SEATTLE -- The prospects of Sue Bird returning from arthroscopic left knee surgery and leading the slumping Storm on a late playoff push are fading and virtually nonexistent at this point.

The defending WNBA champions haven't made any official or definitive decisions, but with just three weeks and seven games remaining in the regular season it'...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Kings point guard De'Aaron Fox made a big impression on USA Basketball players and coaches over the past two weeks, but his time with the national team has come to an end.

USA Basketball communications director Craig Miller told The Sacramento Bee on Saturday that Fox has withdrawn from Team USA activities, confirming ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- New filings related to the arbitration process involving UConn and former men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie show that both sides in the case plan to depose of several more people connected to the program including former standout Jalen Adams and his father.

The sworn statements are linked to the arbitration process involving...Read more

Facing federal extortion charges for his threats to reveal corruption in Nike's youth basketball circuit, lawyer Michael Avenatti on Wednesday provided a peek into the information he's gathered to defend himself.

A motion filed in a New York federal court by Avenatti's lawyers included allegations of widespread payments to players in Nike's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- DeMarcus Cousins planned to prove doubters wrong while playing on a one-year contract with the Lakers this season.

Those hopes might have been dealt a crushing blow this week because of a knee injury.

People familiar with Cousins' condition fear he sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament after bumping knees with another ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Tyronn Lue, who coached Cleveland to the 2016 NBA championship, is engaged in talks with the Clippers about joining coach Doc Rivers' staff as a top assistant, a hiring that is considered likely to happen, a person with knowledge of the discussions confirmed to The Times.

Such a move would reunite Lue with Rivers, a close friend ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Part of the charm of last year's Los Angeles Clippers was the anonymity in which they operated. With a finite amount of basketball attention available, so much of it was aimed at LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.

While people weren't looking, the Clippers crafted a success story -- a star-less team full of exciting scorers...Read more

MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade said Sunday he is taking comfort both in his retirement and the knowledge that Miami Heat culture will endure with Udonis Haslem remaining in the locker room.

Speaking at the Jr. NBA Global Championships in Orlando, where he and Haslem served as Global Ambassadors, Wade said there has been no looking back since stepping off...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NCAA this week quietly dropped a recommended reform that would have given the association more authority to handle the kind of academic misconduct that left dozens of athletes at UNC-Chapel Hill with subpar educations.

Two NCAA panels, including one led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, had called for the ...Read more

MIAMI -- The injury that sidelined Miami Heat forward Kelly Olynyk during a Wednesday exhibition with the Canadian national team in Toronto turned out to be nothing more than a bruised knee.

Part of the roster that Canada is preparing for the World Cup later this month in China, Olynyk took an awkward tumble during the third quarter of an ...Read more