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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cavaliers starting shooting guard J.R. Smith will miss at least one game -- and probably more -- with a hyperextended left knee. | Continue reading
Just when the Rockets thought the long-running soap opera had ended when they matched Brooklyn’s offer sheet, restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas did not report for a physical Tuesday and now | Continue reading
Thompson makes history | DeRozan as the next Kobe Bryant | Bulls downplay Rondo suspension | Hawks make a lineup change | Continue reading
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Al Attles made all eight of his field-goal tries for 17 points during Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game on March 2, 1962. Attles coached Rick Barry the day he scored 64 against Portland on March 26, 1974. | Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder has fallen ill and is missing their game against the Los Angeles Lakers. | Continue reading
Donatas Motiejunas isn't going anywhere, after all. | Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) -- Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook has extended his streak of triple-doubles to six straight games in Atlanta. Westbrook's streak is the NBA's longest since 1989, when Michael Jordan | Continue reading
TORONTO (AP) -- Cleveland guard J.R. Smith left the Cavaliers' against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night with a left knee injury. | Continue reading
The Cavs suddenly aren't so concerned about the surging Toronto Raptors as they are about the injured JR Smith. | Continue reading
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans Pelicans guards Jrue Holiday and E'Twaun Moore both are sitting out Monday night against Memphis because of toe injuries. | Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) -- Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu is active for their game against the Chicago Bulls after being sidelined by a left calf injury. | Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) -- Magic Johnson is returning to ESPN to work on the pregame studio show for ABC's NBA Saturday night games. | Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Bulls suspended Rajon Rondo for Monday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers for conduct detrimental to the team, adding another disciplinary measure to the point guard's lengthy resume. | Continue reading
ATLANTA (AP) -- The slumping Atlanta Hawks have benched guard Kyle Korver. | Continue reading
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jose Calderon will be sidelined for at least two weeks with a strained right hamstring. | Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Clippers will hold training camp in Hawaii ahead of the 2017-18 NBA season. | Continue reading
NEW YORK -- The Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook today were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Nov. 28 through Sunday, Dec. 4. | Continue reading
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The Memphis Grizzlies have signed guard Toney Douglas under the NBA's hardship rule. | Continue reading
Chicago point guard Rajon Rondo was suspended for Monday's game against Portland for conduct detrimental to the team, the Bulls announced. | Continue reading
Westbrook still triple-double torrid | Letting Draymond be Draymond? | Pacers' high means Clippers' low | Homecoming but no heroics for Hield | Continue reading
NEW YORK -- (Aug, 19, 2016) New Orleans has been selected to host NBA All-Star 2017, the NBA announced today. The 66th NBA All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Smoothie King Center -- home of the New Orleans Pelicans. The game was previously scheduled to be held in … | Continue reading
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Russell Westbrook became the first NBA player with five consecutive triple-doubles since Michael Jordan had seven straight in 1989. | Continue reading
All that remained of guard Reggie Jackson's rehabilitation of his left knee was for Jackson to pronounce himself ready and available to play for the Detroit Pistons. The team's medical staff had cleared him and Jackson, who had yet to appear in a game this season, had done his wo … | Continue reading
Green defends his Rockettes act | Nowitzki all-in or all done? | Watson counters Kerr on marijuana | A little Kobe for Christmas No. 1: Green defends his Rockettes act -- Draymond Green has been | Continue reading
OAKLAND, Calif. -- David West has undergone four surgeries in his long NBA career: left knee, right elbow and right foot twice to fix a couple of toes. | Continue reading
On Friday, Golden State coach Steve Kerr admitted that he had used marijuana to help manage chronic back pain. | Continue reading
LeBron: 'Honeymoon stage is over' | Nets' offer sheet for Motiejunas has back-out options | Season could start earlier next year | Return date is up to Jackson | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Warriors less ‘awful’ than Lakers | Record night for 3-pointers | Lee shows Celtics what could have been | Hornets’ roster, record take hits No. 1: Warriors less ‘awful’ than Lakers — For a game severely lacking in style points, the Golden State Warriors’ 109- … | Continue reading
Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell will miss Tuesday night's game against the Thunder in Los Angeles and Wednesday at Golden State because of a sore left knee, the team announced. | Continue reading
All of the writers, recurring features, analysis and podcast links previously found on the Hang Time Blog can now be read on NBA.com and the NBA app. Exact same content, just a new home. We’ll see you over there. Thank you. | Continue reading
CLEVELAND -- Kyrie Irving is prepared to make a most memorable pass. | Continue reading
Silver speaks to reporters | Heat hanging on to Dragic | Can the Grizz still grit and grind? | Kerr not a fan of anonymous quotes | Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) -- This season hasn't started and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver already has good news about next season. | Continue reading
DENVER (Official Release) -- The Denver Nuggets have exercised the fourth-year options for both Gary Harris and Jusuf Nurkić and exercised the third-year option for Emmanuel Mudiay, General | Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Philadelphia 76ers say forward Nerlens Noel will need surgery on his left knee, the latest in a long line of injuries for a team that is trying to turn things around. | Continue reading
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green will miss three weeks after straining his left quadriceps. | Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA (Official Release) -- The Philadelphia 76ers today provided the following medical updates on guard Jerryd Bayless and forwards Nerlens Noel and Ben Simmons. | Continue reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The Sacramento Kings have exercised their third-year option on center Willie Cauley-Stein. | Continue reading
Hold the phone on Ben Simmons being done for the season. | Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Friday the league and players have made "tremendous progress" toward an extension of the collective bargaining agreement, saying he hoped a deal would be completed soon. | Continue reading
NEW YORK (Official Release) – The NBA announced today that it will expand use of the Replay Center beginning with the 2016-17 regular season. This season, active referees in the | Continue reading
Aldridge happy with Spurs | Reports: NBA, NBPA closing in on new CBA | Rose forced to play catch up with Knicks | Continue reading
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Pistons have exercised their team option on forward Stanley Johnson through the 2017-18 season. | Continue reading
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand has announced his retirement. | Continue reading
No. 1: Report: Wolves resisting Rubio trade offers -- When the Minnesota Timberwolves took Providence guard Kris Dunn with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2016 Draft, it seemed to indicate to many observes that incumbent point guard Ricky Rubio's days were numbered. Whether or not … | Continue reading