Basketball took Butch Lee to Rucker Park, Marquette, the Olympics and more. Along the way, he quietly became a trailblazer ...

The OKC Thunder finally brought the Larry O'Brien Trophy home when it won its first NBA championship on June 22. Since then, multiple Thunder players brought the trophy to their own homes this ...

The Pacers get strong performances from their most important players, suffocating defensive pressure and key 3-pointers in an ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder will be severely shorthanded when the regular season begins. Nikola Topic became the third player expected to miss the start of the regular season, according to Luke Adams of ...

The Mavericks faced off against the Lakers in the 1988 Western Conference Finals. The Lakers took Game 1, holding the ...

Crimson Tide guards Labaron Philon, Houston Mallette and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. will speak at this year's media event in ...

The Penguins have won three Stanley Cups since this trio arrived in town. Crosby showed up first. The Penguins drafted him No. 1 overall in 2005. Malkin actually had been drafted No. 2 overall the ...

Three main takeaways stood out after the Milwaukee Bucks played their first NBA preseason game Monday night against the Miami Heat.

Veterans like CJ McCollum and Klay Thompson still bring a lot of value, while younger players like Dyson Daniels and Brandon Miller have room to room.

André Snellings crunches the numbers, factors in average draft position and highlights the best spots to draft key players ...

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The 25-year-old averaged a career-high 20.4 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists last season while making over 37.0 percent of his threes for the fourth straight year. A core of Giannis Antetokounmpo, ...