SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Alone in Santa Clara’s practice gym, Thierry Darlan reaches up and grabs onto the bottom of the net with two left fingers. He crosses his left leg over the right and stands ...

Let the record show that it’s very possible Victor Wembanyama essentially lost this season’s defensive player of the year award in mid-November, in a game against the Golden State Warriors. And he was...

It’s happening: The U.S. vs. the World is finally a done deal and will be the format for this season’s NBA All-Star Game. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association unveiled the long-awai...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Austin Reaves had the ball for the final possession, of course, dribbling left off the high screen before seeing his opening to split the double team with a crossover and beeline in...

NEW YORK (AP) — The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operati...

NEW YORK (AP) — The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in a takedown of two sprawling gambling operati...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder received their NBA championship rings Tuesday night before their season opener against the Houston Rockets. Oklahoma City beat the Indiana Pacers in the ...

The most important result for the San Antonio Spurs over the early weeks of this NBA season will probably come on Nov. 4. And the team doesn’t even have a game that day. Voters in Bexar County, Texas,...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Western Conference is so loaded that its championship might be the real NBA Finals, at least if all the betting money pouring in on those teams is any indication. Of the top seven...

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic considers the Denver Nuggets a dark horse in the race for an NBA title. Technically speaking, of course, they’re not. Far from it, even. The Nuggets are only slightly behind...

All Dwight Howard urges his doubters to do is this: look at the numbers. They tell the story, he insists. He averaged 15.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Only 13 other players in the history of th...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder felt slighted last season when they were left off the NBA’s Christmas schedule. That won’t be an issue this year. MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the NBA cham...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — It hit Damian Lillard as he drove home with his kids after signing a contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers. He was coming home. Lillard’s three children, Damian Jr., 7...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran guard Marcus Smart will sign with the Los Angeles Lakers after receiving a contract buyout from the Washington Wizards, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associat...

He added that the league is at “Day 1” of what could be a lengthy process. LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA may finally be one step closer on the long road to expansion. Saying owners have a “curiosity” about...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cooper Flagg’s first and likely only NBA Summer League is over. The Dallas Mavericks have shut down the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft after two summer league games, according to a p...

Prime Video will have many familiar faces along with some new voices when it begins its first season of NBA coverage in October. Kevin Harlan, Ian Eagle and Stan Van Gundy are coming over from TNT whi...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Rodriguez remembers a very specific lesson that longtime New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner taught him over the years. In a way, it’ll shape his approach when it comes to...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Myles Turner wants to keep contending for NBA titles. That’s why he decided to challenge an old cliche, one that he doesn’t think is particularly accurate. The Milwaukee Bucks formall...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Frank Layden, the sharp-witted former coach who led the Utah Jazz to the playoffs for the first time, has died. He was 93. “Frank Layden made a lasting impact on the Jazz, the st...