NEW YORK — Maximizing Karl-Anthony Towns’ offensive gifts was one of several reasons the Knicks moved on from Tom Thibodeau and hired Mike Brown as head coach. The vision: an up-tempo, motion-based attack built on spacing, cutting, and freedom — a system designed to make the game easier for one of the NBA’s most versatile scoring men.

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DENVER — Peyton Watson and the Denver Nuggets did not reach a contract agreement before Monday’s deadline for 2022 first-round draft picks to sign their rookie extensions, league sources told The Denver Post.

Watson, 23, is now set to become a restricted free agent next offseason. This traditionally favors the incumbent team, as the process...Read more

LOS ANGELES — They remain two of the NBA's biggest stars, and whenever LeBron James and the Lakers face Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors it is must-see TV.

The Lakers and Warriors will open the regular season against each other Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena, but James will not play because he's dealing with a sciatica nerve ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic strolled onto the Crypto.com Arena court about an hour before the Lakers' final preseason game Friday night to do his pregame shooting drills, the Latin and then the Serbian music blaring as he went through his routine, the fans inside the arena oohing and aahing over his collection of shots.

Doncic finished his ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls will start the season without their longest-tenured player as guard Coby White remains sidelined with a right calf strain.

White returned to practice Saturday after missing training camp and all five preseason games. At the time, White and coach Billy Donovan told reporters they planned for him to be available for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James no longer has to worry about having to appear in small claims court over the hundreds of dollars a Lakers fan spent on tickets while under the impression that the superstar player was retiring at the end of the season.

Norwalk, Calif., resident Andrew Garcia filed Monday with Los Angeles County Superior Court to ...Read more

DENVER — Consider Christian Braun an official member of the Nuggets’ core.

Braun has agreed to a five-year, $125 million extension that will keep him in Denver through the summer of 2031, a league source told The Denver Post. His second NBA contract will take effect in 2026-27 after he makes $4.9 million this upcoming season, the last of ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks have extended guard Dyson Daniels, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The team reportedly upped the 22-year-old to a four-year $100 million contract.

Daniels has played a big role in helping turn the Hawks’ defense around last season. He led the NBA in steals last season and helped take the Hawks...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The latest Aces championship has for some reason brought on a raging online debate about whether they are now in the conversation of best dynasties in WNBA history.

Please stop. It’s settled.

There seems to be a strange consensus of the Aces’ currently sitting a distant third in those rankings based simply on the number of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — No team played in more “clutch” time games last season than the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Wolves played in 46 such games during the regular season; they are defined by the NBA as games that are within five points in the final five minutes.

Diving deeper into those numbers, there wasn’t much good news for the Wolves. ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — It’s always been a business-as-usual approach for the soft-spoken Jackie Young.

The Aces guard has always let her play do the talking. She’s never been one to talk back to opponents on the court. She has always spoken with challenging the other team’s best player defensively, or trusting her offense that has come a long way....Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Can you feel it?

There’s something electric in the air in Central Florida — and, no, it’s not another afternoon thunderstorm. It’s the buzz. The hum. The excitement. The sheer anticipation of an Orlando Magic season that feels, finally, real.

For more than a decade, hardcore Magic fans have been the quiet constant, ...Read more

MIAMI — When it comes to the Miami Heat marketing wing, rarely are opportunities missed, from the Vice uniforms to the hammering home of Culture.

And yet, as season 38 approaches for the franchise, tipping off on Wednesday night at Kia Center against the Orlando Magic, a turn (and term) for the better seemingly has been bypassed, one that ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The moment it hit Joel Embiid that he was back on an NBA floor, playing against an opponent? When he launched a “terrible shot” that barely grazed the rim 7 seconds into the 76ers’ preseason finale Friday against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

“I don’t know what I was doing,” Embiid said postgame. “... I actually ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors cut one of the NBA’s best marksmen, and superstar Steph Curry’s younger brother, in a widely expected move.

Golden State, which had signed Seth Curry as the 15th man on the roster during training camp, announced it had let him go on Saturday morning.

Per NBA finance expert Keith Smith of Spotrac, Seth Curry�...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid has made significant strides in his recovery, a development that will surely benefit the 76ers. VJ Edgecombe is in the perfect situation to receive mentorship. And, as good as those two aforementioned stars are, Tyrese Maxey could be the team’s No. 1 scoring option.

Those three things stood out in the Sixers’ ...Read more

NEW YORK — The season is over before it started for a St. John’s freshman.

Imran Suljanovic suffered a dislocated patella during Thursday’s practice and is set to undergo season-ending surgery on Tuesday, the school announced.

Suljanovic, a 6-8 wing from Austria, was not expected to have a significant role for the Red Storm this season, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the second time in two calendar years, many Kentucky Wildcats fans yearn for the ouster of a major UK coach whose contract terms would seem to make such a move cost prohibitive.

Currently, Kentucky’s football fortunes are in something akin to free fall. The Wildcats have lost 17 of their past 20 games against power-...Read more

CHICAGO — Nikola Vučević is a little tired of talking about his age.

Yes, he turns 35 next week. Is that really — really — all that ancient?

The rest of the Chicago Bulls starting lineup has an average age below 25 (and in some iterations, below 23). On a team transitioning to focus on a youth-development movement for the future, a ...Read more