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Associated PressRaptors president 'confident' Leonard will return to champsBy IAN HARRISONTORONTO (AP) Still absorbing the magnitude of his team's accomplishment, Raptors President Masai Ujiri is confident Kawhi Leonard and the rest of Toronto's core will reunite next season in a bid for another title.''We're on to the next...

AP Sports WriterTeary-eyed Antetokounmpo wins NBA MVP honorsBy BETH HARRISSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks fell two games short of the NBA Finals.They won big at the NBA Awards.A tearful Giannis Antetokounmpo earned Most Valuable Player honors, Mike Budenholzer won Coach of the Year, and Jon Horst...

AP Sports WriterTeary-eyed Antetokounmpo wins NBA MVP honorsBy BETH HARRISSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks fell two games short of the NBA Finals.They won big at the NBA Awards.A tearful Giannis Antetokounmpo earned Most Valuable Player honors and Mike Budenholzer won Coach of the Year on Monday...

AP Sports WriterBucks' Horst wins Executive of the Year, heads back to workBy KEITH JENKINSMILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst took a break from his busy schedule Monday night to collect the 2018-19 NBA Executive of the Year Award.Horst won the honor during the league's awards...

Timberwolves hire Pablo Prigioni as assistant coachMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Timberwolves have hired Pablo Prigioni as an assistant coach, after the native of Argentina spent last season on staff with the Brooklyn Nets.Prigioni spent the majority of his 20-year playing career in the Spanish League. He became the...

The Latest: Bradley Beal wins Community Assist honorSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) The Latest on the NBA Awards show in Santa Monica, California (all times local):7:10 p.m.Bradley Beal of the Washington Wizards has received the NBA Cares Community Assist honor at the NBA Awards.The guard accepted the award accompanied...

NBA fines Knicks $50,000 over feud with New York Daily NewsNEW YORK (AP) The NBA fined the New York Knicks $50,000 on Monday for violating media rules by not allowing the New York Daily News to cover one of the team's news conferences.The Knicks held a news conference...

AP Sports WriterTeary-eyed Antetokounmpo wins NBA MVP honorsBy BETH HARRISSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks fell two games short of the NBA Finals.They won big at the NBA Awards.A tearful Giannis Antetokounmpo earned Most Valuable Player honors and Mike Budenholzer won Coach of the Year on Monday...

The Latest: Rudy Gobert of Utah wins Defensive PlayerSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) The Latest on the NBA Awards show in Santa Monica, California (all times local):7:50 p.m.Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz has won Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season at the NBA Awards.The...

The Latest: Giannis Antetokounmpo wins NBA MVP honorSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) The Latest on the NBA Awards show in Santa Monica, California (all times local):8:15 p.m.Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has won Most Valuable Player honors at the NBA Awards.The 24-year-old forward from Greece beat out Paul...

The Latest: Mike Budenholzer wins Coach of YearSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) The Latest on the NBA Awards show in Santa Monica, California (all times local):7:30 p.m.Milwaukee's Mike Budenholzer has won Coach of the Year honors for the second time in his career at the NBA Awards.He guided the...

AP Sports WriterYelich: Giannis winning NBA MVP in Milwaukee would be 'cool'By KEITH JENKINSMILWAUKEE (AP) Christian Yelich first met Giannis Antetokounmpo last month in downtown Milwaukee.The encounter happened inside a hallway at Fiserv Forum after Antetokounmpo and the Bucks eliminated the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.The...