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Nate Archibald
Nate "Tiny" Archibald (born 1948, New York) is a Hall of Fame NBA point guard, 1981 Celtics champion, and the only player to lead the NBA in scoring and assists in the same season (34.0 ppg, 11.4 apg, 1972-73).
Nate McMillan
Nate McMillan, NBA head coach of the SuperSonics, Trail Blazers, Pacers, and Hawks with a 760-668 career record; since 2024 an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers under JJ Redick.
Nate Oats
Nate Oats, college basketball coach; head coach at Alabama since 2019 after Buffalo (96-43). Built on pace, threes and analytics; 2024 Final Four, 2023 AP No. 1, $18M buyout contracts.
Nate Robinson
Nate Robinson (Nathaniel Cornelius Robinson, born 1984) is an American former NBA point guard who played 11 seasons and won the Slam Dunk Contest three times, in 2006, 2009, and 2010.
Nate Thurmond
Nate Thurmond (Nathaniel Thurmond, 1941-2016) was an American NBA center, 7-time All-Star for the San Francisco/Golden State Warriors, who recorded the first quadruple-double (22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, 12 blocks) on October 18, 1974 with Chicago.
Nate Tibbetts
Nate Tibbetts (born 1977) is an American basketball coach, longtime NBA assistant with Cleveland, Portland, and Orlando who became Phoenix Mercury head coach in 2023 and led them to the 2025 WNBA Finals.
National Basketball Association
The NBA is a 30-team North American men's professional basketball league founded in 1946. Covers its soft salary cap and second apron, $76B media deals, franchise valuations, play-in, and NBA-vs-FIBA rules.
National Basketball League (Australia)
National Basketball League (NBL), Australia's top-tier men's professional basketball league. Founded 1979 by John Raschke; ten clubs including Perth Wildcats (10 titles) and Tasmania JackJumpers; revived under Larry Kestelman's ownership.
National Basketball League (United States)
The National Basketball League (NBL) was an American basketball league founded in 1937 in the Midwest that merged into the NBA in 1949; the name was revived in 2019.
National Basketball League of Canada
The National Basketball League of Canada, known as NBL Canada, was a minor-league men's basketball league founded in 2011, peaking at 10 teams in 2016 before dissolving in 2023.
National Invitation Tournament
National Invitation Tournament (NIT), annual NCAA Division I men's postseason basketball tournament, first held 1938 with Temple winning at Madison Square Garden; NCAA-owned since 2005, 24 teams from 2027.
Natisha Hiedeman
Natisha Hiedeman (T-Spoon), born 1997, Green Bay, Wisconsin, is an American WNBA guard, 5-8, drafted 18th overall in 2019 by Minnesota, traded to Connecticut Sun; Marquette's 2019 unanimous BIG EAST Player of the Year; now with the Seattle Storm.
Naz Reid
Naz Reid (Nazreon Hilton Reid, born 1999) is an American NBA center-forward, undrafted from LSU in 2019, who won the 2023-24 Sixth Man of the Year with Minnesota before being traded to the Charlotte Hornets in June 2026.
NBA 2K14
NBA 2K14 (also written NBA 2K14) is a 2013 basketball simulation by Visual Concepts and 2K Sports, a LeBron James cover entry of the NBA 2K series released October 1, 2013 on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and iOS, with Eco-Motion engine next-gen PS4 and Xbox One versions in November.
NBA 2K16
NBA 2K16 is a 2015 Visual Concepts basketball simulation, the 17th NBA 2K entry, with Spike Lee's 'Livin' Da Dream' MyCAREER story, Curry, Harden, and Davis covers, and over four million first-week sales.
NBA 2K17
NBA 2K17 is a 2016 Visual Concepts basketball simulation published by 2K Sports, with Paul George on the standard cover and Kobe Bryant on the Legend Edition; released September 20, 2016, Metacritic 88.
NBA 2K18
NBA 2K18 is a basketball simulation video game by Visual Concepts and 2K, released in September 2017, the nineteenth NBA 2K entry, known for its open-world Neighborhood feature.
NBA 2K19
NBA 2K19 is a 2018 basketball simulation by Visual Concepts and 2K Sports, the series' 20th entry, with LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo covers, Metacritic 82, the Takeover feature, VC-based monetization, and servers shut down in December 2020.
NBA 2K21
NBA 2K21 is a 2020 basketball simulation by Visual Concepts and 2K Games, the 22nd NBA 2K entry, released September 4, 2020 on current-gen and November 2020 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, known for its controversial Pro Stick shot meter, The City, The W, and a 68 Metacritic score.
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
NBA 75th Anniversary Team (NBA 75): 76-player list of the greatest NBA players, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel in October 2021 for the league's 75th season; kept all 50 from 1996, honored at the 2022 All-Star Game.
NBA All-Defensive Team
NBA All-Defensive Team: annual NBA honor naming First and Second Teams of the league's best defenders since 1968-69; coaches voted until 2014, now 100 media voters, positionless since the 2020s.
NBA All-Rookie Team
NBA All-Rookie Team: annual First and Second Team honors for the league's best first-year players, awarded since 1962-63 (originally by the Newspaper Enterprise Association) and now chosen by a 100-member global media panel; 2025-26 First Team led by Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel.
NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game), annual Friday exhibition of entertainers and athletes opening NBA All-Star Weekend on ESPN; Rome Flynn won back-to-back MVPs in 2025 and 2026, Micah Parsons holds the scoring record with 37 points.
NBA All-Star Game
NBA All-Star Game, the NBA's annual midseason exhibition since 1951. Formats: East vs. West until 2018, captain's draft 2018-2023, East vs. West 2024, four-team tournament 2025, U.S. vs. World round-robin 2026.
NBA Coach of the Year
NBA Coach of the Year, awarded as the Red Auerbach Trophy, honors the league's top head coach, chosen by 100 media voters; Boston's Joe Mazzulla won 2025-26, and the NBCA coaches' award is a separate, peer-voted honor.
NBA conference finals
NBA conference finals: the penultimate playoff round, two best-of-seven series (East and West) whose winners meet in the NBA Finals; 2026 winners were the Knicks (4-0 over Cleveland) and Spurs (4-3 over Oklahoma City).
NBA Defensive Player of the Year
NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY), the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy, honors the NBA's best regular-season defender; awarded since 1982-83, first won by Sidney Moncrief, with Victor Wembanyama the first unanimous winner in 2025-26.
NBA draft
NBA draft: annual two-round, 60-pick player selection held since 1947; top picks set since 1985 by a weighted lottery among non-playoff teams, reformed in 2019 (14% flat odds) and again by the 2027 3-2-1 Lottery.
NBA draft lottery
NBA draft lottery: annual weighted drawing among the 14 non-playoff NBA teams setting the top draft picks; 14 balls, 1,000 combinations, 14% top odds since 2019, 3-2-1 reform in 2027.
NBA Europe
NBA Europe: planned 16-team professional men's basketball league run by the NBA with FIBA, announced March 2025, targeting an October 2027 launch to rival the EuroLeague.