Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players ...

Chuck Cooper, number 11, plays for the Boston Celtics as they take on the Syracuse Nationals at the Garden in an undated photo. Basketball was a very different game in 1950. The NBA was a fledgling ...

"He's a chameleon," radio voice of the Dallas Mavericks, Chuck Cooperstein said as he described how Cooper Flagg would fit in ...

Chuck Cooper, and Earl Lloyd. To acknowledge their feat, the NBA is in talks to celebrate the three pioneers every year, starting next season, during Black History Month. "I am excited about the ...

The Dallas Mavericks acquired the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft lottery on Sunday. Having traded Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles ...

Chuck Cooper, Nat Sweetwater Clifton and Earl Lloyd New Yorks Karl-Anthony Towns tells the story of Nat Clifton, the first Black player to be signed to an NBA contract Golden States Steph Curry ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Celtics forward John Havlicek died in 2019 after a long fight with Parkinson's disease at the age of 74 in Jupiter, Florida. Hondo, as he would ...