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With the Lakers offering little to stop Portland's Damian Lillard (36 points) and CJ McCollum (28 points), (Kobe) Bryant provided pointed comments to his teamma

The Cleveland Cavaliers' newly-minted head coach, Tyronn Lue, will have only coached 11 games when he is likely to be the head coach of the Eastern Conference A

Charlotte Hornets coach Steve Clifford says center Cody Zeller will not play against the New York Knicks and could be "out for a little bit" with a strained rig

Rockets center Dwight Howard tried to maintain the usual upbeat manner, but his disappointment was clear. He had been ready to test his sprained left ankle. He

The L.A. Clippers announced today the team has signed forward Jeff Ayres to a 10-day contract.A five-year NBA veteran, Ayres, 28, has appeared in 220 career reg

Basketball Insiders' publisher Steve Kyler and Senior NBA writer Joel Brigham dig into the Cavaliers decision to fire David Blatt, deliberate fouling in the NBA

When the Milwaukee Bucks agreed to terms on a five-year, $70 million contract with Khris Middleton last offseason, many NBA fans scrutinized the deal. Part of t

The National Basketball Association announced today that two games scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 23 have been postponed due to potential severe weather condition

With Steve Kerr back on the Golden State bench, the NBA is trying to determine who will coach the Western Conference All-Stars. Kerr returned from back surgery

Cleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin maintains he consulted only with owner Dan Gilbert and not with his team's superstar, LeBron James, before fir

The Nets are hiring David Nurse as their shooting coach. "I don't know him personally, just know the name, David Nurse, and I'm not sure when he's going to be…

The other major takeaway from Thursday's loss was reserve guard Brandon Jennings' comments about the team not having a true leader. (Stan) Van Gundy didn't disp

Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, the president of the NBA Coaches Association, expressed shock and disappointment over the Cleveland Cavaliers' firing of David Bl

Associate Head Coach Tyronn Lue has been named Head Coach. The current Cavaliers assistant coaches and staff remain under contract and will continue working wit

Cleveland Cavaliers General Manager David Griffin announced today that David Blatt has been released from his duties as head coach. Blatt was named the 19th hea

Brandon Jennings Questions Team's Leadership in Motown The Detroit Pistons (23-20) have been one of the league's early surprises to start the 2015-16 campaign a

The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach David Blatt, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Ty Lue, Blatt's top assistant, has agreed to a multiyear deal to become

The Minnesota Timberwolves haven't made the postseason since 2003-04 when Kevin Garnett was in his prime. Since then, they've peaked at 44 wins – in the follo

Kobe Bryant is the leading vote-getter for his final NBA All-Star Game, and Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry made late moves to join him in the starting lineup. Leo

LaMarcus Aldridge, now entrenched in the silver and black, was torn in early July and even learning toward the Phoenix Suns for moments of a four-day recruiting