with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) regarding major shake-ups to how the league calendar is organized, how the playoffs are structured, and even adding an in-season tournament in efforts to shore up viewer interest. Included among the proposals are cutting the number of regular season to 78 or fewer games

You Are My Hope To call Boston Celtics big man Enes Kanter outspoken is something of an understatement. But the 6-foot-10 center has good reason to be, having struggled with politically-motivated harassment by the Turkish government for years because of his and his family's political views. Now, with Turkey's entrance into neighboring Syria following the decision of the U.S. to pull its troops out of the troubled country -- adding yet another layer of complexity to an already

Hoops Hype Just days before the seven-year anniversary of the deal that brought James Harden to the Houston Rockets, a response to a question posed by an academic to the Milwaukee Bucks' marquee player ought to be giving that team's ownership considerable pause. At first glance, the connection between The Beard ending up in Texas and Giannis Antetokounmpo speaking to Harvard academics might not be so obvious, but let me explain. In a recent interview with Harvard Business Sch

Sports Illustrated It's not all champagne and caviar being tall. Sure, you get all the cache of being the person everyone asks to get something off of a high shelf, but it comes with drawbacks too, as new Boston Celtics center Tacko Fall was reminded of this week. While he wasn't especially likely to play in last night's season opener against the Philadelphia 76ers (who are a somewhat vertically-gifted team themselves), Fall instead found himself sidelined as he works his way

Forbes With the NBA's reach extending further than ever before globally, it has found itself embroiled in a tense international situation, one that is beginning to be felt both in business interests and outspoken players like the Boston Celtics' Enes Kanter. After Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey sparked an international incident by tweeting his support for pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, the ripples have been shaking a delicate balance the league has attempted to maintai

Boston Sports Journal & Cosmopolitan The Celts would not win another banner in Doc's tenure despite his well-intentioned optimism, with Danny tearing down the remnants of the title team in a rebuild that started in 2013. Garnett, Pierce, Terry and Doc left first, the former three to Brooklyn in the infamous Nets trade, the latter to the Clippers, where he coaches today. Current head coach Brad Stevens was pilfered from Butler, and Rondo sent packing to Dallas, ushering in the

Open-Court Basketball & Postmates Food played a significant role in Paul Pierce's career as he led the team from the wilderness era following Bird, McHale and Parish's departure to the next in which he would join -- or more accurately, be joined -- by Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen for Boston's 17th and most recent banner. Early in his amateur career, a young Truth would play early-morning ball with assistant coach and one-time police officer Scott Collins, who would treat the y

People & Loudon County Dabbling in the restaurant business might be a common trend for NBA stars now, but in the league's early days, few players made enough from their player salaries to embark on what has always been a risky venture. But in the 1960s and 70s, a select group of Celtics had a hand in the rise of a fast food giant, and later generations of Boston players would make their own mark on commercial dining culture. While Red's dalliance in Chinese restaurant ownersh

Sports Illustrated & The Spruce Eats Few things in life evoke more passion, debate, ire and certainty than sports, but food is in the conversation. So, for me, an anthropologist who happens to be as enamored with basketball as he is with the culture of one of society's most fundamental components -- what we eat -- makes this article both a natural fit and a surprise. It is a surprise in that this article, a cultural history of the food that powered the NBA's winningest franch