National Basketball Association

...immeasurable throughout the coarse of the year, but those adjectives cannot be quantified-or can they? Since Bob Pettit won the first NBA MVP Award in 1956 we have seen winners as tall as 7'2" (Kareem Abdual-Jabbar), and some who've...

In this article: MVP, NBA, Steve Nash, Allen Iverson, San Antonio Spurs, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Dwyane Wade

posted by Josh Robbins on Nov 20, 2009 10:00:41 AM Lots of news from the NBA today, including Brian Schmitz' exclusive about Dwight Howard asking coach Stan Van Gundy to be less negative -- and Van Gundy agreeing to do so. Meanwhile,...

In this article: Stan Van Gundy, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant, NBA, Tracy McGrady, Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Michael Jordan, and Andre Miller

...on Feb. 28, 1999, carried the Jazz to their previous win in San Antonio. No player in Utah's loose locker room Thursday night was even in the NBA back then. "We've been to this building a lot of times, had some close games and had some...

In this article: Jayson Williams, NBA, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz, Carlos Boozer, San Antonio, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Deron Williams, and Utah

Posted at 1:12 a.m., Thursday, November 19, 2009 NBA: With Jameer Nelson out, Magic should take a chance on Allen Iverson There's no satisfaction in second place. Been there, done that. Isn't that the first loser, anyway? Break free...

In this article: Allen Iverson, Jameer Nelson, NBA, The Magic, Otis Smith, Stan Van Gundy, Randy Moss, Rich DeVos, Surgery, and Eastern Conference

...Michael Jordan." I don't agree with James. Jordan was a great basketball player. He led the league in scoring 10 times and won six NBA championships for the Chicago Bulls. It's fine that the Bulls retired Jordan's number. But I don't...

In this article: LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Jackie Robinson, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Chicago Bulls, and Boston Celtics

...Los Angeles Lakers guard Sun Yue, now back in China with his old Beijing team, has complained about his lack of playing time in the NBA. The 24-year-old won a championship ring last season but was released by the Lakers at the end of July...

In this article: NBA, Sun Yue, Los Angeles Lakers, China, Yi Jianlian, Yao Ming, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, and New Jersey Nets

...Kimball, USA TODAY For Turner Sports, the primary season kicks off Thursday when Inside the NBA opens the polls for fans with TNT All-Decade NBA. TNT's election commission is run by Turner's vice president of production, Howard...

In this article: NBA, Lindsey Vonn, TNT, Turner Sports, USA Today, NFL Network, World Cup, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith

NEW YORK (AP) - Dikembe Mutombo is joining the NBA as a global ambassador. The league announced Mutombo's hiring to the newly created position Tuesday, with commissioner David Stern calling the eight-time All-Star "one of sports'...

In this article: NBA, David Stern, J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, NEW YORK, and Democratic Republic of Congo

...outside a revised LFA parish boundary. "Any move that threatens these important beef cattle regions will be strenuously resisted by the NBA. It is thought that if 66 per cent of the land within a parish boundary meets the commission's...

In this article: NBA, Beef cattle, and Scotland

...of Michael Jordan's No. 23 November 16, 2009 It might have been a nice gesture by LeBron James, but the likelihood of the NBA retiring Michael Jordan's No. 23 is almost nil. James may still persuade several players to give up...

In this article: Michael Jordan, LeBron James, NBA, Major League Baseball, NHL, Wayne Gretzky, and Jackie Robinson