Basketball News

November 24, 2020

Billy Evans, 88, member of 1956 gold medal U.S. team, dies

Billy Evans, a member of the 1956 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and Kentucky Hall of Famer who helped the Wildcats go ...

November 23, 2020

NBA players discuss social justice with pope at Vatican

Five NBA players were part of a delegation that met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday to discuss social justice.

November 21, 2020

Free agency opens: Fox and Kings agree on $163 million deal

On the first night of free agency, De'Aaron Fox was the first huge winner. Huge, as in $163 million — or even more. Fox and ...

November 21, 2020

Goran Dragic, Meyers Leonard quickly agree on Heat returns

Goran Dragic has repeatedly said that he wants to finish his career in Miami. Meyers Leonard ended last season wanting a ...

November 20, 2020

AP source: USA Basketball entering bubble for AmeriCup games

USA Basketball and the national teams from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico will be moving into a bubble in Indianapolis over the ...

November 20, 2020

Thompson has torn Achilles tendon, expected to miss season

Bob Myers called Stephen Curry to break the devastating news that Klay Thompson had torn his Achilles and would miss another ...

November 19, 2020

Warriors' Klay Thompson suffers leg injury, severity unclear

Golden State guard Klay Thompson injured his lower right leg during a pickup game in Southern California and will undergo ...

November 19, 2020

AP source: 76ers send Horford, future 1st-rounder to OKC

The Philadelphia 76ers are moving on from Al Horford and will trade him and a protected future first-round pick to Oklahoma ...

November 17, 2020

Wichita State coach Marshall resigns after misconduct probe

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall resigned Tuesday following an investigation into allegations of verbal and physical abuse, ...

November 17, 2020

Top freshmen forge their own paths in picking schools

Many of the nation’s brightest prospects in the most recent recruiting class didn’t necessarily select the most obvious ...

November 17, 2020

All-Star guard Chris Paul sent to Suns in blockbuster trade

Chris Paul holds a $44 million option for the 2021-22 season, a massive payday that may have kept some teams from trying to ...

November 16, 2020

AP source: Pistons trading Brown to Nets for Musa and pick

The Detroit Pistons agreed to trade Bruce Brown to the Brooklyn Nets for Dzanan Musa and a 2021 second-round draft pick, ...

November 12, 2020

Howard, Boston lead AP women's basketball All-America team

Rhyne Howard is rewriting the record books at Kentucky and she is only a junior. Now the Wildcats star is the first player ...

November 12, 2020

Garza, Butler headline AP preseason All-America team

The coronavirus pandemic initially clouded Luka Garza’s decision whether to stay at Iowa or leave for the NBA.

November 11, 2020

Thunder promote assistant Daigneault to head coach

The Oklahoma City Thunder promoted assistant Mark Daigneault to head coach on Wednesday, handing the team over to the ...

November 09, 2020

Bucks player agrees to $750K settlement over arrest

Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a ...

November 03, 2020

Nancy Darsch, former Ohio State and WNBA coach, dies at 68

Nancy Darsch, who guided the Ohio State women's basketball team to the 1993 title game and went on to coach in the WNBA, has ...

November 02, 2020

Billy Tubbs, former Oklahoma basketball coach, dies at 85

Billy Tubbs, the colorful coach with the high-octane system known as Billy Ball who brought Oklahoma basketball to prominence ...