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The human heart can soar and ache all at once. A community's heart can, too. Is it possible to prepare 16 years for a moment and yet not quite be …

Dwyane Wade scored 30 points in his final home game Wednesday night, leading the Miami Heat past the Philadelphia 76ers 122-99. The Heat, however, were also eliminated from playoff contention. The 37-year-old future Hall...

Dwyane Wade crashed into Chrissy Teigen, John Legend while taking an off-balance shot at Tuesday's home finale. …

In an impromptu, wide-ranging news conference, Magic Johnson explained why he was stepping down as Lakers president. Here are the highlights.

Detroit overcame a 19-point halftime deficit to beat the Grizzlies on Tuesday night and keep its playoff hopes alive.

On the remarkable night when the Miami Heat got eliminated from playoff contention and not even the most diehard fans seemed to care, Dwyane Wade, the Heat organization and Wade's …

During an unforgettable run with the Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade won three NBA championships, an NBA Finals MVP, and was a 13-time All-Star. Along the way, he's become one of …

Blake Griffin, who continues to be hampered by a sore left knee, is doubtful for the Pistons' regular-season finale. Detroit needs a victory or a Charlotte loss to reach the postseason.

Former NBA general manager Jeff Bower has agreed to become the senior vice president of basketball operations with the Suns, sources told ESPN.

The Brooklyn Nets have converted two-way guard Theo Pinson’s contract into a standard deal on the final day of the regular season, Michael Scotto of The Athletic tweets. Pinsons has contributed on and off for the Nets,...

The Miami Heat have signed guard Kendrick Nunn, Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel reports. Nunn played college basketball at Illinois and Oakland but went undrafted in 2018. The addition of Nunn, college basketball’s N...

Though center Hassan Whiteside appears unlikely to opt out of a contract that would pay him $27.1 million next season, Whiteside said late Tuesday night that he would at least …

The Bucks flew past their projected win total while LeBron and the Lakers failed to meet expectations. Here are the 10 over/under results furthest from Vegas' preseason expectations.

The Nuggets stomped the Knicks during a Friday night game in late March. Before the visiting team ran away with the W, though, Trey Lyles made a statement by bringing out a pair of “All-Star Game” Kobe 6s. “Yeah, I...

The time stamp will be etched in Miami Heat history for the rest of time. April 9, 2019, 10:01 p.m. With 1:02 remaining in an eventual 122-99 win against the …

It's the picture that everyone is talking about. Even non-basketball fans. Of all the thousands of pictures taken of Dwyane Wade's at Tuesday's last home game as a Miami Heat …

The Timberwolves are planning to open a search for a new president of basketball operations as part of a revised organizational structure, league sources told ESPN.

Nowitzki is credited with ushering in the era of the modern era of power forward, who is expected to shoot proficiently from long range.

The 2019 NBA draft comes with the debut of new odds throughout the lottery.

Nearly a year ago, the Lakers upended the N.B.A. by signing James, with Johnson engineering the deal. Now, the team ends the season in chaos and far from its championship era.

In his two years as president of basketball operations, Johnson succeeded in stockpiling talent but failed to put a second star next to LeBron James.

Magic Johnson abruptly stepped down Tuesday night as president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers. “I was happier when I wasn’t the president,” Johnson told reporters during an impromptu press conf...