MINNEAPOLIS — NBA trade season kicked into high gear when ESPN Insider Shams Charania reported that the Milwaukee Bucks would begin listening to offers for former MVP forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Moreover, Charania and other NBA insiders excited Timberwolves fans on social media by reporting that the Wolves are one of the teams interested ...Read more

One more win ... and the Miami Heat consider the possibility of breaking out the brooms?

No, this is not normal NBA scheduling, but it is where the Heat find themselves, in the midst of three consecutive games against the Chicago Bulls.

The scheduling the result of the teams’ Jan. 8 postponement at United Center, the Heat took the first game...Read more

DENVER — Aaron Gordon’s 30s aren’t treating him well so far.

His legs can’t seem to catch a break. The Nuggets do-it-all power forward will miss extended time again after reinjuring his right hamstring last Friday. His progress will be evaluated in four to six weeks, a team source told The Denver Post, confirming a report by ESPN’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Exactly one question is set to dominate the NBA landscape as the fast-approaching trade deadline nears:

What is going to happen with Giannis Antetokounmpo?

Now that the Milwaukee Bucks superstar is reportedly ready for a change of scenery, teams are prepared to get aggressive — and creative — with their offers to acquire the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Paige Bueckers has lived in a big spotlight since her senior year of high school. It, understandably, hasn’t always been easy, but she is pretty comfortable with it these days.

She also is comfortable using her fame as a platform, and she has done so again.

The 24-year-old grew up in Hopkins, Minn., about 10 miles southwest ...Read more

MIAMI — The competition for the Miami Heat is real when it comes to a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo. The question for the Milwaukee Bucks is whether the timing is ideal.

It is against that backdrop — of whether the Bucks opt to wait until the offseason to determine their future with their franchise superstar — that all ...Read more

PHOENIX — The countdown to the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline is on. This year could be one of the most impactful trade periods in several seasons, as many high-profile players could be on the move.

The Milwaukee Bucks reportedly have started making trade calls about Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is ready to find a new home.

The Detroit Pistons have...Read more

DENVER — The NBA has rescheduled Denver’s postponed game in Memphis, Tenn., for March 18, adding a league-leading 17th back-to-back to the Nuggets’ regular season.

The Nuggets were supposed to face the Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon, but the game was called off about three hours before tip due to inclement weather. The Nuggets spent three ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Luka Doncic grabbed at his left leg. He immediately thought of Dru Smith. The Miami Heat guard's knee injury suffered in 2023 when he slipped off the side of the Cleveland Cavaliers' elevated court haunted Doncic while he winced in pain near the Lakers bench.

The Lakers superstar avoided serious injury after falling off the side ...Read more

On Wednesday morning, the NBA’s unofficial press secretary, ESPN’s Shams Charania, sent up the flare that the Golden State Warriors have been staring at the sky waiting to see for half a decade.

Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, the tweet read, is “ready for a new home.”

For Warriors CEO Joe Lacob, this was supposed to be the ...Read more

In the same season the University of Houston Cougars football team finished 10-3, beat LSU in the Texas Bowl and were No. 21 in the final College Football Playoff rankings, they were last in the Big 12 in home attendance, and 72nd nationally.

And this is in a nice, pretty on-campus facility, not the old, dumpy Astrodome (although the Astrodome ...Read more

A few nights after the Timberwolves snapped a five-game losing streak against a short-handed Warriors team, they faced the Mavericks, who also had a lengthy “out” list on the injury report.

The Wolves did as they should in coming home with a 118-105 victory over Dallas at American Airlines Center with Oklahoma City up next on Thursday, Jan....Read more

BOSTON — Eleven days after being blown out by the Celtics on their home floor, the Hawks got their revenge at TD Garden.

Atlanta led by as many as 23 points Wednesday night in a 117-106 win over Boston. It was the first double-digit defeat for the Celtics since Dec. 11 — when they lost by 15 to the Milwaukee Bucks — and their first at ...Read more

MIAMI — Yes, the Orlando Magic have the Miami Heat’s number.

So make it 4-0 for the Magic against the Heat this season with their 133-124 victory Wednesday night at Kaseya Center, a run that also includes an NBA Cup victory.

Actually, make it 6-0 if you choose to add a couple of Heat preseason losses to the Magic.

As in the case of the ...Read more

Six steals for OG Anunoby, a 30-point barrage from Mikal Bridges and a massive third-quarter run that broke the seal for the Knicks’ fourth win in a row.

With Mitchell Robinson (load management) and Miles McBride (ankle) sidelined for the second leg of a home-road back-to-back following Tuesday’s victory over the Sacramento Kings, the ...Read more

DENVER — He’s been a superhero so many times this month, you almost forgot Jamal Murray is still mortal.

And no mortal is immune from missing a timely free throw.

Murray missed two of them Tuesday, the final nails in the coffin for Denver in a 109-107 loss to Detroit. Among the finite number of ways a basketball game can end, this one was ...Read more

NEW YORK — There was no need Wednesday night for another furious second-half comeback.

Nor was there ever much doubt that No. 25 St. John’s would extend its season-long winning streak.

St. John’s imposed its will early and never looked back, cruising to a coast-to-coast 92-70 victory over Butler at Madison Square Garden for its seventh ...Read more

CLEVELAND — Lakers teammates and coaches clapped. LeBron James stared stoically at the video board. Instead of acknowledging the Cleveland crowd showering the Lakers star with applause after a video tribute on Monday, James lifted his jersey over his face.

He wiped his eyes.

More than two decades after the Cavaliers drafted him first overall...Read more

MIAMI — It is a multiple-choice question the entire NBA, including the Miami Heat, has to evaluate, even if there is no definitive correct answer:

— A. The Milwaukee Bucks will trade Giannis Antetokounmpo by the Feb. 5 NBA trading deadline.

— B. The Milwaukee Bucks will not trade Giannis Antetokounmpo by the Feb. 5 NBA trading deadline. ...Read more