The NBA has a stat called usage rate, which measures a percentage of a team’s plays that end thanks to an action from a specific player — like a jump shot, a turnover or free throws.

As we take the entire regular season into account, however, here are the players who most helped their case and boosted their ranking in the eyes of the FanSided NBA team. Check out NBA 99 ...

Advertisement Last year, then-Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter was banned from the league for what the NBA called a “cardinal ... For a significant segment of players who are merely trying ...

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Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has always been a lightning rod of criticism because of his defensive style. He is the most dominant defender of his generation, but that does not give ...

They've already called the Dallas Mavericks one of the worst organizations less than ten months after making the NBA Finals, and now NBA players are giving their reactions to the already infamous ...

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has won four Defensive Player of the Year Awards. He has made seven All-Defensive teams, three All-Star teams and four All-NBA teams. However ...

Warriors coach Steve Kerr, on numerous occasions, has called Green the best defensive player he has ever been around, but the four-time NBA champion still has just one Defensive Player of the Year ...

Their place in the league’s history remains, 75 years after their names were called. As the first African-American players in the NBA, the roles that Cooper, Clifton and Lloyd served went far ...

CLEVELAND — In a season where the clear-cut choice for NBA Defensive Player of the Year didn ... contract extension he signed last summer called for a raise over the life of the five-year ...