BOCA RATON, Fla. — The optimism is there.

“I expect to get something done,” Tyler Herro said of his contract-extension window that opens Wednesday and runs through Oct. 20, the day before the NBA opens the regular season.

But there also is a caution from the Miami Heat All-Star guard in case something doesn’t.

“I’m not going to ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — With the Jonathan Kuminga situation now resolved (if only temporarily), the Warriors bolstered their backcourt with a veteran with a familiar last name and sharpshooting skill set.

Seth Curry, 35, has agreed to sign a one-year deal with the Warriors, according to a report by ESPN on Tuesday afternoon. The 6-foot-1 guard, and ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — After months of negotiations, restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors have finally agreed to a new contract.

The forward has signed a two-year $48.5 million deal with the team that drafted him, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The second year of the contract is reported to be a team option, and Kuminga ...Read more

STORRS, Conn. — UConn women’s basketball star Azzi Fudd felt a familiar pit in her stomach when former Huskies standout Napheesa Collier went down with an ankle injury during the final seconds of Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals on Friday.

Fudd was grateful she missed the moment in live action, but she saw the replays of the Minnesota Lynx ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Deandre Ayton spent the last two years fading away from the national spotlight on a team that was closer to getting the first overall pick than getting to the first round of the playoffs. On Monday, the 7-foot center stood in front of flashing lights, answered questions in a packed news conference and glanced up at a shiny line ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Napheesa Collier entered the Lynx end-of-season press conference Tuesday with a walking boot on her left foot and, in her hands, a prepared statement calling the WNBA’s front office “the worst leadership in the world.”

The Lynx star, who finished the playoffs sidelined because of injury, criticized WNBA leadership for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Of all the reams of words publicly spilled at Lakers media day Monday, only one really mattered.

When LeBron James was wrapping up his interview with the folks at Spectrum Sportsnet, host Chris McGee asked, "By the way, see you at next year's media day?"

James' laughing answer set the template for a season.

"Maybe."

So the ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls should be standing on the brink of a golden opportunity.

Heading into the 2025-26 season, the Eastern Conference is in a strange — and precarious — position due to paradigm-shifting injuries to some of the league’s top players.

The Boston Celtics are likely to take a year’s reprieve from their stature as ...Read more

DENVER — Nikola Jokic is content to stay put.

After delaying contract extension talks with the Denver Nuggets this summer and spurring inevitable speculation about his future, the three-time MVP told reporters on Monday that “my plan is to be (with the) Nuggets forever.”

Jokic, 30, has a minimum of two years remaining on his current ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard mumbled his way through a few answers to questions Monday about his endorsement deal with Aspiration Partners that has triggered an NBA investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented the league salary cap.

The Clippers allowed only two reporters to ask about the deal during media day at Intuit Dome, refusing ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors didn’t have a media day on Monday.

No, they held a roster reveal party instead.

Did you know Pat Spencer was on the Dubs’ roster?

I didn’t, because he wasn’t when he came up to the dais of the press conference room inside Chase Center. He had signed roughly 10 minutes beforehand, but the ...Read more

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers’ standards, and their ambitions, never change. Right now, Banner No. 18 is the first priority, not only to get back to the top of the mountain but to enable Laker fans to sneer at their Boston Celtics counterparts.

But that’s only one of the storylines surrounding this coming season. The one ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Each time a video surfaces of VJ Edgecombe driving the lane, 76ers fans rave over his potential and athleticism.

However, the rookie guard has quickly come to realize that there are many standout players in the team’s practice facility. He said the NBA talent level has been the most eye-opening thing for him since he was ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As the Clippers begin training camp, owner Steve Ballmer and the team are facing pressures over an NBA probe into allegations that the team circumvented the league salary cap when a sustainability firm paid star Kawhi Leonard $21 million.

Since purchasing the team a decade ago, Ballmer has been on a quest to bring the also-ran ...Read more

PHOENIX — The Minnesota Lynx were the best team in the WNBA during the regular season, but the playoffs were another story.

On Sunday, the Lynx lost to the Phoenix Mercury 86-81 and, more importantly, lost the best-of-five playoff semifinal series 3-1 to end their chances at another Finals berth.

For the third straight game, Minnesota ...Read more

The Las Vegas Aces lost 90-83 to the Indiana Fever in Game 4 of their WNBA playoffs semifinals series Sunday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The best-of-five series is tied 2-2, and the winner of Tuesday’s Game 5 at Michelob Ultra Arena will advance to the WNBA Finals.

A’ja Wilson led the No. 2-seeded Aces with 31 points and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Hell hath no fury like that which the city of Philadelphia reserves for players and teams that overpromise and underdeliver. That can be a difficult truth to understand for those who hail from locales where people do not regard local professional teams as fundamental components of their personal identities. A sports fan in ...Read more

PHOENIX – The Minnesota Lynx announced Saturday that star forward Napheesa Collier is out for Sunday’s win-or-go home Game 4 in the WNBA semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury due to a left ankle injury.

Collier exited Friday’s Game 3 loss in Phoenix with 21.8 seconds remaining after rolling her left ankle.

As Collier dribbled near...Read more

PHOENIX – The WNBA announced Saturday that Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve would be suspended for her team’s must-win Game 4 Sunday against the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA semifinals.

Reeve’s suspension comes after her ejection at the end of the Lynx’s 84-76 loss in Game 3, picking up a second technical foul after questioning the game...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Alyssa Thomas stole the basketball with a nice poke away from the Lynx’s Napheesa Collier with 21 seconds left in Friday night’s Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals in Phoenix. There was a collision of knees after that and down went Collier to the court after badly rolling her left ankle.

This steal was going to solve the issue in...Read more