DETROIT – It’s the question that has vexed NBA executives and scholars forever, and no, it’s not, what actually constitutes traveling? It’s the one the Pistons suddenly, happily face: How soon to push the pedal?

They just completed a historically dramatic turnaround, won a playoff game for the first time in 17 years and pushed the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers are considered the luckiest team in the history of the NBA draft lottery.

Their draft position has improved eight times — moving up at least three spots on five occasions — during 18 lottery appearances since 1986.

As a result, the Sixers have gained 24 draft slots thanks to the lottery. No other franchise has ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — We are roughly six months from the start of the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season. Nevertheless, Mark Pope has already assured that Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball fans will experience something rare in the coming year — and that’s not referring to the impending season’s shockingly early UK-Louisville game. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Too often, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been an unserious basketball team. They have had a tendency to let winnable games slip away more than they should when other teams are down key players. Thursday was the first test to see if they learned from their mistakes, as they faced a Golden State Warriors team that won’t have ...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — Loud City is not Fraud City.

Every Thunder had a basket Wednesday night, save for the Broncos mascot.

“We got punked,” Denver Nuggets coach David Adelman admitted after the 149-106 drubbing. “We are not going to flush that. We have to be better.”

If the series opener was a referendum on the Thunder’s inexperience,...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – Steph Curry’s ailing hamstring is on the mend, but the Golden State Warriors star’s sense of humor is healthy as ever.

“I’m feeling great,” Curry said Thursday morning during the Warriors’ pregame shootaround, before adding. “That’s sarcasm.”

Curry spoke for the first time since he was ruled out for at least a...Read more

ATLANTA — Though it came as a surprise to some in February, the Hawks trading of wing De’Andre Hunter opened up potential for both parties.

The Hawks dealt Hunter to the Cavaliers in February for guard Caris LeVert, forward Georges Niang, as well as three second-round picks and two pick swaps. In making the move, the Hawks sold high on ...Read more

CHICAGO — It’s time for the Chicago Bulls to start hunting for big trades.

The early rounds of the NBA playoffs are the most illuminating weeks of the season. It’s when the cracks begin to show, when players and front offices reach breaking points and begin to search for solutions.

And for teams stuck on the sidelines — like the Bulls,...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Whatever you think about the Xfinity Mobile Arena, I think we can all agree that it would be a lot cooler if it was the Xfinity Arenamobile. You know, like a Bookmobile, except for underperforming sports teams. Put that baby on wheels and send the Sixers and Flyers right on out of here. Maybe New Jersey can still find them a few...Read more

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Rachid Meziane finished up another practice Wednesday, neither overjoyed nor overly concerned. This is going to be a process, to make the kind of basketball he knows work in the WNBA, and it is just beginning.

“Ah, it’s never perfect,” he said. “We can see, we can recognize our team needs time, needs hard work, ...Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — In case it wasn’t clear before, the Nuggets are dealing with the best team in the NBA.

Measuring by point differential this season, it was the best team in league history, in fact. But point differential doesn’t matter in a playoff series — fortunately for Denver. If it did, the Thunder would be up by 41 after a 149-106 ...Read more

The Golden State Warriors’ win on Tuesday wasn’t just a show of strength in numbers.

No, the Warriors’ Game 1 victory was shock and awe.

When Steph Curry left the opening matchup of the Warriors’ Western Conference Semifinal series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State had a five-point lead with 33 minutes to play.

So how ...Read more

BOSTON — It happened again.

Leading by 20 points with 3:12 remaining in the third quarter, the Celtics collapsed in spectacular fashion for the second consecutive game, allowing the New York Knicks to stage another furious late-game comeback at TD Garden.

Boston made just one field goal in the final eight-plus minutes and lost 91-90 to fall ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – Steph Curry’s hamstring strain will keep him out for Game 2 and at least the next week of the Golden State Warriors’ playoff series with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

An MRI Wednesday morning revealed a Grade 1 strain of his left hamstring, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported and the Warriors confirmed later Wednesday. While that...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former Lakers player and head coach Byron Scott is accused in a lawsuit obtained by The Los Angeles Times of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student at Studio City Campbell Hall High School in 1987.

The former student alleges that Scott escorted her into a janitor's closet and that according to the lawsuit he "began kissing ...Read more

A'ja Wilson is one of the biggest names in basketball.

Not only is she a two-time WNBA champion, a three-time league MVP, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and an NCAA champion, but Wilson now has her own signature sneakers.

The first wave of online sales of the "Pink A'ura" edition of her Nike A'One shoes began early Tuesday morning. It also ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Many people remember the late Jim Fagan as the rugged voice that proudly informed 1990s and early-2000s basketball fans that they were watching the NBA on NBC.

The distinct sound of Fagan's voiceovers, with John Tesh's rousing "Roundball Rock" playing in the background, will be forever linked to the era when Michael Jordan ...Read more