Each week, we’ll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below. BLOGTABLE: State of Cavs as playoffs near? | Outlook on 76ers’ future? | Your All-Roo … | Continue reading
Each week, we’ll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below. BLOGTABLE: State of Cavs as playoffs near? | Outlook on 76ers’ future? | Your All-Roo … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Tuesday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Warriors ready for shot at No. 73 | Kobe’s finale is here | Report: Wittman likely done in Washington | Rockets not sweating final game | Pistons’ Jackson: ‘I want to go and fight Goliath’ No. 1: Warriors ready for their … | Continue reading
HANG TIME BIG CITY — 81 games down, one to go. After Wednesday, the NBA regular season will be over, but even with the end around the corner, there are still more questions than answers. Luckily, we’ve got Wednesday night, the results of which will determine the playoff matchups. … | Continue reading
As Kobe Bryant makes the last stop of his storied 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, a downtown train station will be part of the citywide celebration. | Continue reading
Joe Smith made a blind, backward, over-the-head free throw that Stephen Curry couldn't match. Then, the Angels relief pitcher stymied the reigning NBA MVP on a left-handed 3-pointer and had suddenly beaten arguably the world's best basketball player at a good-natured game of PIG. | Continue reading
The Phoenix Suns are relocating their Development League team from Bakersfield, California, to Prescott Valley, Arizona. | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Monday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Mavs clinch playoff berth | Lakers mum on Kobe’s minutes in finale | Thompson supplants Mozgov in starting lineup | Report: Rambis will be back in some capacity; Knicks eye Blatt | Report: NBA restricting Colangelo’s acces … | Continue reading
Thunder guard Russell Westbrook had a triple-double by halftime of Monday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. | Continue reading
Last night's NBA TV telecast featuring the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs generated an average of 2.6 million total viewers to become the network's most-viewed telecast of all time (regular season and playoffs). The game telecast -- peaking with an average of 3.7 mil … | Continue reading
Kobe Bryant will finish his NBA career having played in more than 1,340 regular-season games and 220 playoff games. That made it tough to pick the 10 greatest games in his career. To us, though, these performances stand out the most. | Continue reading
"I, Kobe Bryant...have decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA." | Continue reading
"I, Kobe Bryant...have decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA." | Continue reading
"I, Kobe Bryant...have decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA." | Continue reading
"I, Kobe Bryant...have decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA." | Continue reading
"I, Kobe Bryant...have decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA." | Continue reading
"I, Kobe Bryant...have decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA." | Continue reading
Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris returned for a state-of-the franchise address with a new Colangelo by his side. | Continue reading
San Antonio star Tim Duncan has been ruled out for the Spurs' game against Golden State. | Continue reading
Philadelphia 76ers Managing General Partner Josh Harris announced today that the team has named Bryan Colangelo as President of Basketball Operations. | Continue reading
The Chicago Bulls finished 7-1 against the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. They outplayed the Cleveland Cavaliers in the fourth quarter and beat the defending conference champs in a playoffs-like atmosphere at United Center on Saturday. | Continue reading
VIDEO: The Fast Break — April 9 NEWS OF THE MORNING Spurs trying to solve Curry and vice versa | Rockets’ brass will be evaluated at season’s end | What can Bryan Colangelo bring to Philly? | Should losing teams rest players? No. 1: Spurs trying to solve Curry and vice versa — Af … | Continue reading
Farewell to Sleep Train Arena and the crowd noise and the leaky roof that caused a rain delay during an indoor basketball game and the small closet that visiting teams opened to learn it was actually their locker room and the cowbells and the college-fieldhouse feel and the previ … | Continue reading
NBA TV to offer free preview all-day Sunday | Continue reading
"I, Kobe Bryant...have decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA." | Continue reading
In the end, it was a four-game stretch that decided things in the inaugural OSPR. | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Wizards eliminated from playoffs | For Warriors, motivation not a problem | Bulls to choose Noah over Gasol? | The Brooklyn Swamp Dragons? No. 1: Wizards eliminated from playoffs — After giving the Atlanta Hawks all they could handle in the Eastern Conference … | Continue reading
