Basketball

Jrue Holiday traded to Boston, as Portland continues making moves

Jrue Holiday was out of the Eastern Conference for just a few days, and now it’s the Boston Celtics who will hope that the Olympic gold medalist and NBA champion can help deliver them another title banner.

Oct 1, 2023 2:51 PM Read more >

Hornets say F/C Kai Jones will not participate in training camp due to 'personal reasons'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets announced Saturday that 2021 first-round draft pick Kai Jones will not participate in training camp due to personal reasons.

Sep 30, 2023 3:58 PM Read more >

NBA suspends former Spurs guard Joshua Primo for 4 games for exposing himself to women

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA suspended former San Antonio Spurs guard Joshua Primo on Friday for four games without pay for conduct detrimental to the league.

Sep 29, 2023 10:37 AM Read more >

Doncic, Irving believe full season with Mavs will make encore better than debut that flopped

DALLAS (AP) — The first preseason together for Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving will include long flights overseas and a herky-jerky schedule with fewer games than usual for the Dallas Mavericks.

Sep 29, 2023 4:01 AM Read more >

LeBron will get more help this season from Lakers' revamped roster, GM Pelinka says

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James is once again getting to the gym at dawn and putting in long hours as he prepares to begin his 21st NBA season.

Sep 28, 2023 6:05 PM Read more >

Timberwolves ready to run back the Gobert-Towns pairing after false start last season

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The audacious experiment of pairing two big men together turned into a false start for the Minnesota Timberwolves last season when Karl-Anthony Towns missed 52 games because of a strained calf muscle during Rudy Gobert's debut with

Sep 28, 2023 5:28 PM Read more >

NBA hires former Obama counsel, Google exec Albert Sanders Jr. to head ref operations

The NBA has hired Albert Sanders Jr., a Google executive and former associate counsel to President Barack Obama, as its new head of referee operations.

Sep 28, 2023 12:05 PM Read more >

Analysis: Adrian Griffin, as he enters Year 1 as a coach, is the winner of the Lillard trade

The Milwaukee Bucks were winners of the Damian Lillard trade sweepstakes, obviously, because they got him.

Sep 28, 2023 12:01 PM Read more >

Damian Lillard traded from the Trail Blazers to the Bucks in 3-team deal

Damian Lillard was once asked to pick a player he'd want as a teammate, and Giannis Antetokounmpo was his answer. It's about to happen.

Sep 27, 2023 8:53 PM Read more >

Former first daughter Barbara Bush tells AP about helping lead NBA's social responsibility efforts

Barbara Bush never got to any of the NBA championship celebrations held at the White House when her grandfather was president of the United States. Never got to one when her father occupied the Oval Office, either.

Sep 27, 2023 5:40 PM Read more >