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Generally reliable

Shortcut

• WP:NBAGRELWP:NBAGREL

Books

• 2019–20 Official NBA Guide
• Porter, David L. Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 9780313309526 – via Books.Google.com.
• Internet Archive (registration required)
  • 1994–95 NBA Guide
  • 2006–07 NBA Register, player bios, including all-time greats
  • The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia
  • Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia

Websites

• https://theathletic.com (subscription required) (1)
• https://www.cbssports.com (WP:CBS)
• https://www.espn.com (1, 2)
• https://www.nbcsports.com/ (WP:NBC)
• https://www.theringer.com
• https://www.sportingnews.com
• NESN (1)

Magazines

• Slam (magazine) (1)
• Sports Illustrated before June 2019, except FanNation (now On SI) pages, which are user-generated (WP:RSPSI)

Newspapers

General

• https://www.usatoday.com (WP:USATODAY)

Boston

• https://celticswire.usatoday.com/category/news/

Denver

• https://www.denverpost.com

Detroit

• https://www.detroitnews.com
• https://www.freep.com

Golden State

• https://www.mercurynews.com
• https://www.pressdemocrat.com
• https://www.sfgate.com

Indiana

• https://www.indystar.com

Oklahoma City

• https://www.oklahoman.com

Los Angeles

• https://www.dailynews.com
• https://www.latimes.com (WP:LATIMES)

Memphis

• https://www.commercialappeal.com
• https://dailymemphian.com

Minnesota

• https://www.startribune.com
• https://www.twincities.com

New Orleans

• https://www.nola.com

New York

• http://nydailynews.com (WP:NYDN)
• https://www.nytimes.com (WP:NYT)

Portland

• https://www.portlandtribune.com

Utah

• https://www.deseret.com (WP:DESERET)
• https://www.sltrib.com (1)

Washington

• https://www.washingtonpost.com (WP:WAPO)

Statistics

• https://www.basketball-reference.com (1, 2)
• https://www.landofbasketball.com

No consensus, unclear, or additional considerations apply

For the inline cleanup tag that corresponds with this group of sources, see Template:Questionable NBA source.

Shortcuts

• WP:NBARSNCWP:NBARSNC
• WP:NBAMRELWP:NBAMREL

• ClutchPoints (1, 2)
• Heavy (WP:HEAVY.COM)
• New York Post sports coverage (1, 2)
• SB Nation (1, 2, 3)
• Sports Illustrated since June 2019 (WP:RSPSI)

Generally unreliable

For the inline cleanup tag that corresponds with this group of sources, see Template:Unreliable NBA source.

Shortcuts

• WP:NBARSUWP:NBARSU
• WP:NBAURSWP:NBAURS
• WP:NBAGUNRELWP:NBAGUNREL

• Bleacher Report (1, 2, 3, 4)
• EssentiallySports (1, 2, 3)
• Fadeaway World (1)
• FanSided (1)
• Forbes.com contributors (WP:FORBESCON)
• Medium (WP:MEDIUM)
• On SI (formerly FanNation) on Sports Illustrated (1, 2)
• RealGM (1, 2, 3)
• Sportskeeda (WP:SPORTSKEEDA)
• StatMuse (1, 2, 3)
• Yardbarker (1, 2)

See also

• {{NBA sources}}, banner for tagging an article or section when source quality is a widespread issue
• Wikipedia:New page patrol source guide#Sports
• Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources
• Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard