NBA Basketball News

What an appropriately crushing blow it would be for Stern to go out with a small-market Finals before his retirement in February.

Yes, you can wish it to all go away until the 2014 offseason. And, yes, there is plenty to be said about that with the NBA playoffs and the Miami Heat's season getting down to critical mass.

Kansas guard Ben McLemore during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas Tech in Lawrence, Kan., March 4, 2013.

Amy Duncan apparently filed for divorce in March according to court documents obtained by the San Antonio Express-News. Spurs spokesman Tom James confirmed Saturday that Duncan and his wife are divorcing.

Chris Bosh stood up in a relatively quiet Miami Heat locker room and offered a concise, blunt and accurate assessment of where things stand so far in the Eastern Conference finals.

Glen Rice Jr. is quite familiar with this concept. His father, Glen Rice, was a high-scoring forward for 15 NBA seasons and was the fourth overall pick in the 1989 draft by the Miami Heat.

The towels are showing up all around Memphis. They hang over neighborhood signs and even at a door to St.

The NBA has fined Tony Allen $5,000 for violating the league's anti-flopping rules in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri, left, talks with New Orleans Hornets general manager Dell Demps before a 2012-13 game.

The Dallas Mavericks believe they have a better shot of landing center Dwight Howard in free agency this summer than point guard Chris Paul, according to the Ft.

Phil Jackson told Time magazine this week that if he were starting a team, his first pick would be Bill Russell.

Nike has announced plans to donate $1 million worth of shoes and clothing to aid people affected by the tornado in Oklahoma this week.

A week after the Boston Celtics announced that Doc Rivers would return as their coach next season, they refused to change their mind despite a request from a division rival.

Forward David Lee became the first Warriors player to earn All-NBA honors since 1994 when he was named to the All-NBA third team on Thursday.

Some children have shown up for games with replicas of his tattoos drawn upon their bodies.

The Grizzlies got a pair of Lakers in Kwame Brown and Javaris Crittenton . . . and two first-round draft picks .

P.J. Carlesimo thinks the Brooklyn Nets' goal of winning a championship within the next two years is "maybe not totally realistic," though he believes they are a contender in the Eastern Conference.

James was a unanimous selection, receiving all 119 first-team votes, to earn a First-Team selection for the sixth consecutive year and seventh time overall.

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant surprised fans a few seasons ago when they first discovered that his NBA uniform was concealing quite a few tattoos.

It could have been the perfect matchup to cap an unforgettable game. LeBron James driving to the rim to face Roy Hibbert, one play to decide Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.