There’s an old fable about a frog in a boiling pot of water.

It suggests that if you toss a frog into already hot water, it’ll jump out immediately. But if you instead put the frog in cold water and heat it, it’ll stay in the pot and be boiled.

Well, it turns out that the parable is a myth. Time and time again, it’s been proven that a ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky are moving on from Chennedy Carter after electing not to extend a qualifying offer to the dynamic guard. Carter is now an unrestricted free agent and can begin negotiations with other teams.

After initially joining the Sky on a training camp contract, Carter fought her way into the starting lineup last season. The ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Hawks said Tuesday that rookie Zaccharie Risacher will miss more time.

The team initially announced Friday that the rookie would miss two games with a left adductor strain. Now, three games later, the Hawks announced that he is progressing in his rehabilitation.

The team added that Risacher will be re-evaluated in approximately...Read more

NEW YORK — Former Brooklyn Nets star Mikal Bridges returns to Barclays Center on Tuesday for the first time as a Knick.

The New York Knicks acquired the 6-6 forward in a seismic pre-draft deal that sent Bojan Bogdanovic, Shake Milton, Mamadi Diakite, four unprotected first-round picks, a protected first-round pick via Milwaukee, an ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick, on multiple occasions this season, has spoken about his belief in being process-oriented. It's a necessary tool for any athlete, and especially one who earned his NBA fortune as a shooter while missing more threes than he made. If, Redick has said, he knew he was putting in the right kind of work, he could be at peace ...Read more

NEW YORK — Miles McBride understands the premise. As one of the Knicks’ better perimeter defenders, he sees the workload Mikal Bridges carries on a nightly basis.

It’s why McBride is yelling “First Team All-Defense!” at his locker.

Because nine times out of 10, it’s Bridges who’s responsible for guarding the opposing team’s ...Read more

NEW YORK — Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau entered Monday’s matchup against the Atlanta Hawks knowing full well the challenge ahead. Twice this season, the Hawks’ defense, anchored by Dyson Daniels, had stymied Jalen Brunson, forcing subpar shooting nights from the Knicks’ captain.

This time, however, Brunson flipped the script.

In the...Read more

Before the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors tipped off Monday afternoon, Steve Kerr took a moment to reassure Boston fans disillusioned by their team’s recent struggles.

Golden State’s head coach told reporters at the Chase Center he “wouldn’t worry” about the defending champs, who fumbled away a winnable game against Atlanta ...Read more

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Rob Dillingham had provided a spark to the Minnesota Timberwolves offense on a night the Wolves needed anything to go right on that end of the floor. The rookie had 15 points on 6-for-8 shooting, but he wasn’t on the floor down the stretch of what became a 108-106 Wolves loss.

The Wolves had led most of the game as multiple...Read more

HOUSTON — Cade Cunningham and Jalen Green are forever linked to one of the most infamous videos on social media.

Both players were high school prospects with Team USA when Cunningham completed a between-the-legs dunk and playfully smacked Green's face on his way down the court. Green had some choice words for Cunningham, which led to a ...Read more

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Monday that shooting guard Donte DiVincenzo was out indefinitely because of a grade three left great toe sprain he suffered late in a recent loss to the Golden State Warriors.

DiVincenzo will receive a second opinion to determine a court of treatment and a recovery timetable. He was with ...Read more

ROSELLE PARK, N.J. – Naz Reid walked through a back door of his high school, Roselle Catholic, and under a sign that said “library.” His 6-foot-9 frame barely fit in the doorway.

Awaiting him in that library were a lot of people instrumental in his time at Roselle, which is in New Jersey about a 40-minute drive from Manhattan without ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Here’s the question of the day: Will this incredibly tough SEC men’s basketball schedule pay dividends when it comes time for what really matters?

After all, this week without a midweek conference contest could not have come at a better time for Kentucky men’s basketball.

The Wildcats lost 102-97 to visiting Alabama on...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The instrumental track behind one of Los Angeles’ biggest songs played over the Intuit Dome’s best-that-money-can-buy sound system late in the opening half — the perfect tune for what had been unfolding.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” wasn’t a Lakers diss track, and he didn’t even have to rap the chorus for the ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — Damian Lillard let a 3-pointer fly early in the fourth quarter, before Brook Lopez fired two deep shots of his own. Then, Lillard launched another from the left corner.

Splash, splash, splash, and splash.

That barrage of deep shots created the scoring distance that propelled the Milwaukee Bucks (and former Philadelphia 76ers ...Read more

The Denver Nuggets avoided the Rocky Mountain cold this weekend by escaping to Florida, and they picked up two wins while they were away.

They’ll return to Denver to host the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday after a 113-100 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday.

Nikola Jokic amassed 20 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, three steals and three ...Read more

A challenging six-game West Coast swing for the Brooklyn Nets culminated with a matchup against the Western Conference’s undisputed No. 1 seed at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

It went how you’d expect.

Brooklyn, to its credit, did not get embarrassed like it did against the Los Angeles Clippers earlier in the week. But Sunday’s 127-101...Read more

MIAMI — A sense of a drama has been in the air for weeks with the Miami Heat, and drama was exactly what was delivered Sunday at Kaseya Center.

Even more dramatic was the drama did not involve Jimmy Butler.

Instead, the waiting game for the next big thing for the Heat is over, delivered by coach Erik Spoelstra when he paired rookie 7-footer ...Read more