Philadelphia hopes to re-sign Quentin Grimes, if they can afford to

You have to look hard for bright spots in this Philadelphia 76ers season, but Quentin Grimes is one of them. Since being traded to Philadelphia from Dallas as part of the Caleb... Read more »

West Virginia basketball under Ross Hodge: Insiders share transfer portal news, 2025 recruits, targets, roster

The West Virginia Mountaineers basketball team hired North Texas’ Ross Hodge to fill their head coaching vacancy following the departure of Darian DeVries. Hodge’s staff at North Texas has been largely the... Read more »

Pelicans shut down Zion Williamson, CJ McCollum as they aim their tank at Cooper Flagg in NBA Draft

The New Orleans Pelicans are going to do everything they can to lose every one of the final seven games on their schedule. As it stands, they own the fourth-worst record in... Read more »

Trae Young returns to Oklahoma as assistant GM: NBA star expected to help manage Sooners’ player personnel

Getty Images Former Oklahoma star and current Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young is joining his alma mater as an assistant general manager for the basketball program, he announced on Monday. Young is... Read more »

The Playlist: Week 22 fantasy basketball waiver wire pickups and start/sit advice: Time to win a trophy

Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who and what to play — when it comes to setting your lineup or music in my rotation — for the... Read more »

Call a doctor, then Call God: Johni Broome’s Willis Reed act—and haymaker—punches Auburn’s Final Four ticket

ATLANTA — A heavy Auburn crowd, loud and raucous all game inside State Farm Arena, suddenly fell quiet.  Johni Broome, the Auburn star and SEC Player of the Year, was grimacing on... Read more »

Jalen Brunson injury update: Knicks star cleared for basketball activities, hopes to be back before playoffs

Getty Images The New York Knicks have been treading water since Jalen Brunson sprained his ankle on March 6 against the Los Angeles Lakers. They are 6-5 without their All-Star point guard... Read more »

Jon Scheyer was the perfect pick to succeed Coach K and has done the unthinkable: remade Duke in his own image

NEWARK, N.J. — It was the spring of 2021 and Jon Scheyer was on the precipice of a life-changing job opportunity. But not the way he expected. Not anything close to what... Read more »

Lakers bounce back from Chicago heartbreak to earn important win over Memphis

Lakers stars Luka Doncic and LeBron James celebrate during a 134-127 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. (Brandon Dill / Associated Press) If Saturday felt like a big game, the... Read more »

Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman (briefly) addresses Taylor Jenkins firing: ‘Urgency is a core principle of ours’

A day after firing coach Taylor Jenkins, Memphis Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman answered the most pressing question about the decision — why now? — with brevity. “I came to the conclusion... Read more »