NBA Basketball News

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard, enjoying a strong NBA Finals, is one of 27 young players scheduled to attend USA Basketball's minicamp in July.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The NBA Finals opened as such a juicy matchup of A-list stars.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Danny Green and Gary Neal aren't NBA royalty like LeBron James.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Gary Neal was plucked from obscurity when the San Antonio Spurs signed the journeyman shooter three years ago, interrupting his honeymoon to offer a tryout with the other longshots in the NBA's summer league.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker is scheduled to have an MRI on a tight hamstring on Wednesday, leaving his availability for Game 4 of the NBA Finals very much up in the air.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- LeBron James looked at the cameras and reporters packed five-deep around him in a quiet, frustrated postgame locker room and made a simple declaration.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Every time Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh caught the ball out near the 3-point line in the first two games of the NBA Finals, he had all the room in the world. There was no crowding from the San Antonio Spurs, no annoying defender with a hand in Bosh's face.

JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) -- A Georgia judge has set bond at $250,000 for an ex-NBA player accused in a fatal suburban Atlanta car crash.

A person with knowledge of the details says the Brooklyn Nets' coaching decision is down to Jason Kidd and Brian Shaw.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is giving old friend Patrick Ewing another shot to continue his NBA coaching career.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The NBA Finals are back in San Antonio for the first time since 2007 - hardly a drought by any measure.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA Finals' television viewership for Game 2 was down 13 percent from last year.

MONTREAL (AP) -- The Boston Celtics will play a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Montreal next season as part of the NBA's Canadian series.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- On a day of rest at the NBA Finals, Tim Duncan had work to do.

DETROIT (AP) -- Maurice Cheeks is getting a third shot to be an NBA head coach.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- On occasion, the Miami Heat lose a game.

Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams are joining the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, adding two respected defensive coaches to Mike Krzyzewski's staff.

The Memphis Grizzlies have decided to part with the winningest coach in the franchise's history, telling Lionel Hollins they will not be renewing his contract as head coach coming off their first trip to the Western Conference finals.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili sat in mostly stunned silence, all that playoff experience not preparing them for how they felt after two games.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The Atlanta Hawks and two other teams have been fined an undisclosed amount by the NBA for tampering.