Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander might be adding a couple more trophies to his collection. San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama has a shot at doing the same. And for the eighth consecutive year, the...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James and Bronny James made NBA history last season when a father and son played together for the first time. They took their family dynamic to another level this seas...

MIAMI (AP) — In Miami, the NBA’s decision that LaMelo Ball grabbing Bam Adebayo was an ejection- worthy flagrant foul didn’t register much of a reaction. In Charlotte, the fact that the ruling didn’t ...

DENVER (AP) — Around playoff time, Nikola Jokic always looks to make a big splash — on the court, obviously, but also in the water. The Denver Nuggets do-it-all center typically opens his swimming poo...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones is expected to become the first person to plead guilty in a gambling sweep that led to the arrests of more than 30 people, including r...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry hit seven 3-pointers while scoring 35 points, holding every fan at Intuit Dome in his thrall with another dazzling display of his unmatched shooting skill. In th...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball was so excited after delivering a knockout blow to the Miami Heat in Tuesday night’s electric 127-126 play-in tournament win that he carried it over to his victory c...

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Zion Williamson, fed up with never having appeared in a playoff game during his first seven NBA seasons with New Orleans, is forecasting “a different summer.” While gratified by h...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry practically glared in delight when he scored and was fouled in his first game back after missing more than two months because of a knee injury. He brought back his c...

MIAMI (AP) — The play-in tournament field is set, and just like that the postseason has arrived in the NBA. First up: an elimination game in Charlotte. The ninth-place Hornets will take on the 10th-pl...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo said it was “disrespectful” for Milwaukee to bench him over the final weeks of the season while he said he was healthy enough to play, a stinging rebuke of th...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jayson Tatum wanted to walk off the floor as a winner in his return to Madison Square Garden. He didn’t, but at least this time he walked off the floor on his own, instead of being car...

SEATTLE (AP) — By his second season as CEO of the Kraken, Tod Leiweke had witnessed firsthand just how impactful a successful team can be for the city of Seattle. The Kraken not only qualified for the...

HOUSTON (AP) — Joel Embiid had an appendectomy in Houston on Thursday after Philadelphia’s star big man was stricken with appendicitis overnight. The team announced that the surgery had been completed...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Earlier this season, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch found a precise if unusual way to describe why his deep, experienced and well-rounded team had slipped into another fun...

Charlotte’s surge to at least the play-in tournament and possibly the playoffs in the Eastern Conference has been fueled in large part by the 3-point shot. And by season’s end, it’s well within reach ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — With 5:57 remaining against the Charlotte Hornets, Jayson Tatum sized up forward Miles Bridges at the top of the key, used a ball fake to get the defender off balanced for just ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — With 5:57 remaining against the Charlotte Hornets, Jayson Tatum sized up forward Miles Bridges at the top of the key, used a ball fake to get the defender off balanced for just ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has finally decided to consider expanding past its current 30-team footprint, with the league’s owners voting Wednesday to start exploring the process of adding franchises in L...

There are some big games on Wednesday in the NBA. Atlanta visits Detroit in a matchup pitting a Hawks team that is rolling against a Pistons team trying to lock up the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed....