Klay Thompson and the Golden State Warriors were together for 13 mostly glorious years, but it just didn’t work out at the end. Thompson needed a fresh start, and the Warriors understood. They’ll always have a special place in their hearts for one another.

Since Thompson left the Warriors for Dallas, he and the Warriors have had time to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Lakers star center Anthony Davis will not miss time because of his latest eye injury, he said Tuesday after practice.

“The eye is fine,” he said.

Davis got poked in the left eye during the third quarter Sunday night in the team’s win over Toronto while blocking Jakob Poeltl’s dunk attempt. Davis fell to the court in ...Read more

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Embattled Florida men’s basketball coach Todd Golden took the sideline Monday night and received a warm reception from the O’Connell Center crowd.

Golden — amid accusations that he stalked and sexually harassed multiple women, including UF students — received louder cheers during introductions than any UF player ...Read more

The Brooklyn Nets nearly beat the defending champion Boston Celtics and the undefeated Cleveland Cavaliers over the weekend, so Monday’s game against the gutted New Orleans Pelicans was supposed to be one of their easier matchups of the season — at least on paper.

No team in the NBA had suffered more injuries than New Orleans this season. ...Read more

BOSTON — Jayson Tatum did not leave his run-in with Giannis Antetokounmpo unscathed.

The Celtics added Tatum to their injury report on Monday, listing him as questionable for Tuesday night’s NBA Cup matchup against the Atlanta Hawks with a left ankle sprain.

Tatum suffered the injury when he landed on Antetokounmpo’s foot during Sunday�...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Time has this tendency to fly, but it has been three years almost to the day since the last time college basketball royalty Kentucky and Duke, no mere blue bloods, have played each other on a hardwood floor.

In fact, the Cats and Blue Devils, forever linked in hoops lore, have met just twice since 2018. Both games were in the...Read more

DENVER — Nikola Jokic was in the Nuggets’ training room last Friday night, going through his usual postgame workout routine when his head coach paid him a visit.

Michael Malone doesn’t feel any need to apologize to Jokic for the heavy minutes — “You see his paycheck? I mean, come on, man,” the coach wisecracked — but he did want ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Two weeks into the season might seem a little premature to begin floating trade ideas, but not for the Chicago Bulls, who are approaching the 2024-25 season as a building block toward a more prosperous future.

There are two obvious players for the Bulls to move this season: Nikola Vučević and Zach LaVine. The veteran pair ...Read more

JJ Redick caught himself before the 10th game of his coaching career Sunday night.

The young Lakers coach was about to use an old coaching saying, chuckling at the absurdity of offering a “back in my day” to anyone listening.

“There’s an old saying in coaching, ‘You are what you emphasize,’” he said before the Lakers played the ...Read more

DENVER -- In a game of dueling masterpieces from Nikola Jokic and Kyrie Irving, neither of them dealt the decisive blow.

Michael Porter Jr. attacked a close-out and buried a go-ahead 14-footer with 6.5 seconds left, and the Nuggets won a 122-120 thriller over the Mavericks to complete a perfect five-game homestand on Sunday.

Jokic went for 37 ...Read more

Steph Curry hit three layups, a corner 3 and a patented deep trey while completely taking over the game in Oklahoma City during a nuclear third quarter.

Curry, the 36-year-old supernova, poured in 17 of his 36 points in the third period. Curry made seven of his 10 field goals in the frame, including the pair of 3s. Behind his eruption, the ...Read more

INDIANAPOLIS — Remember how lopsided the Knicks-Pacers second-round playoff series was last season?

For a quick refresher, the Knicks won the first two games of the series at Madison Square Garden, then the Pacers won Games 3 and 4 at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, including a 121-89 rout of the Knicks in Game 4. The final four games of the ...Read more

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF men’s basketball coach Todd Golden will be on the sidelines when the Gators host Grambling State Monday night at the O’Connell Center.

The school released a statement Sunday evening amid allegations Golden stalked and sexually harassed multiple women, including UF students. Golden, 39, a day earlier acknowledged an ...Read more