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Heat sign 3-year jersey deal with Ultimate SoftwareMIAMI (AP) The Miami Heat have signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Ultimate Software, which will have its logo on the team's jerseys starting this season.The Heat were the 15th NBA team to strike a jersey sponsorship deal. This is the...

AP Basketball WriterMinnesota's Wiggins considers contract deal without agentBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Andrew Wiggins says he feels good about a max contract offer that is sitting in front of him with the Minnesota Timberwolves. But he's in no rush to get it signed.Wiggins says he is going over...

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 WriterRiley raves about Wade, but avoids all contract talkBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Dwyane Wade is under contract with the Chicago Bulls, meaning other NBA clubs cannot openly talk about possibly signing him until he is a free agent. As such, Miami Heat President Pat Riley was...

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...

Associated PressSpurs stand pat as league improves around themBy RAUL DOMINGUEZSAN ANTONIO (AP) The Spurs have been praised for an ability to remain successful for the past two decades without a major roster overhaul, but that constancy appeared to be a step back for the five-time champions following...

AP Basketball WriterOlynyk makes a big splash in end-of-camp Heat scrimmageBy TIM REYNOLDSBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Habits are something Miami coach Erik Spoelstra talks about often with his club, that word becoming as much of his everyday vernacular as probably any other.Kelly Olynyk has noticed. He's also noticed...

Closing arguments set for NBA players' assault trialPHOENIX (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 week his...

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...

AP Basketball WriterAP source: Cavaliers front-runners to sign Dwyane WadeBy TIM REYNOLDSBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are on the brink of becoming teammates again.James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are the clear front-runners to sign Wade once he becomes a free agent later this week,...

AP Basketball WriterSilver expects NBA players to stand during national anthemBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday he expects players to stand for the national anthem, which is a league rule.He wants them to remain active in their communities and take part in what...

Associated PressProsecutors make closing arguments against NBA twin brothersBy CLARICE SILBERPHOENIX (AP) Prosecutors urged a jury Thursday to convict NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris of assault charges for their role in the 2015 beating of a former acquaintance in a case that has delayed the start of...