MIAMI — Technically, the Miami Heat had a pick in Tuesday night’s first round of the NBA draft at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The reality was a quiet night for Pat Riley and the team’s front office a day after agreeing to the acquisition of Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Because the Antetokounmpo acquisition cannot be ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hannes Steinbach is a member of the Charlotte Hornets.

The Hornets made the University of Washington product the No. 14 overall selection in the NBA draft at Barclays Center in New York on Tuesday night.

Steinbach led the nation with 22 double-doubles with 22, placing him one shy of matching Jon Brockman’s single-season ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets selected Louisville guard Mikel Brown Jr. with the No. 6 pick in Tuesday’s NBA draft, adding a skilled perimeter prospect one night after acquiring Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade.

Brown averaged 18.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.7 assists in 21 games at ...Read more

Keaton Wagler has completed his climb from underrated recruit to top-5 pick in the NBA draft in just a year.

The 19-year-old Shawnee (Kan.) Mission Northwest alum shocked the nation as an All-American as a freshman for the University of Illinois. On Tuesday, he was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers at No. 5 overall in the NBA draft.

Wagler ...Read more

The pick is in, and Darius Acuff Jr. is headed to the Sacramento Kings, selected No. 7 overall in the NBA draft on Tuesday night.

A freshman at University of Arkansas, the 6-foot-2 guard only spent one season as a Razorback before entering the draft. He averaged 23.5 points, 6.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds this season, and made history in the ...Read more

Morez Johnson Jr. was called a junkyard dog and Michigan basketball’s enforcer.

After one standout season with the Wolverines, he added another moniker to the mix: a lottery pick.

Johnson was selected No. 9 overall by the Mavericks in the NBA draft on Tuesday night and will head to Dallas, where he’ll reunite with Dusty May at the next ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The team that admitted to needing “a little bit of everything” decided to opt for a pro-ready player with its first round pick on Tuesday evening.

Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy made Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg the No. 11 pick.

Lendeborg, 23, was the Big Ten Player of the Year and leader of Michigan’s ...Read more

Aday Mara just kept getting better and better during a breakout junior season at Michigan.

By the end of it, the 7-footer was all over NBA teams’ radars, shot up draft boards and played his way into the first round of the NBA draft, where he was selected with the No. 12 overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

Mara was the...Read more

NEW YORK — After much speculation, the Washington Wizards made BYU’s AJ Dybantsa the first pick in the loaded 2026 NBA draft.

Dybantsa, a 6-9 forward who thrives as a downhill finisher, led the nation in scoring as a freshman last season at 25.5 points per game.

Equipped with elite athleticism and a hyper-competitive mentality, the 19-year...Read more

NEW YORK — University of Kansas freshman Darryn Peterson was selected in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.

Peterson, a 6-foot-5, 199-pound Canton, Ohio, native went second-overall in the two-round, 60-player draft.

Peterson is KU's 43rd draft pick since the NBA adopted the two-round format and the highest KU ...Read more

Another Boozer has arrived in the NBA.

The Memphis Grizzlies selected 18-year-old Duke forward Cameron Boozer, the son of two-time NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer, with the No. 3 pick in the 2026 NBA draft Tuesday night.

Cameron — who became Duke’s seventh consensus National Player of the Year last season — led the Blue Devils in scoring (22...Read more

Caleb Wilson regularly changes his phone background.

For the past few months, the 19-year-old told ESPN’s Malika Andrews that he’s stared at a photo of himself walking into UNC’s 76-61 loss at Duke on March 7. He didn’t play in that game because of a thumb injury that ended his season.

Any time Wilson is tired before a workout and ...Read more

MIAMI — The very biggest of the victories in Miami’s basketball history are easy to list because they are etched in eternity for the Heat and fans: Being awarded an NBA franchise. Hiring Pat Riley to run the show. Trading for Alonzo Mourning. Drafting Dwyane Wade. Trading for Shaq. Winning a first league championship. Acquiring LeBron James ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — For almost as long as Chris Finch has been head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Micah Nori has been his right-hand man on the bench.

But that is changing after five seasons.

Nori will become the next head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, ESPN reported.

The 52-year-old Nori will get his first head coaching opportunity ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — They work 10 miles apart. Their respective teams had close to the same number of wins this past season and made it to the same round in the playoffs.

Bill Guerin and Tim Connelly also have a similar problem.

Guerin, the Wild’s president of hockey operations, desperately needs a No. 1 center.

Connelly, the Timberwolves ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — He’s trying to set a tone. For guys to have a level of discipline. To feel as though they have accomplished something.

Two weeks into 6 a.m. strength and conditioning summer workouts for his UNLV basketball team, Josh Pastner likes what he has witnessed. Likes his team.

“We’re still trying to learn our group,” Pastner ...Read more

MIAMI — A franchise seemingly adrift at sea for years in hopes of harpooning a whale on the NBA personnel market now has its trophy catch, with the Miami Heat late Monday night reaching an agreement to acquire two-time MVP and 10-time All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo in a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks.

In search of a big-game move since the ...Read more