WASHINGTON — When Cheryl Reeve’s Minnesota Lynx finished inches short of a WNBA title two years ago, the presumption was they’d be right back in the Finals a season later.

The Lynx did the job in the regular season, finishing first by a dominant four games. But they only made it as far as the semifinals, bowing out soon after star ...Read more

MIAMI — As the Miami Heat continue their roster waiting game — even with the impending agreement with Klay Thompson — two names merit consideration when it comes to the current consternation over not fully filling out the roster.

Landry Shamet.

Zach LaVine.

And, no, they have nothing in common.

But both could become part of a common ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It didn’t take Mark Mitchell long to decide that he wanted to be a Kentucky Wildcat.

Mitchell, one of the top basketball players in the SEC over the past two seasons, committed to the Cats on Saturday, just one day after earning another season of eligibility and transfer rights through a lawsuit against the NCAA that was ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves and Lynx have a new majority owner. The good news is we don’t have to learn a new first name.

One Marc is stepping back, a new Marc is stepping forward.

Based on the way the organization is spinning what otherwise would qualify as bombshell news, the introduction of a new controlling owner sounds more like a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — VJ Edgecombe weaved his way around the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center, interacted with the kids at his ProCamp and stopped to say hello or grab a quick selfie with almost all those in attendance at his event on Saturday.

A smile hardly left his face as he dunked on campers and participated in some knockout and dribbling ...Read more

MIAMI — Giannis Antetokounmpo has become the latest Miami Heat star to merit personal accommodations, with former Milwaukee Bucks assistant coach Vin Baker to join him in the transition to the Heat.

While Baker was not Antetokounmpo’s personnel coach on the Bucks staff, the two have a longstanding relationship, including Baker serving as a ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — When Terrence Brown was a kid, he hitched rides across the country to attend club basketball tournaments he wasn’t playing in.

He just loved basketball and wanted to catch a glimpse of emerging players whom he idolized.

Much of Brown’s early years were spent on or around a basketball court — somewhere, anywhere — and ...Read more

At a recent Lynx practice, coach Cheryl Reeve reminded her team that only Natasha Howard has won a WNBA title.

Howard, 34, has won three, in fact: with the Lynx in 2017, then twice with Seattle.

Napheesa Collier recalled Reeve’s point in early August: “[Howard] does the championship things, night after night, with rebounds and getting ...Read more

DALLAS — One of the more popular myths accepted as fact is that the WNBA has bricked the breakaway slam dunk that is Caitlin Clark phenomenon.

If the WNBA had blown this chance, Clark’s Indiana Fever would not be selling out larger arenas like they did on Thursday night when they lost to the Dallas Wings, 91-85, at the American Airlines ...Read more

DENVER — The Nuggets are adding another bucket-getter to their offense.

DeMar DeRozan, whose 26,711 career points rank 16th in NBA history, is signing a one-year veteran minimum contract to join the Nuggets for his 18th season in the league, two sources told The Denver Post on Friday, confirming a report by Chris Haynes.

DeRozan will make $3...Read more

The pathway for the Heat’s first major move since the trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo was cleared on Friday as guard Klay Thompson negotiated a buyout from the Dallas Mavericks.

After Thompson clears the 48-hour waiver period, he is expected to join the Heat in free agency, multiple NBA sources have confirmed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Billionaire investor Marc Lore is selling his controlling stake in the Timberwolves and Lynx to a tech investor with the same first name.

Marc Stad, 47, is the founder and managing partner of Dragoneer Investment Group, a San Francisco investment firm that manages more than $35 billion in assets, according to the company’s ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The athlete far more little girls can identify with, and aspire to be, than we want to admit is not Caitlin Clark, but her Indiana Fever teammate who comes off the bench and averages 8.8 points per game.

Sophie Cunningham is irresistible content, and famous. Who cares if she averages a little more than 23 minutes per game?...Read more

DENVER — On a spreadsheet, this looks good. But this is not a good look.

From a financial standpoint, it made sense to let Peyton Watson move on, convinced he is not worth the four-year, $88 million contract Cleveland gave him. The Nuggets remain the only team in the second apron. So they were not going to pay Watson.

The problem is that the...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The march toward the 2026-27 season has been unlike any other in 76ers history. In one offseason, the organization hired Mike Gansey as president of basketball operations, traded for Jaylen Brown, and signed LeBron James.

That series of events has created quite a bit of excitement in Philly. Ticket prices were jacked up at ...Read more

DENVER — Stuck at an impasse in negotiations, the Nuggets have chosen to pass on a Peyton Watson contract extension.

At the very least, they needed to make sure they didn’t lose their top priority of the offseason for nothing in return.

The Nuggets are sending Watson to Cleveland for a 2031 first-round pick and a 2032 second-rounder, a ...Read more

The Dallas Wings announced that Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA draft, will be out for the rest of the season after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on her right knee.

Before the team’s game against the Golden State Valkyries on Aug. 7, Fudd experienced knee soreness and sat out of an abundance of caution. She will not ...Read more

After playing 15 WNBA seasons and leading the charge for the league’s transformative collective bargaining agreement, Nneka Ogwumike is calling it a career.

On Wednesday, the 11-time WNBA All-Star and longtime WNBPA President announced her intentions to retire at the end of this season.

“I’ve learned there’s power in knowing when to ...Read more