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AP Basketball WriterAP source: Raptors, Siakam agree on 4-year max extensionBy TIM REYNOLDSPascal Siakam is officially a major part of the Toronto Raptors' long-term plans.The Raptors and Siakam have agreed on a four-year, $130 million maximum extension, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on...

AP Basketball WriterAP source: Raptors, Siakam agree on 4-year max extensionBy TIM REYNOLDSA person with knowledge of the situation says Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors have agreed on a four-year maximum extension that will be worth $130 million, a deal that kicks in to start next season.Siakam and...

Hawks exercise 2020-21 options on Collins, Young, HuerterATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Hawks have exercised the 2020-21 contract options on three of the team's top young players - forward John Collins and guards Trae Young and Kevin Huerter.The team exercised the fourth-year option on Collins and third-year options on...

AP Basketball WriterBucks, 76ers eye East title with Leonard back in the WestBy BRIAN MAHONEYGiannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks were a couple wins from beating Toronto. The Philadelphia 76ers were maybe a couple bounces from doing it a round earlier.Neither team was good enough to finish the job...

Pistons sign Tre'Shawn Thurman, waive SwordDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons have signed forward Tre'Shawn Thurman and waived guard Craig Sword.The Pistons announced the moves Friday, just a day after announcing that they'd signed Sword.The 6-foot-7 Thurman averaged 8.2 points a game last season as a senior at Nevada....

AP Basketball WriterNBA says Chinese wanted Morey's firing; China denies claimBy TIM REYNOLDSThe rift between the NBA and China appeared to widen again Friday, as the fallout over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continued.A day after NBA Commissioner Adam...

Fans support Hong Kong, Tibet at Nets' 1st game since ChinaNEW YORK (AP) A group of fans held signs, wore shirts and chanted support for Hong Kong and Tibet in the Brooklyn Nets' first game since returning from China.The fans sat behind the backboard near the Nets' bench...

AP Basketball WriterNBA says Chinese wanted Morey's firing; China denies claimBy TIM REYNOLDSThe rift between the NBA and China appeared to widen again Friday, as the fallout over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continued.A day after NBA Commissioner Adam...

AP Basketball WriterHarden caps preseason with a scoring flourishBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) James Harden sure seems in midseason form.Russell Westbrook isn't there yet.Harden, the reigning NBA scoring champion, scored 44 points in 35 minutes - 18 of those points coming in the third quarter - and the Houston...

AP Basketball WriterKawhi back in Canada, NBA GMs think he'll go back to finalsBy BRIAN MAHONEYKawhi Leonard was back in Canada, where last season he won a championship.NBA general managers think he's going to win another one this season.They voted the Los Angeles Clippers as the favorites Thursday in...

AP Basketball WriterNBA says Chinese wanted Morey's firing; China denies claimBy TIM REYNOLDSThe rift between the NBA and China appeared to widen again Friday, as the fallout over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continued.A day after NBA Commissioner Adam...

AP Basketball WriterKawhi back in Canada, NBA GMs think he'll go back to finalsBy BRIAN MAHONEYKawhi Leonard was back in Canada, where last season he won a championship.NBA general managers think he's going to win another one this season.They voted the Los Angeles Clippers as the favorites Thursday in...