BOSTON (AP) — At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard's size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now it may be killing him. Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire predicament that is made more difficult by the fact so ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. returned to the team's practice facility on Tuesday, three days after suffering a broken rib when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in downtown Philadelphia. "He's in good spirits," Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said before facing ...
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — James Harden publicly called his boss a liar and swore he would never again play for the Philadelphia 76ers. So he won't — the 10-time All-Star with a history of trade demands only slightly shorter than his signature beard is on the move to this fifth NBA team, chasing ...
If Jalen Wilson's draft position — second round, 51st overall — made it an uphill battle for him to carve out time on the Brooklyn Nets' roster, he's already done plenty to offset those unfavorable circumstances. The Nets fell a few points short of a trip to the NBA Summer League finals ...
Mass Street, the KU alumni basketball team coached by former Jayhawks and NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris for The Basketball Tournament, held its first open practice Sunday in Lawrence.
The NBA Summer League is one of the most thorough preseason evaluative periods afforded by any American sport. It’s essentially like if the former Week 4 of the NFL preseason, in which teams were composed of almost exclusively rookies and last-chance veteran backups seeking the spotlight, ...
Brandon Miller rapidly became an elite NBA draft prospect in his lone season at Alabama. He headlines The Associated Press' list of forwards and could go as high as second overall behind presumptive No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama. There are other one-and-done prospects such as Villanova's Cam ...
Last spring, Jalen Wilson participated in several pre-draft workouts. But with the possibility of returning to Kansas still present in his mind, he didn't have "two feet in." This time around, he's fully committed, and armed with the knowledge he gained from his previous go-round about what it ...