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Traveling: Heat hope Mexico trip will provide a bounceBy CARLOS RODR??GUEZMEXICO CITY (AP) Maybe this trip south of the border is the start of something for the Miami Heat.They have lost four of their last five games and for the last few days the players and coaching staff...

AP Sports WriterCavs' Derrick Rose has bone spur in ankle, happy to be backBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Derrick Rose is ready to start playing basketball in Cleveland again - once he's healthy.The oft-injured point guard acknowledged Friday he has a bone spur in his left ankle that contributed...

Blazers say Nurkic out of Saturday's game against HoustonPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic has been ruled out of Saturday's game against the Houston Rockets with an ankle injury.Nurkic was hurt midway through the final quarter of Portland's 106-92 loss Tuesday night to the Washington Wizards....

Chris Bosh's mother questioned in drug raidDESOTO, Texas (AP) The mother professional basketball free agent Chris Bosh is among several people questioned by police during a drug raid in a Dallas suburb.A DeSoto police spokesman said Frieda Bosh was one of several people found about 6:30 a.m. Friday...

AP Sports WriterCavs' Derrick Rose has bone spur in ankle, happy to be backBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Cavaliers point guard Derrick Rose revealed a bone spur in his left ankle contributed to his decision to leave the team.Speaking for the first time since returning to the Cavs, Rose...

Associated PressSuns' Booker accepts injury, already walkingBy JOSE M. ROMEROPHOENIX (AP) Devin Booker is able to walk, albeit slowly.That's a major step toward recovery from a left adductor strain the Phoenix Suns star guard suffered in the fourth quarter Tuesday night in Toronto. Booker was carried off the...

Silver says NBA considering G League team in MexicoMEXICO CITY (AP) The NBA is considering putting a G League team in Mexico, a potential way to gauge the feasibility of an NBA franchise there.Commissioner Adam Silver also announced plans to launch an NBA Academy in Mexico's capital during...

Associated PressSuns star Devin Booker accepts injury, already walkingBy JOSE M. ROMEROPHOENIX (AP) Devin Booker is able to walk, albeit slowly.That's a major step in recovery from a left abductor strain the Phoenix Suns' star guard suffered in the fourth quarter Tuesday night in Toronto. Booker was carried...

Silver says NBA considering G League team in MexicoMEXICO CITY (AP) NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the league is considering putting an NBA G League team in Mexico.Silver also announced plans to launch an NBA Academy in Mexico's capital during a news conference Thursday night before the Brooklyn...

AP Sports Writer76ers agree trade Jahil Okafor, 2nd-round pick to BrooklynBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Buried on the bench in Philly, Jahlil Okafor has a chance to prove in Brooklyn he's not a bust.Okafor got his wish when the Philadelphia 76ers finally traded the No. 3 overall pick of...

AP Sports WriterAP source: 76ers agree to trade Okafor to BrooklynBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) A person familiar with the deal says the Philadelphia 76ers are set to trade beleaguered center Jahlil Okafor to the Brooklyn Nets.Okafor, the No. 3 pick of the 2015 draft, was dropped from the...

AP Sports WriterNo. 1 draft pick Fultz remains sidelined for 76ersBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Markelle Fultz remains sidelined for the Philadelphia 76ers.Fultz, the No. 1 overall pick this year, rejoined the team this week following a rehab assignment in Kentucky but there is no timetable for his return....