By Tuesday night, NBA prospects Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid will have a much better idea about what their future might look like. The 2014 NBA Draft Lottery — televised live on ESPN at 7 p.m. — determines which organizations land the top three overall picks in the draft. The team ...

Oklahoma City veteran power forward Nick Collison hadn't checked into Game 6 for even a few seconds Thursday night at Los Angeles. And even though Thunder coach Scott Brooks had only played the former Kansas University star 7.4 minutes a game in the previous five contests against the ...

Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. After much was made of Brooklyn veteran [Paul Pierce requesting Miami überstar LeBron James as his defensive assignment][1], the four-time NBA MVP torched the nets and the Nets in Game 4 Monday night for 49 points on 16-for-24 shooting. As you ...

Paul Pierce and LeBron James [have been battling in the NBA Playoffs for years][1]. The rivalry between the forwards began when Pierce played for Boston and James played for Cleveland, but it's continuing this postseason with Brooklyn and Miami in the Eastern Conference ...

You think Thomas Robinson looks upset in the above photo from Portland's 114-97 Game 2 loss at San Antonio Thursday night? If only cameras had been in the locker room before the game. That's when Robinson ran into something far scarier than Tim Duncan. He saw a snake in his ...

Arguably the two most successful 'Hawks in the NBA, Miami's Mario Chalmers and Brooklyn's Paul Pierce will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming days. Chalmers and the Heat took a step toward the Eastern Conference finals by beating Pierce and the Nets, [107-86, Tuesday night in ...

During the first round of the NBA Playoffs, [the narrative moved back and forth][1] regarding how much Brooklyn needed veteran small forward Paul Pierce in crunch time. In his 16th season out of Kansas, Pierce only scored 10 points in 25 minutes in Sunday's Game 7 at Toronto, but he made ...

Less than two weeks ago, Paul Pierce opened the NBA Playoffs [by taking over in the final minutes][1] of a Brooklyn road win at Toronto. Fast-forward to Wednesday's Game 5 at Toronto, and Pierce sat on the bench the entire fourth quarter of a furious Nets rally that ultimately ended with ...