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AP Sports WriterDone: AP Source says Cavs getting 2020 pick from CelticsBy 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 break.For...

Nuggets will retire Fat Lever's number in December ceremonyDENVER (AP) The Denver Nuggets will retire the number of point guard Lafayette ''Fat'' Lever in a December ceremony as the team commemorates 50 years of basketball in the city.Lever suited up for the Nuggets from 1984-90 and shined in...

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...

Associated PressNBA twins miss start of training camp while standing trialBy CLARICE SILBERPHOENIX (AP) NBA training camps began this week for the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards, but two starters from the teams were noticeably absent. Twin brothers Marcus and Markieff Morris were in a Phoenix courtroom standing...

AP Sports WriterWarriors will decide soon whether to visit Trump White HouseBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Coach Steve Kerr expects the Golden State Warriors to meet as a group in the coming days to decide whether to visit President Donald Trump's White House as NBA champions.General manager Bob...

Hawks G Schroder charged with battery after late-night fightATLANTA (AP) Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schroder has been charged with battery after a fight at a late-night restaurant.Brookhaven police reported that Schroder and three other men were arrested in an altercation around 2 a.m. Friday at the 6am restaurant....

AP Sports WriterHornets' Kaminsky healthy again after 'miserable process'By STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Frank Kaminsky never expected to be hospitalized for four days in June of 2016 with tubes running in and out of his chest following surgery to repair an air pocket in his lung.He never expected...

AP Basketball WriterSilver expects NBA players to stand during national anthemBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Adam Silver expects NBA players to continue standing for the national anthem.Not only because it's a league rule, but because they are aware of what it means in what the commissioner believes is...

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 Basketball WriterAP Interview: Wade wants to wear Heat jersey again - somedayBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Dwyane Wade cannot be clearer about this: He wants to wear a Miami Heat uniform again.Someday.After signing his one-year, $2.3 million deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wade - speaking from his new...

Closing arguments set for NBA players' assault trialBy Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments Thursday for the assault trial of NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris.The Morris brothers are accused of helping three other people beat Erik Hood on Jan. 24, 2015.Hood testified last...