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LeBron, Steph lead hand-picked teams into NBA All-Star GameLOS ANGELES (AP) The NBA's All-Star version of a pickup game is taking center stage in Hollywood.The 67th version of the All-Star Game on Sunday night features teams picked by captains LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Dispensing with the usual...

AP Basketball WriterStill got game? Ice Cube, Iverson back 3-on-3 hoops leagueBy DOUG FEINBERGNEW YORK (AP) Ice Cube has dreamed about seeing his favorite NBA players come out of retirement.Now, he's going to make it happen. The rapper turned entertainment mogul is starting a 3-on-3 league for former...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Golden State's Stephen Curry made eight 3-pointers and scored 38 points to lead the Warriors to a 128-116 win at Sacramento on Saturday, extending their run of victories against the Kings to an even dozen.The result kept the Warriors 11 games clear in the NBA's...

Trail Blazers regroup after Nurkic's gruesome leg injuryCHICAGO (AP) The Portland Trail Blazers are trying to regroup after losing center Jusuf Nurkic to a gruesome leg injury.The 7-footer had surgery Tuesday after sustaining compound fractures to his left tibia and fibula late in a playoff-clinching, double-overtime victory over...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Timberwolves have promoted Calvin Booth to director of player personnel and added assistant coach Bryan Gates to the coaching staff.The Timberwolves announced the moves Wednesday. Booth joined the Timberwolves two years ago as director of player programs.Gates spent the previous five seasons in New...

Grizzlies exercise options for Morant, Jackson, ClarkeMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Memphis Grizzlies have a talented young core that they are determined to keep together, and they exercised the 2021-22 options for reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Brandon Clarke and Grayson Allen.The Grizzlies...

Paul George insisted a little rest and a new focus would make change everything for the Indiana Pacers. He made sure that prediction came true Sunday. Following the best season of his three-year career, George opened the playoffs by producing the first postseason triple-double of his career -- 23 points,...

Associated PressPilot of Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fogBy STEFANIE DAZIO, DAVID KOENIG and BERNARD CONDONCALABASAS, Calif. (AP) A veteran pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers,...

Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving are NBA veterans in every sense of the word.They are multi-time All-Stars, 3-point contest champions and both have played integral roles on Team USA, with Love winning Olympic gold in 2012 and Irving capturing the world championship last year in Spain.Come Sunday, the Cleveland...

Suns tap 76ers assistant Monty Williams as new coachPHOENIX (AP) Philadelphia 76ers assistant Monty Williams will be the new coach of the Phoenix Suns, replacing Igor Kokoskov, who was fired last week after one disappointing season.The Suns announced Friday that they had come to terms with Williams, who...

Bucks' Hill frustrated with social injustice, NBA bubbleLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill vented his frustration at social injustice Monday following the shooting by police of a Black man in Wisconsin, saying the NBA's decision to resume its season in a bubble at Walt...

Spurs' star Kawhi Leonard won't be ready to start the seasonBy The Associated PressHOUSTON (AP) Kawhi Leonard still isn't ready to play.San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said the All-Star forward needs more time to get his injured thigh muscle right, meaning he won't be out there when the...