EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialAmari Bailey, a point guard from U.C.L.A., making his way toward the stage during the second round of the 2023 N.B.A. draft, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Thursday night, June 22, 2023. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Brooklynettes perform during a game between the Brooklyn Nets and the Charlotte Hornets at the Barclays Center in New York, April 16, 2021. (Kholood Eid/The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, a male giant Asian wasp recently trapped in Washington state. (Washington State Department of Agriculture via The New York Times)
EditorialAlex Whelan, an e-sports player known as ExposeHim, was drafted into the Hornets Venom GT at the NBA 2K League draft in New York, Feb. 22, 2020. (Brian Finke/The New York Times)
EditorialChris Looney, a Washington State entomologist, sets makeshift traps for the Asian giant hornets in an industrial park in Blaine, Wash. on April 23, 2020. (Ruth Fremson / The New York Times)