Stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard are among the 20 players who will compete for selection for the US men's basketball Olympic team, USA Basketball said Monday.
The list includes eight members of the 2008 gold medal team from Beijing (...)
owned New Orleans Hornets have finally reached an agreement to trade all-star Chris Paul, six days after the league vetoed a trade that would have seen Paul join the Los Angeles Lakers.
On Wednesday, the Hornets announced they had dealt guard Paul (...)
out players met with a federal mediator for more than 16 hours before the longest contract negotiating session of the bitter money dispute ended Wednesday with no public comments.
The first two weeks of the 2011-2012 NBA season have already been (...)
Yao Ming has made it possible for young Chinese basketball players to chase their NBA dreams and the country will produce more top quality players in the coming years, All Star guard Kobe Bryant said Tuesday.
Several reports in the media have said (...)
leading San Antonio Spurs inflicted Oklahoma City's heaviest loss of the season, winning 101-74 Saturday to notch a fourth straight win.
Coming off wins over the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas, the Spurs again beat one of the West's top teams to (...)
Star Allen Iverson's debut with Turkish basketball league team Besiktas has been postponed. Team manager Murat Murtezaoglu said the 11-time NBA All-Star “did not feel ready” to play Friday and instead watched from the stands. Murtezaoglu said he (...)
Star guard Joe Johnson has agreed to a maximum contract to stay with the Atlanta Hawks, his agent said Sunday.
Arn Tellem confirmed an entry he wrote for the Huffington Post website, in which he said Johnson “announced his intention to re-sign with (...)
Star guard Allen Iverson plans to retire from the league, according to a close friend and basketball analyst.
Stephen A. Smith, who worked as a sports journalist for the Philadelphia Inquirer when Iverson played for the Philadelphia 76ers, issued a (...)
out referees could be back on the floor in time for the season.
The league has made a new proposal, and a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press it will be recommended for approval to the referees Friday. The person, who (...)