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Projected 2020 first-round pick Amar Sylla has signed a three-year contract containing NBA out clauses with Oostende.

The Sacramento Kings have agreed to a two-year deal with stretch four Tyler Lydon, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports. The 23-year-old spent the past two seasons with the Denver Nuggets but was limited to just 26 games o...

The New Orleans Pelicans have released Christian Wood. The 23-year-old saw his most extensive NBA run with the franchise and did not disappoint but ultimately lost out on a 2019-20 role as the team underwent a substantia...

The Cavaliers have waived veteran guard J.R. Smith, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. The 33-year-old’s 2019-20 contract was only partially guaranteed, so releasing him saves a considerable amount of money for th...

He scrolled through his phone and made it a priority to get screenshots of as many of them as possible--tweet after tweet. He wanted a record of all the doubts that existed regarding him and his game. His phone soon was ...

Stephen Curry is ready to carry a bigger load for Golden State next season, and has zero interest in so-called load management. Curry, 31, says he loves the talent the Warriors have assembled after Kevin Durant left as a...

Lonzo Ball is excited to get a “fresh start” in New Orleans, and wasn’t exactly shocked when the Los Angeles Lakers traded him this summer(along with teammates Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart) in the blockbuster Antho...

Giannis Antetokounmpo says he’s at roughly “60 percent” of his potential as a player, which is terrible news for Bucks opponents going forward. The NBA’s reigning MVP doesn’t want to be called that--at least, n...

The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a five-year, $170 million extension with point guard Ben Simmons, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. Simmons’ rookie-scale contract ends after the 2019-20 season. Simmons’ n...

The Brooklyn Nets have agreed to sign forward Henry Ellenson to a two-way contract, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports. The 2016 lottery pick split last season between the Pistons and Knicks. Although Ellenson’s fourth...

After taking a week off, LaMelo Ball returned to the Drew League and picked up where he left off. Ball, running with No Shnacks, had a double-double in front of a sold-out crowd this past Sunday. Ball has been going off ...

Trey Burke returned to his hometown of Columbus, OH, and pulled up to the Kingdom Pro-Am. Burke finished with a double-double, dropping 20 points and dishing out 10 dimes. The post Trey Burke’s Pull-Up Game is CRAZY! S...

When an NBA player is waived, the guaranteed money owed to them remains on their team’s books for the duration of the contracted term. The stretch provision allows teams to waive a player and then spread that player’...

Opting to focus on the upcoming season with the Lakers, Anthony Davis has decided not to participate in the upcoming USA Basketball training camp and FIBA Basketball World Cup, sources told ESPN, confirming a Yahoo Sport...

The Lakers have agreed to hire former Raptors assistant coach Phil Handy as a front-of-the-bench assistant under new coach Frank Vogel, a source told ESPN's The Undefeated.