Basketball News

As the 2019-20 NBA season tips off, more money has been bet on the Lakers to win the title than on any other team at sportsbooks around the nation.

One sportsbook has six figures in liability on the Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA title.

Our NBA analysts make their picks for top individual honors in 2019-20.

Kawhi Leonard chose L.A.’s other NBA squad as a free agent this summer to prove he could win in at the highest level--in LeBron James‘s backyard--according to Kobe Bryant. Bryant says Leonard and new Clippers teammat...

Kevin Durant gave the nod to Stephen Curry over Russell Westbrook when asked to pick the better player between his two former superstar teammates during an apperance on Serge ibaka‘s online cooking show. KD’s reasoni...

The Pistons announced Blake Griffin will not travel to Indiana while continuing a treatment and conditioning regimen for left hamstring and posterior knee soreness.

With a plethora of storylines surrounding a renewed Clippers-Lakers rivalry, it was the Lakers' failed attempt to land Kawhi Leonard during free agency that stands out.

Stephen Curry is “not a Hall of Famer yet,” according to Michael Jordan. MJ gives Curry his props as a “great player,” but curiously says the two-time MVP has yet to earn his HOF credentials. Magic Johnson weighe...

Jenna Schroeder has been added to the NBA's full-time refereeing staff, becoming the fourth female official on the league's current roster and sixth woman ever to officiate an NBA game.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr told NBC Sports Bay Area that it's unlikely that Klay Thompson will be able to play this season after tearing the ACL in his left knee in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

Everyone’s favorite NBA studio show is celebrating its 30th anniversary! TNT’s wildly successful Inside the NBA has redefined how a studio show can present itself, with its laid-back environment, creative and hilario...

The Celtics placed Kyrie Irving‘s emotions ahead of the team, according to former teammate Marcus Morris. Morris points to the superstar treatment Irving enjoyed as a major contributor to the toxic locker room environm...

Joe Ingles agreed to a one-year, $14 million extension with the Jazz, his agent told ESPN. Ingles is now under contract with Utah through the 2021-2022 season.

Kawhi Leonard will have no limitations on him when he makes his Clippers' debut on Tuesday against the Lakers, coach Doc Rivers said Monday.

Taurean Prince was traded to the Nets from the Hawks this offseason in a move that helped Brooklyn create the space to sign Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

The New Orleans Pelicans rookie underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus on Monday, an injury expected to keep him out of his first N.B.A. season until at least December.