MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Lynx boss Cheryl Reeve has won the WNBA Executive of the Year award twice, in 2019 and 2024.

In 2019, she won it largely because of who she drafted.

In 2024, she won it largely by proving she didn’t need draft picks.

Reeve is the greatest coach in league history, and one of the greatest coaches in any sport. As a ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — No one is in Braylon Mullins’ head, or in his heart. The decision he is soon to make, or maybe given the current vagaries of the rules will not have to make so soon, is his alone. He can listen to and take advice from whoever he chooses.

None of us can know what it’s like to be 19, from a small town in Indiana, and have ...Read more

MIAMI — A better record. A similar play-in seed.

But at least less drama, so there’s that.

A year ago, when assessing a 37-45 season that delivered the Heat to the No. 10 and final play-in seed, the thought was of a net gain in escaping a half season of Jimmy Butler drama.

Now, when assessing a record assured of finishing on the plus side...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York Liberty got the team’s engine back while replacing one Sabally for another.

The team agreed to multiyear deals with returning star Jonquel Jones and free-agent Satou Sabally, according to reports.

Jones, the Liberty’s 6-6 cog on both sides of the floor, has spent the last three seasons with the Liberty after the ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Ten-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner confirmed via Instagram on Saturday that she is signing with the Connecticut Sun for the 2026 season.

Griner is a six-time All-WNBA selection, a three-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA and helped lead the Phoenix Mercury to a WNBA championship in 2014. As a proven winner with 12 ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Toronto Raptors brought the double-team. Karl-Anthony Towns made them pay.

It’s the opening possession of the Knicks’ 112-95 victory over the Raptors on Friday, and Towns has the size advantage on the low block over Toronto’s Scottie Barnes. Mikal Bridges cuts from the top of the 3-point line under the rim, forcing the ...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Dusty May led the Wolverines to the national title and the winningest season in program history.

His reward? A new five-year deal for the second time in as many years.

During Michigan’s national title celebration event at Crisler Center on Saturday, athletic director Warde Manuel announced that he and May ...Read more

College sports’ pivot to athlete compensation and free agency has prompted several power conference basketball programs to create advisory positions for renowned alumni. Steph Curry at Davidson, Jayson Tatum at Duke, Elizabeth Kitley at Virginia Tech, Trae Young at Oklahoma and Gordon Hayward at Butler are among the headliners.

Blessed with ...Read more

It began on an airport tarmac in New York two years ago, when Dusty May’s cellphone rang. It was his agent relaying a message from the Michigan athletic director. He wanted to meet. Soon. Like, how about 8 a.m. the next day?

“I was exhausted,” said May, recalling the moment. “I told him I can’t do it. I’m not gonna get home until 3 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The ball is back in LeBron James’ hands, and he is thriving in his “new” role as the Los Angeles Lakers’ primary caretaker.

James is in this position in the wake of injuries to Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. He had been the third option behind Doncic and Reaves, and he shifted back to a role he has been very accustomed ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Only three minutes had elapsed in the Kings-Warriors game at Golden 1 Center when Steph Curry fell to the ground in pain.

Sacramento Kings guard Devin Carter stole the ball from Curry at midcourt, and it appeared that Carter banged knees with Curry. It looked as if Curry also twisted his ankle in the Golden State Warriors...Read more

CHICAGO — It took more than a half of action, but the Magic eventually found their footing against the Bulls on Friday night.

Jalen Suggs (12 points) knocked down four 3-pointers in the third quarter, Franz Wagner scored 25 points in 23 minutes and Orlando won its fifth game in a row, 127-103, over Chicago inside the United Center.

Magic ...Read more

Tyson Etienne gave the Nets a reason to believe, at least for a quarter. Milwaukee Bucks gave them too many 3s to survive.

Etienne erupted for 15 points and four 3-pointers in the opening quarter Friday night at Fiserv Forum, his most points in any quarter or half, and finished with a career-high 23 points and six 3-pointers. It still wasn’t ...Read more

NEW YORK — Darko Rajakovic allowed himself to break character, to laugh at the task at hand before reverting back to his stoic, hardcore persona as Toronto Raptors head coach.

The try topic at hand? The Knicks: the team his Raptors had next on the schedule, a team they could very well see as a first-round opponent in the Eastern Conference ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces are keeping their core intact amid a wild WNBA free-agency period.

Point guard Chelsea Gray is finalizing a three-year, multi-million dollar deal to return to the Aces, sources told the Review-Journal on Friday. The deal, which is worth around $3 million over its course, is fully guaranteed.

Guard Jewell Loyd ...Read more

Plenty was missing Friday night at Capital One Arena, including several Miami Heat mainstays, and any semblance of competition. But at least hope remains, still with an outside chance of moving up in the standings.

To their credit, even while short-handed, the Heat seized the moment, rolling to a 140-117 victory over the league-worst Washington...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Detroit Pistons understand the motivation that comes when sustaining a heartbreaking loss. For the Hornets, their moment came on Dec. 20 when they suffered a 112-86 loss to the Pistons.

Hornets coach Charles Lee said that upon leaving Little Caesars Arena, they vowed never to let a team embarrass them that way again. ...Read more

After months of listing Terry Rozier as “not with team,” that became permanent Friday, with the Miami Heat waiving the guard who has been on NBA leave since his October arrest in an FBI gambling investigation.

The move came at the league’s deadline for such a transaction to clear a roster spot. Rozier, 31, will become an unrestricted free...Read more