LOS ANGELES — LeBron James, after his 19th season as a professional, earned a spot on the All-NBA third team.

All-NBA teams were announced Tuesday, with James earning a place on one of the three teams for the 18th time, extending his NBA record.

Luka Doncic, Devin Booker, Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic made the first ...Read more

DALLAS — Coach Steve Kerr, one of the NBA’s leading voices on social issues, gave another emotional plea for gun control after 14 children and one teacher shot and killed Tuesday at a Texas elementary school just hours before Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

Kerr said he was “fed up” after the latest mass shooting that took ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro is listed as questionable for Wednesday’s 8:30 p.m. Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics at FTX Arena after missing Monday night’s Game 4 loss at TD Garden due to a groin strain.

Despite ESPN reporting Tuesday that Herro has the type of injury that typically requires an ...Read more

NEW YORK — RJ Barrett has made a three-summer commitment to the Canadian National Team.

The Knicks’ budding star was named to his nation’s “core roster” on Tuesday, with the purpose of locking in the 14 players through the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Barrett is expected to participate in the World Cup qualifiers beginning July, with ...Read more

Watching Luka Doncic embarrass the Phoenix Suns in Game 7 seduced us into thinking he is ready to do something that his team is not.

The Dallas Mavericks are good and are now in the tier of teams that brag, “We are soooo close.”

So close.

So, so close.

And, yet ...

On Sunday night at the American Airlines Center, after Sir Charles ...Read more

The Warriors shouldn’t need any more incentive to win Tuesday night’s Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals.

A trip to the NBA Finals — a sixth in eight years — is on the line, after all.

But the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics provided some additional value on Monday night.

Tied at 2-2, the Eastern Conference Finals are going to go ...Read more

If the reports suggesting the Knicks are interested in trading for Pacers’ PG Malcolm Brogdon are true, they would be in the company of at least seven other teams who could benefit from a deal for Indiana’s floor general – including their rival across the Brooklyn bridge.

In what projects to be an NBA offseason period mirroring a game of ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The latest development in the recruitment of star high school basketball prospect DJ Wagner is here, and it’s a big one.

The University of Louisville has hired Milt Wagner for a staff position under new head coach Kenny Payne, a long-expected move that could bring an immediate recruiting splash for this new era of Cardinals...Read more

BOSTON — If Game 3 was about being taken out before it had barely started, the Celtics reversed the concept Monday night.

Beginning with a 29-11 first quarter and building a lead that peaked at 32 points, the Celtics hit back with a 102-82 win over Miami for a 2-2 series tie in the Eastern Conference Finals.

In addition to the finest season ...Read more

Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and LeBron James walk into Barclays Center. What sounds like the makings of a bad dad joke could be a dream come true if LeBron ever forced his way to Brooklyn via trade, and “The King” got the trade wheels turning when he suggested he’d love an opportunity to play with the two Nets’ stars on social media.

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BOSTON — As he walked off the Miami Heat practice court Monday, veteran forward and converted hockey fan Udonis Haslem shook his head.

“Not good. Not good,” he said. “The Lightning, that’s not good for us, right?”

He was talking about the Florida Panthers’ second-round matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the two-time-...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia City Council did a silly thing Thursday, passing a resolution honoring Joel Embiid as the “Most Valuable Philadelphian,” and calling the resolution silly is the best thing you can say about it. Embiid had finished second in the voting for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award to the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola ...Read more

BOSTON — It was a night that was going to leave the Miami Heat at a loss, regardless of the outcome, with Jimmy Butler’s night done at halftime due to knee inflammation.

But that also is where the Heat held the line, riding the aggression of center Bam Adebayo to a harrowing 109-103 victory Saturday night over the Boston Celtics at TD ...Read more

DALLAS — Andrew Wiggins is listed as questionable for Game 3 of the Western Conference finals with ankle soreness, but Warriors coach Steve Kerr is certain the 27-year-old forward will play on Sunday night.

How can Kerr be so sure?

Following a team workout in Dallas Saturday, Kerr said Warriors vice president of communications Raymond Ridder...Read more

LOS ANGELES — So, the Lakers floated their three leading candidates for coach to the media this week as a sort of trial balloon.

Terry Stotts! Kenny Atkinson! Darvin Ham!

Pssssssst.

The news fell flatter than a Russell Westbrook jump shot. The options quickly lost all air, the shriveled remains floating harmlessly into the cluttered mess ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Coaching in the NBA playoffs is anything but easy.

Just ask Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown, who stepped into the Warriors’ head coaching role when Steve Kerr was out with COVID during Golden State’s semifinal series with the Grizzlies.

“Steve, if you’re watching, get healthy quick,” Brown implored Kerr after ...Read more