NEW YORK — When Julius Randle signed with the Knicks in the summer of 2019, he joined a team that had just suffered its sixth consecutive losing season.

The Knicks were fresh off of a 17-win campaign that matched the worst season in franchise history.

Days earlier, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving had spurned them for the crossborough Nets.

It...Read more

He's back, baby.

Dick Vitale, the most-recognizable voice in college basketball broadcasting, will return to the airwaves Saturday, Jan. 25, for the Duke-Wake Forest game, ESPN announced Friday.

It will be Vitale's first game since April 3, 2023. He has battled multiple forms of cancer for the past three and a half years, and received word ...Read more

MIAMI — Ahead of Friday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets at Kaseya Center, Erik Spoelstra offered an opening comment about the return of forward Jimmy Butler from his seven-game team unpaid suspension.

That also included acknowledging that Butler would be returning to the team’s starting lineup.

“Look, we work in a league of ...Read more

CHICAGO — The three-year anniversary of Lonzo Ball’s ill-fated knee injury passed without fanfare Tuesday night.

For the past two years, the anniversary served as an ominous reminder of the depth of uncertainty surrounding the Chicago Bulls point guard’s future in the sport. When the first year passed, it felt foreboding. The second year ...Read more

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Todd Golden encouraged “people not to rush to judgment” in the wake of sexual assault allegations against Gators assistant and national championship-winning point guard Taurean Green.

Under investigation himself for sexual harassment and stalking, Golden also questioned the university’s Title IX process...Read more

ATLANTA — The Dejounte Murray trade once appeared to be a huge loss for the Hawks. Credit general manager Landry Fields for narrowing the margin by shipping Murray to the Pelicans last summer. That deal ultimately could end up being a win for the Hawks. They are pretty good now, and Fields has the means to make them better before the Feb. 6 ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points and Domantas Sabonis recorded his league-leading 36th double-double of the season to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 132-127 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

DeRozan scored 26 points in the second half and 16 in the fourth quarter for the Kings (...Read more

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida assistant coach Taurean Green is the target of a sexual assault complaint filed by an athletics department employee, according to an ESPN report.

The accuser said Green, the Gators’ point guard of back-to-back national champions in 2006-07, arranged to meet her in March 2024 an on-campus facility. Once there, ...Read more

Toughness?

Competitiveness?

That’s what the Warriors showed in Wednesday’s hold-on-for-dear-life win over the Timberwolves — a game they led 34-12 after one quarter but ended with a one-point margin of victory.

Sure, we can go with that, Steph Curry.

There is, of course, another way of looking at it: The Warriors — who have won eight...Read more

DETROIT — Through the first 41 games, every coach around the association has raved about the Detroit Pistons. They have spent the first half of the season as the league's most improved team, but no coach has praised the Pistons for their progression more than Rick Carlisle.

Despite leaving Detroit with a victory on Oct. 23, Carlisle knew the ...Read more

CHICAGO — Professional women’s basketball returns Friday as the Unrivaled league kicks off its inaugural season — and Chicago Sky star Angel Reese will be at the center of it all as she makes her debut with Rose Basketball Club.

Founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, Unrivaled is a 3-on-3 league designed to provide ...Read more

MIAMI — Perhaps little says as much about the convoluted current relationship between Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat as this: The team has reached the end game of its seven-game unpaid suspension of the former All-Star forward with the situation nonetheless ongoing.

With Wednesday night’s 117-108 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto....Read more

DENVER — Jamal Murray glared exclusively at The Denver Post.

The time was last July after Canada’s exhibition game against Team USA in Las Vegas. There was only one pertinent question: What is going on with the contract extension? “When we get there, we get there,” snapped Murray.

He was not comfortable talking about the deal, and he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James made a young Lakers fan's night Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena. And then for good measure, he did it again.

During the first quarter of the Lakers' game against the Miami Heat, James noticed a girl sitting courtside and wearing a replica of his jersey. So he gave her a wave, then turned his attention back to the game...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Warriors hit their low-point of the season north of the border, but bounced back against the Timberwolves stateside.

Golden State dominated the first quarter, building a 24-point lead behind swarming defense and a barrage of 3-pointers.

No lead is safe in the NBA, especially a Warriors lead. Minnesota clawed back, quarter ...Read more

Max Christie, the Lakers’ youngest starter, summarized the team’s defensive problems simply Wednesday morning. When the Lakers communicate and when they play with connectivity, they stop teams.

And when they don’t, well, they look like they did in the first half Wednesday night.

Playing the Miami Heat on Wednesday for the first time ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Nelson Rodriguez has rooted for the Clippers his entire life, but the fandom of the Santa Ana resident was out of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

The 37-year-old never owned an article of the team's clothing growing up, or even as an adult. He can only keep up with them on social media since Nelson doesn't subscribe to ...Read more