Basketball News

The NBA honored two of its legendary figures, Kobe Bryant and former commissioner David Stern, as the league's All-Star Weekend began Friday night.

The NBA-backed Basketball Africa League announced the clubs from a dozen African nations that will compete when the league begins its inaugural season in Dakar, Senegal on March 13.

As the 20-year-old Mavericks star makes his N.B.A. All-Star game debut, he's thinking of the late Kobe Bryant, who once surprised him with trash talk -- in Slovenian.

Dwight Howard was hoping Kobe Bryant would work with him at the 2020 slam dunk competition but following the future Hall of Famer's death last month, Howard hints he'll pay tribute to him at the event.

Rockets guard Russell Westbrook hasn't been as prickly with the media since arriving in Houston, all part of what the nine-time All-Star said is about no longer letting the media control narratives about him.

Brandon Ingram understood that the New Orleans Pelicans initially had reservations offering him a max contract extension after acquiring him from the Los Angeles Lakers but that doesn’t mean that he had to settle. The ...

Jimmy Butler spent six seasons playing for the Chicago Bulls and hasn’t ruled out a return at some point in the distant future. The All-Star swingman was drafted by the franchise back in 2011 and it was with them that ...

Red Sox outfielder Kevin Pillar says not having approached Kobe Bryant about writing a children's book like he had hoped to do is "something that's going to haunt me."

Jennifer Hudson will be performing a musical tribute to Kobe Bryant at the All-Star Game, and other artists have been honoring Kobe with music as well.

Bryant was expected to take the step toward the hall even before he died in a helicopter crash in January. Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett and Tamika Catchings are also on the ballot.

Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tamika Catchings, Kim Mulkey, Barbara Stevens, Eddie Sutton and Rudy Tomjanovich are the 2020 finalists for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.