Charlotte re-signed free agent guard Coby White to take Ball’s place in the starting lineup. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball is the latest NBA star with a new home. The Charlotte Hornets agreed to ...

High-end freshman talent teemed through the last two NBA draft classes with names like Cooper Flagg in 2025 or AJ Dybantsa at No. 1 this year. The 2027 class lacks that same lofty status. Paul Biancar...

Cameron Boozer sees himself as a perfect addition to the Memphis Grizzlies’ latest rebuilding project. The Grizzlies selected the Duke forward with the third pick in the NBA draft Tuesday night, addin...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo brought the Milwaukee Bucks back to relevance and delivered the franchise its first title in half a century as the most impactful player in team history. Now the...

NEW YORK (AP) — AJ Dybantsa is on his way to Washington and ready to start working as soon as he gets there. That’s not until Wednesday. Tuesday was a night for the NBA’s No. 1 draft pick to party. “O...

NEW YORK (AP) — For anyone seeking clues in the final hours before the NBA draft, AJ Dybantsa’s Father’s Day message to his dad apparently wasn’t one. In the first of two pictures that went along with...

He led the Wolverines to a national title in his second year at the school. DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks and Dusty May of national champion Michigan are finalizing a deal for the coach to make t...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson held up the golden NBA championship trophy for a forest of outstretched hands to touch as fans celebrated the New York Knicks’ first title in 53 years with a booming para...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Knicks fans have waited forever for this. Thursday’s ticker-tape parade for the new NBA champions will be a first. When the team won the title before, in 1970 and ‘73, they we...

And just like that, it’s next season in the NBA. The New York Knicks will be feted with a championship parade through the streets of Manhattan on Thursday after a postseason in which they successfully...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls are finalizing a deal to hire Portland Trail Blazers interim coach Tiago Splitter as their next head coach, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Pre...

NEWYORK (AP) — It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence, including a s...

And just like that, it’s next season in the NBA. The New York Knicks will be feted with a championship parade through the streets of Manhattan on Thursday after a postseason in which they successfully...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Mike Brown didn’t seem to be the New York Knicks’ first choice to take over as coach last spring, when the team fired Tom Thibodeau and was linked to at least a half-dozen other can...

The BYU star is projected to go ahead of Kansas’ Peterson, Duke’s Boozer and UNC’s Wilson. By AARON BEARD and BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writers AJ Dybantsa is at the NBA Finals this week, working in...

NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama likens home-court advantage to having six players on the court against five. On the road, it is like five on six. Wemby likes it like that. Wembanyama and the San Ant...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Go crazy, New York. Or, perhaps more accurately, crazier. The red-hot Knicks are going home, two wins away from an NBA championship that the capital of the world has been waiting to...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Paul Westhead had a coaching career like none other. He won an NBA championship as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980. He won a WNBA championship as coach of the Phoenix Mercur...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The New York Knicks’ winning streak lives on, and they struck first in the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, an...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The NBA’s hopes of starting a new independent league in Europe by the end of 2027 are on schedule, Commissioner Adam Silver said before the start of the NBA Finals on Wednesday nigh...