Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May spoke on his view of the current NIL era of the college basketball world.

Picture this: your team is up 5 points with a minute left, and the other team gets a technical foul called on them. Or this: you go up 15 at the halftime break, a mark that 1-seeds were 134-0 from.

The league is ready to change the rules that incentivize teams to lose to secure draft picks. But this year, teams took one last turn at playing terrible basketball—on purpose.

For almost a decade, international stars have dominated the NBA. The top five best players’ category is largely dominated by foreign-born players, as the last of the American superstars get close to ...

Don Nelson is one of the winningest coaches in NBA history. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Ronald Martinez / Allsport / Getty Images This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk ...