Indiana Fever head coach Stephanie White has denounced the racist hate and abuse directed at Alyssa Thomas since the Phoenix Mercury forward committed a flagrant foul against star guard Caitlin Clark.

"It's absolutely unacceptable," White told the media before the team's practice on Wednesday. "I think as a league as a whole, there's been so ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A heartwarming reunion is underway in Orlando.

Free agent center Nikola Vucevic has signed a one-year, $3.9 million deal to return to the Magic, ESPN first reported Wednesday morning.

But as Vucevic returns, another fan-favorite big man departs.

Free-agent center Moe Wagner, the older brother of Magic star Franz Wagner, is ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons have lost one of their most important players during their resurgence over the past two years: Tobias Harris. Harris has signed a two-year, $31 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs, leaving the Pistons behind, a source familiar with the deal told The Detroit News.

Harris aimed to return to the Pistons after ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers secured their starting center of the future in a massive trade with Utah on Wednesday, agreeing to send two first-round picks (2031 and 2033) and two pick swaps (2028 and 2030) to the Jazz in exchange for 24-year-old Walker Kessler, sources not authorized to speak publicly on the matter confirmed Wednesday to the Los ...Read more

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics made clear entering this offseason that they wanted to add an impact center.

On Wednesday, they did, agreeing to terms on a three-year, $47.4 million contract with Mitchell Robinson, according to a report from ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Robinson, who played a key role on the New York Knicks’ championship team, was...Read more

DALLAS — Dusty May should still be the head coach at the University of Michigan, where he should be preparing for another season, and soon watching a national title banner drop from the rafters at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor.

Instead, he’s the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, and the fact that he even considered leaving one of the best ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — In what Eastern Kentucky University athletics director Kyle Moats describes as a “football move,” EKU will officially switch conferences July 1. On Wednesday, Eastern formally leaves the ASUN to join an all-sports version of the United Athletic Conference.

Essentially, the football-playing schools from the ASUN are ...Read more

DENVER — The Joker’s on us. Why would LeBron James take Tim Hardaway Jr. money to sign with the Nuggets when Tim Hardaway Jr. wouldn’t take Tim Hardaway Jr. money to sign with the Nuggets?

Don’t get me wrong. Dream big or go home, right? King James and Nikola Jokic would destroy at least 60 rims during the regular season and break the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Nets have agreed to a two-year, $18 million guaranteed deal with free-agent guard Keon Ellis, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, adding a defensive-minded rotation player who fills one of the team’s clearest backcourt needs.

Ellis, 26, gives the Nets a point-of-attack defender with 3-point shooting ability and some ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In need of 3-point shooting, the Lakers lost the league's best sharpshooter on the first day of free agency.

Guard Luke Kennard has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Phoenix Suns, The Los Angeles Times confirmed Tuesday.

Kennard was an unrestricted free agent after he was traded to the Lakers last February from ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Mike Gansey’s first free-agency move as the 76ers’ president of basketball operations is adding a player with whom he is quite familiar.

Dean Wade has agreed to a four-year, $39 million contract with the Sixers, a league source confirmed to The Philadelphia Inquirer late Tuesday. The deal comes out of the nontaxpayer mid-...Read more

Sabrina Ionescu scored a season-high 26 points and the New York Liberty held off rallies by the short-handed Las Vegas Aces, winning, 93-85, in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup title game Tuesday night in New York.

The Aces were playing without center A’ja Wilson, who was nursing an ankle injury. Jackie Young sparked Las Vegas’ second-half ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Of all the calculated maneuvers by LeBron James during his eight years with the Lakers, he saved his smartest for last.

He left before the door could hit him in the butt.

He knew the Lakers didn’t want him back, so he skipped out before they had a chance to say goodbye.

He leaked the news alone, before the Lakers could ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Toronto Raptors traded for Kawhi Leonard (again). The Charlotte Hornets got off of LaMelo Ball (and Miles Bridges). Giannis Antetokounmpo is (finally) on South Beach. And the Boston Celtics are in a bad spot with their franchise co-star.

(So are the Detroit Pistons.)

As the Knicks attempt to reconstruct their roster around the...Read more

MIAMI — The Miami Heat kept it in the family at Tuesday night’s start of NBA free agency, reaching agreement on a one-year, $6.5 million contract with Tim Hardaway Jr., the son of the franchise icon.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel confirmed the agreement through an NBA source.

The Hardaway agreement, which cannot be finalized until the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson will miss Tuesday’s Commissioner’s Cup championship game against the New York Liberty due to a right leg injury, the team announced.

Wilson came down awkwardly on her right ankle in the fourth quarter of the Aces’ 107-99 win over the Chicago Sky on Sunday. She spent a few minutes in the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The shoe drops. The earth shakes. And LeBron James is leaving the Lakers, his agent Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told the Southern California News Group on Tuesday morning.

So what’s next for the Lakers as the team treks into free agency Tuesday afternoon? It might be worth checking back in with what Rob Pelinka said when the ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Warriors have an opportunity to sign arguably the greatest player in NBA history.

A few hours before the start of free agency on Tuesday afternoon, LeBron James informed the Lakers that he had no interest in returning to his team of the past eight seasons.

The Lakers put out a statement reading, “We wish him all the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James is continuing his record-setting NBA career, but he won’t do it with the Lakers.

The 41-year-old superstar has informed the Lakers he intends to sign with a different team as an unrestricted free agent, The Los Angeles Times confirmed Tuesday. After eight seasons, James felt it was best to part ways with the ...Read more