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AP Sports WriterCavs' painful season worsening as Osman joins injury listBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) This painful season isn't subsiding for the Cavaliers. If anything, it's getting worse.Cleveland, which already has the worst record in the NBA at 1-10, will be without yet another starter on Saturday night in...

Associated PressIn lieu of White House visit, Warriors take kids to museumBy BRIAN McNALLYWASHINGTON (AP) With an offer to visit the White House as NBA champions rejected and rescinded, Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors instead spent their day off in the nation's capital touring the National...

NEW YORK (AP) Stephon Marbury hopes to finish off his basketball career back in the NBA. The 40-year old guard is playing in the Chinese Basketball Association this season for the Beijing Fly Dragons and when the league ends in February or March he wants to join an NBA franchise. ''I've...

AP Basketball WriterFor Raptors, guard Kyle Lowry might be as valuable as everBy TIM REYNOLDSThe biggest play Kyle Lowry made in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs might have been overlooked.Game 3 in Orlando, time winding down, Toronto clinging to a three-point lead. Kawhi Leonard's jumper was...

Bucks' Sterling Brown arrested, tased over parking spatMILWAUKEE (AP) Police officers used a stun gun on Milwaukee Bucks rookie guard Sterling Brown and arrested the 22-year-old Friday after a confrontation at a Walgreens parking lot.Police Sgt. Timothy Gauerke says the department is investigating what happened and the officers'...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Pelicans trade Pondexter to BullsBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) A person familiar with the situation says the Pelicans have agreed to trade veteran forward Quincy Pondexter and second-round draft choice to the Chicago Bulls - a move that will give New Orleans more financial...

Bucks player says he tried to stay calm during arrestMILWAUKEE (AP) NBA player Sterling Brown says he tried to remain calm when Milwaukee police used a stun gun to take him down during his arrest for a parking violation.In an interview aired on ABC's ''Good Morning America'' Friday,...

Three days after losing their leader to cancer, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making sure everyone knows that Flip Saunders is still with them.The Timberwolves unveiled a new shooting shirt for pregame warmups in their season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. The gray shirts have ''WE''...

AP Sports WriterWinless Suns fire Earl Watson after 3 games this seasonBy BOB BAUMPHOENIX (AP) The Phoenix Suns have fired coach Earl Watson just three games in to the NBA season.The Suns announced the firing Sunday night after hours of meetings at the team's headquarters.Assistant coach Jay Triano,...

AP Sports WriterHawks hire Warriors' Travis Schlenk as general managerBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Hawks hired Travis Schlenk as general manager and head of basketball operations on Thursday, giving the Golden State assistant GM control of personnel decisions.Schlenk succeeds Wes Wilcox, who resigned May 5 as part...

Atlanta's Trae Young struggling in summer actionLAS VEGAS (AP) It's been a bumpy ride for Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young.The No. 5 overall pick out of Oklahoma has struggled in NBA summer League action. He made just 12 of 52 shots in three summer league games in...

Cavaliers star Kevin Love out with sicknessCLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers star forward Kevin Love is sick and will miss Friday night's game against Orlando.Love has been ill the past two days and Cleveland coach John Beilein is hoping another day's rest will help his best player recover.Beilein said Love...