8:06 PM ET The NBA fined Brooklyn Nets minority owner Joseph Tsai $35,000 on Monday for making a public statement that was deemed detrimental to the league, commissioner Adam Silver said. On Sunday night, Tsai offered support for Nets GM Sean Marks on Twitter after Marks was suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000
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6:29 PM ET Virginia guard Kyle Guy announced Monday he plans to keep his name in the NBA draft and will not return to the Cavaliers for his senior season. Saying goodbye twice is not easy.. Charlottesville I just want to say thank you so much. I’ll never forget this. One day I will have
5:09 PM ET Associated Press Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce has been added as an assistant coach for USA Basketball this summer, when the Americans will compete in the FIBA World Cup in China and try to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Pierce is replacing Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan, who withdrew because of
4:26 PM ET CAMDEN, N.J. — Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown warned his team heading into Tuesday’s potential closeout game against Brooklyn to not let the Nets’ physicality derail their goal of getting out of the first round. “There’s no secret how this game tomorrow will be played, given the complaints that have surfaced in
2:45 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — With their starters heading to the bench with 40 seconds left, Game 4 in hand and a 3-1 series lead in their pocket on the way back home, the Portland Trail Blazers had an opportunity to bask in their 111-98 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder a little. But
9:51 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The text landed a little after 9 on Friday night. The Golden State Warriors players had decided — of their own volition — to move practice up from 11 a.m. to 9 a.m. the following morning. “I got the text at night, 9:15 or so, and it was like,
9:55 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Golden State Warriors All-Star swingman Klay Thompson said that a few moments in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday helped him clear his head after a slow start to the playoffs. After scoring 42 points combined in the first three games, Thompson scored 32 points in 40 minutes on Sunday
7:54 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Golden State Warriors All-Star swingman Klay Thompson said that a few moments in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday helped him clear his head after a slow start to the playoffs. After scoring 42 points combined in the first three games, Thompson scored 32 points in 40 minutes on Sunday
7:28 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA said Sunday that Nets center Jarrett Allen was fouled in the final seconds of Saturday’s Game 4 in Brooklyn against the Philadelphia 76ers. According to the league’s Last Two Minute Report, Sixers forward Tobias Harris grabbed Allen, preventing him from rolling from his screen and releasing to the
9:04 AM ET Only one first-round NBA playoff series (Celtics-Pacers) is over, but six more teams are on the brink of elimination. Which players and teams have been the biggest surprises and disappointments so far? And what does this mean for the rest of the postseason and the future of these franchises? Our NBA experts