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AP Basketball WriterNets: Injured Kevin Durant likely won't play this seasonBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Nets general manager Sean Marks says the expectation is Kevin Durant won't play this season, although the All-Star forward will have a say in determining when he's ready.Durant is recovering from surgery to...

AP Basketball WriterNets not planning for Durant to play this seasonBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets expect to wait a year before Kevin Durant plays for them.General manager Sean Marks said Tuesday the Nets are planning this season without the injured All-Star. He added Durant will...

AP Basketball WriterNets: Injured Kevin Durant likely won't play this seasonBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets expect to wait a year before Kevin Durant plays for them.General manager Sean Marks said Tuesday the Nets are planning this season without the injured All-Star. He added Durant will...

AP Basketball WriterNBA teams approve stiffer penalties for tamperingBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA's board of governors was unanimous Friday in its approval of a plan to stiffen potential penalties for tampering with players and employees under contract with other clubs, hoping for increased compliance in existing league rules.Fines of up...

AP Basketball WriterNBA teams approve stiffer penalties for tamperingBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA's board of governors was unanimous in its approval of a plan to stiffen potential penalties for tampering with players and employees under contract with other clubs, hoping for increased compliance in existing league rules.Fines of up to...

Pistons sign 17-year NBA veteran with Joe JohnsonDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons have signed 38-year-old swingman Joe Johnson.Detroit announced the move Thursday.The 17-year NBA veteran did not play in the league last season. He was recently named MVP of the BIG3 3-on-3 basketball league.Johnson averaged 6.8 points in...

AP Basketball WriterUS keeps top spot in FIBA men's world rankings; Spain No. 2By TIM REYNOLDSUSA Basketball has kept its No. 1 spot in the FIBA world men's rankings, even after a disappointing seventh-place showing in the World Cup that ended earlier this week.It's now nine-years-and-counting in the top...

Wizards' Isaiah Thomas out 6-8 weeks after thumb surgeryWASHINGTON (AP) Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas underwent thumb surgery and is expected to miss six to eight weeks.The team says Thomas ruptured the radial collateral ligament in his left thumb during routine workouts Monday and had surgery Wednesday. General manager...

AP Basketball WriterTsai completes purchase of Nets, arena, hires Levy as CEOBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets have a new owner and a new CEO.Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai completed his purchase of the team and Barclays Center on Wednesday, then announced that he had hired former...

AP Basketball WriterTsai completes purchase of Nets, arena, hires Levy as CEOBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets have a new owner and a new CEO.Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai completed his purchase of the team and Barclays Center on Wednesday, then announced that he had hired former...

AP Sports WriterTaking his shot: Jordan, NBA owners, enter tequila businessBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) When Michael Jordan decided to get into the tequila business, he could have slapped his name on the label, maybe autographed a few bottles and sold out the whole run in hours.No matter what...

Different kind of shot: NBA owners enter tequila businessBy The Associated PressCall it the transition game: Michael Jordan and three other NBA owners are getting into the liquor business.The Charlotte Hornets owner has entered the venture with Jeanie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers, Wes Edens of the Milwaukee...