NEW ORLEANS (AP) A person familiar with the negotiations says 7-footer Donatas Motiejunas has agreed to play the rest of this season alongside Anthony Davis with the New Orleans Pelicans for a pro-rated veteran minimum worth about $600,000. The person spoke to The Associated Press Tuesday on condition of anonymity...
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AP Sports WriterHoliday says he's eager to help Pelicans in crunch timeBy BRETT MARTELMETAIRIE, La. (AP) As long as Jrue Holiday is on the court in the critical final minutes, he's not terribly concerned with whether he starts, or how much playing time he gets, in his first...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Draymond Green and LeBron James went at it again in the first half of the Cavaliers' visit to Golden State on Monday. Their latest confrontation came with 6:55 left in the first half. Golden State led 52-35 when James collided with Green near midcourt, resulting in a...
Count Boston's Doc Rivers as one coach who thinks Kyrie Irving should be on the Eastern Conference All-Star team. It's easy to see why Rivers holds such an opinion after Irving scored 15 of his 40 points in the fourth quarter, including several key late baskets, to lead the Cleveland...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyle Korver will miss his second straight game with a sore right foot, the latest injury issue for the NBA champions. Korver will not play Saturday night against Orlando after sitting out Thursday's loss at Detroit. The foot has been bothering him for several...
NEW YORK (AP) Pau Gasol is sitting out Chicago's game against the Knicks after the Bulls played a four-overtime game a night earlier.Coach Fred Hoiberg says Derrick Rose will play, though the Bulls will watch the point guard carefully after he played 54 minutes in their 147-144 home...
The Philadelphia 76ers and the Indiana Pacers will both be gunning for a victory on 3/26/2017 at 6:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. Philadelphia 76ers vs Indiana Pacers When: 6:00 PM  ET, Sunday, March 26, 2017 Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana ROT TEAM PS OU ML 713 Philadelphia 76ers -8.5 (-110) 212 (-110) 300 -400 714 Indiana Pacers TV: 6 p.m. ET, CSN...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Larry Bird made it official Monday, resigning as the Indiana Pacers' president of basketball operations and saying simply that it was time to do something else. ''I felt it was time to step away in a full-time capacity,'' Bird said in a statement released ahead of a news...
Not even a hard-fought loss against a longtime rival did little to brighten the mood of one of the more tumultuous seasons in the storied history of the Los Angeles Lakers. Tony Parker scored 24 points and the San Antonio Spurs handed the slumping Lakers their fifth straight loss with...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former Walmart Inc. chief executive David Glass, who owned the Kansas City Royals for nearly two decades before selling the...

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