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Revised settlement recommended over Bucks player's arrestMILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee city attorney is recommending a revised offer to settle a lawsuit brought by Milwaukee Bucks' guard Sterling Brown, who was taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018.City Attorney...

Bucks player agrees to $750K settlement over arrestMILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police...

AP Basketball WriterNBA players approve plan to start season on Dec. 22By TIM REYNOLDSThe National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get...

AP Basketball WriterNBA players approve plan to start season on Dec. 22By TIM REYNOLDSThe National Basketball Players Association voted Thursday to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get...

AP Sports WriterLifetime learning from father prepared Silas for Rockets jobBy KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) Growing up with an NBA coach as a father, Stephen Silas started his education into the ins and outs of coaching long before he chose it as a career.When he decided to pursue the...

AP Sports WriterCavs express "pain" at death of scouting director's sisterBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) The Cavaliers expressed sympathy and offered help following the shooting of Ericka Weems, the sister of the scouting director and lifelong LeBron James friend Brandon Weems.Akron police found Weems dead from a gunshot wound...

2-time Hawks NBA All-Star 'Fast Eddie' Johnson dies at 65By The Associated PressEddie Johnson, the two-time All-Star for the Atlanta Hawks whose career was shortened by arrests which led to a ban from the NBA and life sentence in prison, has died. He was 65.Johnson passed away on Oct....

AP Basketball WriterAP source: NBA players scheduling votes on next season planBy TIM REYNOLDSA person with knowledge of the situation says the NBA's players are planning to vote on whether they would prefer to start the coming season in December or wait until January, with that decision expected before...

AP Sports WriterNew 76ers president Morey: Embiid, Simmons can work togetherBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) The question has followed the 76ers for three years, and for each game Joel Embiid fails to keep his conditioning issues under control and Ben Simmons keeps his 3-point shot tucked into his designer...

AP Sports WriterAP sources: Rockets hiring Stephen Silas to replace D'AntoniBy SCHUYLER DIXONThe Houston Rockets and Stephen Silas have an agreement for the Dallas assistant to replace Mike D'Antoni as coach, multiple people with knowledge of the deal said Wednesday.The hiring of the son of former NBA player and...

Wolves' Beasley charged with threatening strangers with gunMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley is charged with using a rifle to threaten a family who was house hunting in his neighborhood in suburban Minneapolis.Beasley was charged Thursday in Hennepin County District Court with threats of violence and drug possession....

Miller family says they're selling Jazz to Ryan SmithSALT LAKE CITY (AP) The majority interest of the Utah Jazz is being sold to technology entrepreneur Ryan Smith, a move that when formally approved by the NBA will end the Miller family's 35-year run as owners of the franchise.The...