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Since he first broke into the League as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, Kevin Durant has had his fair share of battles against some of the greatest players of his generation. Hall of Famers in the present a...

The Grizzlies said Desmond Bane is progressing in his rehab for a sprained big toe and that if it responds positively to a "reloading protocol" he'll be able to return to play by the end of the month or early January.

By seizing the basketball star, the Russian president made things so painful for the U.S. that it capitulated and turned over a convicted arms dealer. Can the same tactic work in the war in Ukraine?

Knicks forward Obi Toppin suffered a non-displaced fracture to his right tibia head and will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks, the team announced.

Tomorrow, Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert will face his former team, the Jazz, as a visitor in Utah for the first time. Via the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Gobert said he has never been in the visitor’s locker room of th...

Via the Toronto Star: One of the consistently overrated things that can happen in the course of an up-and-down NBA season is the impact that "players-only meetings" have on a team. In the wake of a gathering of Raptors l...

The Minnesota Timberwolves have signed forward Matt Ryan to a two-way contract. And in a preceding move, the Wolves waived guard A.J. Lawson. Ryan, 25, most recently played 12 games this season for the Los Angeles Lakers...

No. 7 and No. 11 did their thing on Wednesday night, combining for 62 points, 17 assists, and 14 rebounds in a 122-116 win over the Charlotte Hornets. Known as offensive machines, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving simply did...

The Memphis Grizzlies announced Desmond Bane would miss an additional 3-4 weeks while recovering from the big toe injury he suffered in November. The @memgrizz announced the following medical update: — Grizzlies PR (@...

Brittney Griner is FREE! The WNBA star has been released from Russia detention after a successful prisoner swap exchanging the former champ for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to multiple reports. BR...

Kyrie Irving, in his first game since Nike ended its relationship with him, covered the logo on his game sneakers with tape and wrote "I AM FREE Thank you God ... I AM" on them.

The Denver Nuggets are off to a sluggish start in December after taking a third straight loss last night to the Dallas Mavericks. Although they finished November with four straight wins, the Nuggets seemed to have steadi...