DETROIT — In the first few hours of NBA free agency, one of the teams most active in getting deals done was the Pistons, making agreements with Mason Plumlee, Jahlil Okafor and Josh Jackson in short order.

The big deal of the night was made not much later, with the Pistons getting their top free agent so far, agreeing to a deal with forward ...Read more

It was about 6:15 p.m. Monday when Morehead State Coach Preston Spradlin's phone buzzed to alert him of a prearranged interview. He was supposed to be done with team activities since that day's practice was scheduled for 2:15 that afternoon.

But Spradlin was driving to practice, which was rescheduled for 7 p.m. in order to get the results of ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Donyell Marshall will walk into a virtually empty Gampel Pavilion Wednesday night — assuming all the pre-game COVID tests come back negative.

It is the building where he once dunked to the delight of nearly 10,000 fans as a UConn player while laying the groundwork for a 15-year NBA career.

It is the building where, now, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — All around Mick Cronin, it felt like the college basketball season was cratering before anybody played a game.

Tennessee stopped practicing because of multiple positive tests for coronavirus. Duke and Arizona were among scores of teams whose season openers had been canceled. Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak would reveal later in the...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The question for Villanova coach Jay Wright about his point guard was a basic one: If Collin Gillespie has more upside to show, how can we spot that?

"Creativity, offensively," was the first thing that came to Wright's mind. "Being really crafty about finding more ways to score. Defensively, I think he is what he is — he's a ...Read more

The college basketball season is a mess, and we haven't even gotten to the opening tipoff.

The season starts Wednesday, and at least 40 Division I teams are quarantining or have paused activity because of COVID-19. That includes DePaul and Loyola, which reported outbreaks. Illinois had to find a last-minute replacement for its multi-team event ...Read more

Two days after signing with the Miami Heat, guard Avery Bradley said Tuesday he is fully committed to going forward with the 2020-21 season, after declining to participate in the NBA's quarantined conclusion to last season.

As a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Bradley opted out of the league's Disney World bubble due to concerns about COVID-...Read more

NEW YORK — The Knicks' moves in free agency, or lack of moves, again places the franchise near the bottom of the league in talent and high up in cap flexibility. On the surface, it makes sense: the free-agent class was underwhelming, the upcoming drafts and free agencies are projected as more fertile, and a pandemic has relieved any pressure ...Read more

CHICAGO — Before noon games, the Florida State men's basketball team started its shootaround at 7 a.m. Most players approached this time casually, using it as a chance to wake up, get loose, stretch and run offensive sets five on zero.

It was during one of those mornings, early in the college basketball season, when Florida State forward ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Wesley Matthews apologized for becoming "emotional" while talking about how the late Kobe Bryant helped him through his Achilles tendon injury.

Matthews opened his videoconference Tuesday by saying he was honored to have been signed by the Los Angeles Lakers and how special it was to be playing for the same franchise his dad, ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After two days of internal deliberation and public debate, Kings general manager Monte McNair made up his mind Tuesday, choosing to let restricted free agent Bogdan Bogdanovic start the next chapter of his career with the Atlanta Hawks.

McNair decided not to match Bogdanovic's offer from the Hawks, allowing the 28-year-...Read more

Greensboro is getting the ACC men's basketball tournament back quicker than expected.

Citing the continuing coronavirus pandemic, the league announced a change in plans Tuesday morning, moving the 2021 tournament from Washington, D.C. to the Greensboro Coliseum.

After the onset of the pandemic brought an abrupt end to the 2020 ACC tournament ...Read more

The Miami Heat and All-Star center Bam Adebayo have agreed on a maximum rookie-scale extension, the Sun Sentinel has confirmed through an NBA source. The five-year agreement that would kick in for the 2021-22 season and would run five years, worth potentially close to $200 million.

The Heat had a Dec. 21 deadline to finalize such an agreement, ...Read more

You know the Sixers are fun again when Zhaire Smith gets traded for Tony Bradley and you're examining it the same way you would a papyrus scroll containing a Gnostic Gospel. Maybe the greatest trick Daryl Morey ever pulled was convincing the world that he doesn't exist in a world where a team needs three players capable of logging minutes at the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On that unpredictable April night in Oakland, Landry Shamet sprinted toward his bench, three fingers extended.

The rookie Los Angeles Clipper guard's three-pointer had just pushed his team, once down 31 points, ahead by two. Fifteen seconds later, when Game 2 of the 2019 playoff series was over, and top-seeded Golden State fell ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Montrezl Harrell doesn't know how good he's about to have it, a firsthand look at how life can be different in Los Angeles for a Laker — no more fighting for attention in a market that's purple-and-gold crazy, especially with another championship banner in their possession.

But here he was, Monday afternoon in his first ...Read more