NEW YORK — All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson is still adjusting to Mike Brown’s new up-tempo system — but the Knicks’ floor general says he’s growing more comfortable with each rep.

“I’m comfortable,” Brunson said after the Knicks completed a 2-0 preseason sweep over the Philadelphia 76ers in the Abu Dhabi Games on Saturday. �...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — It’s hard to believe that the WNBA and its players will find common ground on a collective bargaining agreement by Oct. 31, the day the current CBA is set to expire.

And it’s becoming increasingly difficult to believe that WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert should remain in that role much longer.

The sides have made little ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 91-78 in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena to take a 2-0 series lead.

Guard Jackie Young led a group of historic performances for the No. 2-seeded Aces. Young finished with 32 points, passing Kelsey Plum (29 points in 2023) for the highest-scoring Finals game in...Read more

At times last season, there were questions about whether the feistiness was gone, amid a season dragged down by the Jimmy Butler circus as well injuries that prevented anything close to continuity.

After Erik Spoelstra guided — at least attempted to guide — the Heat through what turned into the most lopsided playoff-series rout in NBA ...Read more

ATLANTA — Mark it down, Hawks fans.

Kristaps Porzingis, the hope-lifting but oft-injured centerpiece of general manager Onsi Saleh’s busy offseason, is healthy and is going to play a lot of games.

So says Saleh himself.

“We’re super confident in Kristaps’ health and him playing a healthy season and having a great season,” Saleh ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — It’s not often the eyes of the sports world are fixated on the WNBA in the way they were Friday with eager anticipation for how commissioner Cathy Engelbert would answer the most anticipated question of her pre-finals news conference in Las Vegas.

She had several days to think about the moment and exactly what she would say ...Read more

The Las Vegas Aces’ win in Game 1 of the WNBA finals on Friday brought them a step closer to winning a championship. Yet for many players, teams and fans, eyes are already on the offseason.

As the Aces and the Phoenix Mercury battle, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association and league leadership are locked in their own standoff. ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — For the second time in a little more than a year Tarrant County, Texas will be the host to one of the most anticipated debuts in pro basketball.

In May 2024, Caitlin Clark made her pro debut with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever in a preseason game against the Dallas Wings at the College Park Center in Arlington. That game ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury, 89-86, in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday at Michelob Ultra Arena.

Guard Dana Evans came off the bench to match reigning MVP A’ja Wilson in scoring as the pair led the second-seeded Aces with 21 points each. Wilson added 10 rebounds and five assists.

Kahleah Copper and Satou Sabally scored...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Amid a storm of condemnation from players and prominent sports figures, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke to the media Friday at Michelob Ultra Arena before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals between the Aces and Phoenix Mercury.

The embattled commissioner opened her remarks with a direct response to Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — One season ago, Mark Pope’s first Kentucky men’s basketball team made history the second the Wildcats hit the court for game action.

Inheriting a roster with no returning scholarship players from his predecessor, Pope scrambled and put together a veteran-heavy team that boasted a whopping 586 combined, previous college ...Read more

STORRS, Conn. — Recording the first and last chapters for the audio version of his new book felt like a hostage situation for UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley. Narrating, as he described, each line like it was an item on a grocery list, it took him around four hours to get through the first chapter alone.

Taking on the entire ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When the Unrivaled women’s basketball league launched last winter, it brought numerous benefits to the players involved.

There was the ability to make money playing on home soil during the WNBA offseason, which became even more critical after Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia. And there was a lot of money to make, both ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Aces are returning to the WNBA Finals, but nothing about the path that led to their desert showdown with the Phoenix Mercury indicates that the pursuit of a third title will be easy.

It took a 16-game win streak, the longest to close a regular season in WNBA history, for the Aces to lift themselves from below .500 to the No. 2...Read more

CHICAGO — The offense in Chicago officially will run through Josh Giddey and Coby White this season.

The duo represents a turning point for the Bulls as an organization — two guards under 26 who could develop into the future leaders of the franchise. And after ripping off 40-point games and breathless buzzer-beaters to fuel a 15-5 finish to...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Kuminga wants to be somewhere else.

The Warriors want him to be someone else.

Well, “I’m here now,” Kuminga said Thursday.

This, folks, has the makings of a toxic situation.

Sure, the summer contract saga is over, but it’s hard to believe the Kuminga Conundrum is at all settled.

Yet Warriors coach Steve ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — For years, a younger brother had balked at his older sibling’s dream.

As he embarked upon his Hall of Fame career, Steph Curry had always wanted to team up with Seth, two years his junior.

And for the better part of a decade, Seth, 35, had pushed back.

“I’ve said a few times in the past that I don’t want to be on the...Read more

DURHAM, N.C. — A second ACC championship, this one in dominant fashion, and a first Final Four berth earned Jon Scheyer more stability as Duke’s basketball coach.

Scheyer and the school agreed to a contract extension on Thursday, adding two more years on to his deal so it covers the 2030-31 season, Duke announced.

“Jon’s remarkable ...Read more