J.J. Barea, a key component in Dallas' push for the playoffs, strained his right groin and won't return to a game against Memphis. | Continue reading
San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is resting every starter except Tim Duncan against the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. | Continue reading
There will be plenty of familiar NBA names wearing the green and gold of Australia at the 2016 Olympics this summer. Andrew Bogut, Patty Mills, Matthew Dellavedova, Joe Ingles, Aron Baynes and on-the-mend Dante Exum are all on board to play for the Boomers in Rio. But possible No … | Continue reading
Phoenix Suns guard Brandon Knight yesterday underwent successful surgery to treat a sports hernia. The surgery was performed by Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia. Knight has already begun rehabilitation and will return to Phoenix next week. | Continue reading
VIDEO: Relive the Damian Lillard-Stephen Curry duel By Ben Leibowitz, Special to NBA.com For those who haven’t been following along, Kobe Bryant’s retirement tour with the Los Angeles Lakers hasn’t been going well. Sure, there’s the elaborate parting gifts and raucous chants from … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Nuggets’ Harris as 2015-16 Most Improved Player? By Will Laws, Special to NBA.com Most NBA players – especially older veterans – are worn down by this time of the season. You don’t have to look any further than Golden State’s recent letdowns to realize that. However, some … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Thursday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Kerr may want to rest players | Rockets’ playoff hopes take hit | Bulls’ swoon affecting Gasol’s decision | Why Hinkie left Sixers No. 1: Warriors win No. 70 … is rest next? — The Golden State Warriors etched their names … | Continue reading
Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll has returned from right knee surgery after missing 41 games. | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Wednesday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Warriors want to finish with No. 1 overall seed | Prognosis grim for Jazz’s Sloan | Hinkie era ends in Philly | Bryant has no specific plans for final game | Ewing wants Knicks’ gig; ‘Melo wants say on next coach No. 1: … | Continue reading
Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie has quit after turning the organization into one of the worst teams in NBA history. | Continue reading
He took over a franchise that needed a facelift and proceeded to make every plastic surgeon in Beverley Hills jealous. Sam Hinkie spared nothing, especially victories, as he gutted the Sixers, cleared the salary cap and stockpiled draft picks in an extreme search to land a star a … | Continue reading
Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan has Parkinson's disease | Continue reading
Sad news from the NBA family: Jerry Sloan, the longtime Jazz coach, revealed Wednesday he has Parkinson’s disease. Sloan to the Salt Lake Tribune that he learned he had the illness last fall. At first he kept the diagnose a secret outside of his family, then decided to go public, … | Continue reading
Each week, we’ll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below. BLOGTABLE: Predicting East’s middle seeds? | Predicting West’s bottom seeds? | Top mo … | Continue reading
Each week, we’ll ask our stable of scribes across the globe to weigh in on the most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below. BLOGTABLE: Predicting East’s middle seeds? | Predicting West’s bottom seeds? | Top mo … | Continue reading
VIDEO: Highlights from Tuesday’s games NEWS OF THE MORNING Green: Warriors ready for season to end | Parker doesn’t think Spurs will rest stars | Reports: Jackson wants to keep Rambis as coach | Scott irked by Lakers’ play in Kobe’s final games | Cavs getting act together No. 1: … | Continue reading
The Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James and the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in March. | Continue reading
A Brooklyn man has been charged in the robbery and shooting of New York Knicks player Cleanthony Early outside a Queens strip club in December. | Continue reading
VIDEO: Iverson, Yao, Shaq lead 2016 Hall of Fame class NEWS OF THE MORNING Kerr: Warriors ‘not really pushing’ for 73 wins | Report: Conley’s season likely over | Carroll gearing up for return | Kobe reflects on rescinded Paul trade | Scott: Young ‘not here with us, mentally’ No. … | Continue reading
Brandon Ingram has made it official - he's the latest Duke one-and-done player. | Continue reading
Today, at a press event presented by Haggar Clothing Company, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 10 members of the Class of 2016 to be honored September 8-10, 2016 during this year's Enshrinement festivities in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Class Announ … | Continue reading