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Bradley Beal told the Washington Post he put on 20 extra pounds last season as "sympathy weight" while his girlfriend was pregnant with their first child.

The NBA season is here. The Miami Heat opens the regular season Wednesday in Orlando against the Magic, and then completes a season-opening road back-to-back set with a game against …

The Nets will be without forward DeMarre Carroll who is having ankle surgery.

The New York Times sports staff (and friends) agree Golden State probably will win another championship. But they disagree about everything else.

Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that Monte McNair has been promoted to assistant general manager. McNair originally joined the Rockets as an analyst in 2007 and became Director of Basketball O...

Another year is set to start and with that means another crop of amazing ballplayers. Hoopers like Carmelo Anthony, Victor Oladipo, Chris Paul, Maya Moore, Ray Allen, Mike Conley and so many others have all passed throug...

The start of the NBA season is almost here. It's time to predict how it will go. The Miami Heat opens the regular season Wednesday in Orlando against the Magic, …

"Mike is a genius, man." The post James Harden: Mike D’Antoni ‘Lets Me Do What I Want’ appeared first on SLAMonline.

The Pelicans intend to hang on to Davis. The post Pelicans Wouldn’t Trade Anthony Davis for Anyone--’Even Beyonce’ appeared first on SLAMonline.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have set the team's 2018-19 Opening Night Roster. On Saturday the Wolves announced the team had waived Canyon Barry, Darius Johnson-Odom, William Lee and Jonathan Stark. Minnesota's 2018 Openin...

"I need another ring," said Rajon Rondo, who joined the Lakers this offseason. "I want to be the first to win for the two most historic franchises."

Eight months after he was traded to the Cavaliers from the Lakers, Larry Nance Jr. agrees on a four-year, $44.8 million extension with Cleveland, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports.

After evaluating the preseason, Knicks coach David Fizdale said Tuesday that Kevin Knox will come off the bench in Wednesday's opener. Frank Ntilikina will start in place of Knox.

The Atlanta Hawks yesterday (Monday) exercised the third-year (2019-20) option on the contact of John Collins, and the fourth-year (2019-20) options on the contracts of Taurean Prince and DeAndre' Bembry. Bembry, the 21s...

Russell Westbrook will miss the Thunder's opener against the Warriors on Tuesday while he continues to rehab his knee.

The Washington Wizards announced their re-structured coaching and training staff for the 2018-19 season today. Joining Scott Brooks and Tony Brown on the front of the bench will be Robert Pack and Ryan Richman, while Kri...

WNBA All-Star Kristi Toliver will be an assistant coach for player development for the NBA's Washington Wizards this season.

In what was likely an extremely easy decision for the team, the Los Angeles Lakers have exercised their team options for the 2019-20 season on guards Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart, and forwards Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram. ...

The Heat expects to be without four rotation players when it opens the regular season Wednesday at Orlando. The Heat indicated Wayne Ellington and Justise Winslow are doubtful to play, …

The Miami Heat might not have landed Jimmy Butler -- at least not yet -- but it's not stopping prognosticators from being optimistic about the Heat this season. Westgate Las …

The Los Angeles Lakers have a season win total of 48 games at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Here are the over/unders for all 30 teams.

Carmelo Anthony and I actually came up with the idea together. The runs, the Life Time gym in New York City, it's almost like a secret, like black-ops style. Let's just call all the open runs and training Black-Ops Baske...