Spurs guard Tony Parker sprained his right ankle in practice Monday and is questionable to play in San Antonio's season opener this week.
Dwyane Wade will have goosebumps Tuesday night. He'll watch the retrospective video highlighting moments from the Miami Heat's postseason run to an NBA title, then get his glimmering new championship ring and see the commemorative banner finally sway from the arena's rafters.
NBA players have complained all month that the league's new synthetic ball feels and performs differently from the old leather one. According to results of a study requested by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, they may be right.
Wade has one factor in his favor that none of the others can touch: Shaquille O'Neal. It's why Wade is the preseason pick for the NBA 2007 Most Valuable Player Award, the most coveted individual title in basketball.
Yao Ming seeks to establish himself as NBA's premier big man and as long as he stays healthy this season could well be his coming-out party.
Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers called his players together before practice to talk to them about Red Auerbach. It was too late to get to know him, but important that the players understood what he meant to the team, the city, the game.
Tributes poured in as the National Basketball Association mourned the death of Red Auerbach, an icon of the game who fashioned the Celtics into one of sport's great dynasties.
Once the South Beach parties had dwindled and Pat Riley committed to coming back, the dapper Miami coach got to work on his plan for keeping the Heat atop the NBA.
Seattle SuperSonics president Wally Walker said Thursday he will resign when the club's sale is completed Tuesday.
Williams, the No. 2 overall pick in last year's NBA draft, broke a bone in his left hand during practice Thursday and will be out up to eight weeks. The Hawks open the regular season Wednesday at Philadelphia.
Never mind that LeBron James actually exceeded the hype as a rookie and put together numbers that nobody in NBA history had managed before he was 21. But now, at 21, he has not only put up numbers, he has lifted the previously woebegone Cleveland Cavaliers franchise into a serious playoff contender.
David Stern understands having a gun to protect your home. He's not convinced carrying one on the streets makes you any safer.
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