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AP Basketball WriterKnicks keep general manager Scott Perry for next seasonBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Scott Perry will remain general manager of the New York Knicks after agreeing to a new one-year deal with the team Wednesday.Perry ran the team's basketball operations after Steve Mills was fired as...

AP Sports WriterThe Worm Turns: Electra recalls 'bad boy' Rodman's courtshipBy DAN GELSTONCarmen Electra’s basketball fandom wasn’t much more than wearing Jordans in high school and her awareness of Dennis Rodman was simply that the NBA bad boy had dated Madonna.But once the then-Chicago Bulls star, who used his...

AP Sports WriterLakers return $4.6 million from stimulus loan programBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers have repaid a loan of roughly $4.6 million from coronavirus business relief funds after learning the program had been depleted.The Lakers applied for the loan under the Small Business Administration's...

Prep star Nix decommits from UCLA to play for G LeagueNEW YORK (AP) Nevada high school senior Daishen Nix has decommitted from UCLA and signed to play in the G League next season, joining fellow prep stars Jalen Green and Isaiah Todd in going pro.G League president Shareef...

AP Sports WriterLakers return $4.6 million from stimulus loan programBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers have repaid a loan of roughly $4.6 million from coronavirus business relief funds after learning the program had been depleted.The Lakers applied for the loan under the Small Business Administration's...

AP Sports WriterLakers return $4.6 million from stimulus loan programBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers have repaid a loan of roughly $4.6 million from coronavirus business relief funds after learning the program had been depleted.The Lakers applied for the loan under the Small Business Administration's...

AP Basketball WriterNBA pushes plan to reopen facilities until May 8 at earliestBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) The NBA has pushed back the possible reopening date of some team practice facilities for at least a week until May 8 at the earliest, saying Monday the extra time was needed...

AP Basketball WriterNBA pushes plan to reopen facilities until May 8 at earliestBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) The NBA has pushed back plans that would allow teams to reopen their practice facilities for at least one week, and cautioned that the new target is far from set in stone.The...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Bulls hiring 76ers' Eversley as general managerBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls have hired Philadelphia 76ers executive Marc Eversley to replace the fired Gar Forman as general manager and work under new top basketball executive Arturas Karnisovas, a person familiar with the situation...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Bulls hiring 76ers' Eversley as general managerBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls have hired Philadelphia 76ers executive Marc Eversley to replace the fired Gar Forman as general manager and work under new top basketball executive Arturas Karnisovas, a person familiar with the situation...

AP Basketball WriterRodman Rules: Armstrong talks Rodman's role in Bulls titlesBy TIM REYNOLDSDennis Rodman was one of the rivals Michael Jordan had to conquer on his way to his first run of three straight NBA titles. And Rodman then became one of the teammates who helped Jordan pull off...

AP Basketball WriterNBA pushes plan to reopen facilities until May 8 at earliestBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) The NBA has pushed back the possible reopening date of some team practice facilities for at least a week until May 8 at the earliest, saying Monday the extra time was needed...