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Mavs' Porzingis to miss start of season after knee surgeryDALLAS (AP) Kristaps Porzingis will miss the start of the season as the Dallas Mavericks star continues recovery from surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.President of basketball operations Donnie Nelson told Dallas radion station 105.3...

Knicks move up with second first-round pick in Jazz swapBy The Associated PressThe New York Knicks moved up a few spots with their second pick of the NBA draft's first round by completing a trade with the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.The Knicks acquired the No. 23 selection from Utah,...

AP Basketball WriterThe wait is over: Delayed NBA draft finally comes WednesdayBy BRIAN MAHONEYThere was no dancing on the court after a March Madness victory. No bounding onto the stage in a spiffy suit to meet the commissioner in June.The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the traditional end of a...

Associated PressCanada reviewing NBA plan to play in Toronto amid pandemicBy ROB GILLIESTORONTO (AP) The Canadian government is reviewing a proposal from the NBA and the Raptors to play in Toronto amid the pandemic.A spokesman for Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Tuesday officials have been in contact with...

AP Basketball WriterPlay-in tourney on, Olympics likely out for NBA in 2020-21By BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) The 2020-21 NBA schedule will feature a play-in tournament and an NBA Finals that could run all the way until July 22 - keeping some players from competing in the Olympics.The league's...

Associated PressCanada reviewing NBA plan to play in Toronto amid pandemicBy ROB GILLIESTORONTO (AP) The Canadian government is reviewing a proposal from the NBA and the Raptors to play in Toronto amid the pandemic.A spokesman for Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Tuesday officials have been in contact with...

AP Basketball WriterThe wait is over: Delayed NBA draft finally comes WednesdayBy BRIAN MAHONEYThere was no dancing on the court after a March Madness victory. No bounding onto the stage in a spiffy suit to meet the commissioner in June.The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the traditional end of a...

AP Basketball WriterPlay-in tourney on, Olympics likely out for NBA in 2020-21By BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) The 2020-21 NBA schedule will feature a play-in tournament and an NBA Finals that could run all the way until July 22 - keeping some players from competing in the Olympics.The league's...

AP Sports WriterDrummond picks up $28 million option, will stay with CavsBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Center Andre Drummond has told the Cavaliers he will exercise his $28.7 million contract option and stay with them this season.Drummond was acquired by Cleveland in a surprising trade from Detroit in February....

Bucks hire Dunlap, Oppenheimer as assistant coachesMILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer has added former Charlotte Bobcats and Loyola Marymount coach Mike Dunlap along with Josh Oppenheimer as assistants.Dunlap coached Loyola Marymount for the last six seasons and posted an 81-108 record. Loyola Marymount athletic director Craig...

AP Basketball WriterAP Source: Bucks getting Holiday to play with AntetokounmpoBy TIM REYNOLDSPoint guard Jrue Holiday is being traded from New Orleans to Milwaukee, which is aiming to give two-time reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo the improved roster that he seeks with the decision on his supermax contract extension...

Associated PressCharles Oakley wins right to jury decision on assault claimBy LARRY NEUMEISTERNEW YORK (AP) A jury can decide whether former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley was ejected from Madison Square Garden with excessive force when he was removed as a spectator to a 2017 game, an...