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AP Basketball WriterNBA coaches hoping for chance to bring family to bubbleBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Denver coach Michael Malone spent his 60th day inside the NBA bubble at Walt Disney World on Friday, and he'd like two things known.One, he misses his family.Two, he doesn't...

AP Basketball WriterHarrell wins Sixth Man Award to keep it with ClippersBy BRIAN MAHONEYLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Montrezl Harrell won the NBA's Sixth Man Award on Friday, keeping the honor for the league's top reserve with the Los Angeles Clippers for the third straight season.Harrell ended the...

AP Basketball WriterWoodson returns to Knicks as assistant on Thibodeau's staffBy BRIAN MAHONEYMike Woodson, the only Knicks coach to win a playoff series in the last two decades and the last one to even reach the postseason, is coming back to New York as an assistant on Tom Thibodeau's...

AP Basketball WriterGrizzlies' Ja Morant wins NBA's rookie of the year awardBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Ja Morant wants someone to give him a big assist after running away with the rookie of the year award.Tell him the name of the lone voter not to put...

AP Basketball WriterGrizzlies' Ja Morant wins NBA's rookie of the year awardBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The first three baskets of Memphis' season set the tone for Ja Morant's rookie year. All were layups, all by him, the level of difficulty increasing each time.He made them...

AP Basketball WriterNets hire Hall of Famer Steve Nash to run floor as coachBy BRIAN MAHONEYSteve Nash was one of the NBA's most entertaining point guards, the engineer of a high-scoring team that helped usher in a new era of basketball.Now the Brooklyn Nets want to see what he...

AP Basketball WriterLakers brace for Harden, Westbrook and small-ball RocketsBy BRIAN MAHONEYLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers pushed aside one of the NBA's best backcourts in the first round.Here comes another.James Harden, Russell Westbrook and the Houston Rockets are the opponent when...

AP Basketball WriterHeat have Bucks in serious trouble going into Game 3By TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Having the NBA's best record during the regular season shows the obvious potential of the Milwaukee Bucks.It also means they haven't dealt with major on-court adversity often.They are now, facing...

AP Basketball WriterNets hire Hall of Famer Steve Nash to run floor as coachBy BRIAN MAHONEYSteve Nash was one of the NBA's most entertaining point guards, the engineer of a high-scoring team that helped usher in a new era of basketball.Now the Brooklyn Nets want to see what he...

AP Basketball WriterGrizzlies' Ja Morant wins NBA's rookie of the year awardBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The first three baskets of Memphis' season set the tone for Ja Morant's rookie year. All were layups, all by him, the level of difficulty increasing each time.He made them...

Hornets fire radio broadcaster after racial slur on TwitterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Charlotte Hornets have fired play-by-play radio broadcaster John Focke after he used a racial slur on his Twitter account last month.The team announced on Twitter Thursday that Focke would not return due to ''a violation of...

AP Basketball WriterNets hire Hall of Famer Steve Nash to run floor as coachBy BRIAN MAHONEYSteve Nash was one of the NBA's most entertaining point guards, the engineer of a high-scoring team that helped usher in a new era of basketball.Now the Brooklyn Nets want to see what he...