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Manu Ginobili returning for 16th season with SpursSAN ANTONIO (AP) Manu Ginobili is returning for his 16th season with the San Antonio Spurs.The Spurs re-signed the 40-year-old Argentine guard Thursday. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.Ginobili will become the eighth player in NBA history to spend his entire...

AP Basketball WriterKnicks expect Carmelo Anthony at training camp next weekBy BRIAN MAHONEYGREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) When training camp opens, the New York Knicks expect Carmelo Anthony right where he's been - in their uniform and in their starting lineup.The Knicks said Friday they plan for Anthony to report...

Former Lakers, Bulls assistant Frank Hamblen dies at 70LOS ANGELES (AP) Frank Hamblen, who won seven NBA championships as an assistant to Phil Jackson in Los Angeles and Chicago, died Saturday. He was 70.The Lakers said Hamblen died in Del Mar. They did not provide a cause of...

AP Sports WriterFinally finished: Cavs-Celtics modify, complete big tradeBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) The blockbuster trade, delayed and in jeopardy of dying, is done: Kyrie Irving is headed to the Celtics, Isaiah Thomas is coming to the Cavaliers and the NBA can take a well-earned, late-summer break.For a minute.Concerned...

AP Sports WriterBulls go all in on rebuild, gear up for run at high pickBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls went all in to challenge for the big prize. A championship? Not in the near future.Their eyes are on the lottery and a shot at the No....

Bulls bring back Collins as special adviserCHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls are bringing back former coach Doug Collins to help them rebuild, this time as senior adviser of basketball operations.The team announced Tuesday he will serve as ''an expert resource'' for the front office and coaching staff and...

AP Basketball WriterBig3 begins: 3-on-3 league has close games, not much IversonBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Allen Iverson plans to be more spectator than scorer in the Big3.The Iverson of old might be the only thing Ice Cube's new 3-on-3 basketball venture can't deliver.The rapper-actor's league of former...

AP Sports WriterIrving doesn't mention LeBron in his goodbye to ClevelandBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Kyrie Irving did not mention LeBron James, now his former teammate, while thanking Cleveland fans after his trade to Boston was finalized.Irving, who is now officially a member of the Celtics after the teams...

AP Basketball WriterWinslow's return starts off nicely, Heat top Hawks 96-90By TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Justise Winslow's first game in more than nine months was a success, and that's a good sign for the Miami Heat.Winslow had six points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots in 23 minutes, and...

Associated PressNBA players go on trial in 2015 Phoenix assaultBy CLARICE SILBERPHOENIX (AP) NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris went on trial Monday on felony assault charges stemming from a 2015 beating that prosecutors labeled as an ''orchestrated attack'' and defense lawyers dismissed as a ploy to get...

Wizards' Morris out 6-8 weeks after sports hernia surgeryWASHINGTON (AP) Wizards forward Markieff Morris is expected to be out six-to-eight weeks after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia.The Wizards announced Friday that the surgery went as expected. On the six-to-eight-week timeline, Morris would miss at least the...

Associated PressGreek federation accuses Bucks of staging player's absenceBy DEMETRIS NELLASATHENS, Greece (AP) Greece's basketball federation accused the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA of hatching a plan to prevent Giannis Antetokounmpo on Saturday from playing in the European championship.About an hour after Antetokounmpo posted on Facebook and Instagram...