LEXINGTON, Ky. — Corey Frazier is back in a familiar spot at Overtime Elite, the Atlanta-based program that has emerged as a lucrative prep basketball pathway for future college and professional players.

As the head coach of OTE’s RWE team during the 2023-24 season, Frazier — a former pro-skills trainer at OTE who played college ...Read more

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The best thing going for the Clippers this season – besides finally having a home to call their own – might be that no one outside of the Intuit Dome expects much from them.

Kawhi Leonard is, generally speaking, questionable.

James Harden is 35.

Paul George is in Philadelphia.

The Clippers’ otherwise younger and ...Read more

CHARLESTON, S.C. — “Damn. We really got my dog over here.”

It’s Day 2 of training camp at McAlister Field House on The Citadel’s campus, and as head coach Tom Thibodeau runs through offensive and defensive philosophies, Josh Hart can’t help but get nostalgic.

Hart’s relentless pursuit of Mikal Bridges — clowning him from across...Read more

NEW YORK — The Las Vegas Aces aren’t washed. They aren’t even a vastly diminished version of their 2023 champion selves.

The 2024 Liberty team is just a squad destined to avenge a heartbreaking 2023 WNBA Finals loss with pieces put together by a proficient front office.

The “scars” — head coach Sandy Brondello mentioned during ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Timberwolves, Knicks and Hornets made official a multi-faceted trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York and netted the Wolves Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Keita Bates-Diop and a protected 2025 first-round pick via Detroit.

For the past five days, the respective social media teams had...Read more

LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick, the Lakers new head coach, looked down at one set of the numbers to discover that one of his rookies, Bronny James had done more moving in the team's first practice than anyone else on the roster.

"I went over to Bronny before practice and I was like, 'Dude, you ran six miles.' And he was like, 'Yeah, I know.' So ...Read more

In Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals between the Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx, the intensity between the two veteran squads was palpable from the start at Target Center in Minneapolis.

Lynx superstar Napheesa Collier got into a spat with Connecticut’s Marina Mabrey early in the game while fighting for a loose ball, and the chippy energy ...Read more

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James, speaking at the Lakers’ preseason media day on Monday, positively gushed when asked about the opportunity to play games that truly mattered this summer in Paris with “USA” on his jersey.

“It felt great to play meaningful basketball, like literally play (at) the highest level,” he said of the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Before this WNBA semifinal playoff series began, given the way both teams play defense, people said it would be a slugfest.

There were moments Tuesday at Target Center where it seemed that might actually happen. There was pushing and shoving. A good bit of jawing, a technical ...

… and a Lynx win.

Playing shut-down defense ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Liberty are close to getting revenge.

They’ve put the Aces in the same position they were in during last year’s WNBA Finals: an 0-2 hole.

A deficit that’s nearly impossible to come out of.

A deficit that could require a miracle to come out of to continue the chase for an Aces three-peat.

And with the way the Liberty ...Read more

ATHENS, Ga. — The Hawks took a step away from the familiar Tuesday when they opened their training camp on the campus of the University of Georgia instead of their practice facility in Brookhaven. For the first time since 2017, the Hawks made the approximately 70-minute trek to Georgia’s campus for their first three days of training camp.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry’s summer included an iconic performance at the Paris Olympics and a one-year contract extension that keeps him with the Warriors through the 2026-27 season.

His summer also featured his first scripted television show (and acting performance), his annual Curry Cup tour for equity in golf, an endorsement of Vice ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick was given advice on how to deal with his first day of practice as a new coach with the Lakers.

So on Tuesday, when Redick held his first day of training camp after leaving the television and podcast space to become the leading man of the historic franchise, he knew just what to do.

“When I first took the Lakers job,...Read more

NEW YORK — The first name that comes to mind for Mikal Bridges is Aron Baynes. The next are Frank Kaminsky, Jock Landale and Dario Saric.

Then, Bridges draws a blank.

The Nets didn’t have a floor-spacing center after his arrival in Brooklyn as part of the Kevin Durant trade.

Neither did the Knicks, at least not until late Friday night, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Before the first whistle blew at training camp, the Chicago Bulls already had a serious concern: defense.

The Bulls made a calculated decision that downgraded their defense by trading Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for Josh Giddey in June. But the cracks go deeper — and coach Billy Donovan made it clear this ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The place where JJ Redick wants to be, the basketball court, offers structure. The lines that mark the perimeter of the court differentiate between in bounds and out of bounds. The rules of the game make sure that craft is rewarded.

That place, the court, made Redick a star — the all-time leading scorer in Duke basketball ...Read more

MIAMI — The first game on the Miami Heat schedule was a long-awaited one Monday involving team president Pat Riley’s fired shots and veteran Jimmy Butler’s considered reaction.

Butler, just as he should, took it all off the schedule.

“Normal hair, no shenanigans,’’ he said at the team’s media day, meaning there was no wig, ...Read more

DENVER — For Cory Slater, it was love at first swipe. As Dikembe Mutombo stuck his left hand on Shawn Kemp’s hip and his right hand on history, blocking his eighth Seattle shot in the Nuggets’ iconic Game 5 win over the top-seeded SuperSonics, a kid in New Jersey knew he’d found his team and his player. His moment and his muse.

“I’m...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Who knew D'Angelo Russell would deliver the best moment from Lakers media day?

The smart money Monday probably would've been bet on LeBron James talking about playing with his son, Bronny. Maybe you'd have splashed some down on Anthony Davis talking about trying to win his first defensive player of the year or Austin Reaves ...Read more