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Bulls bring back Collins as special adviserCHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls are bringing back former coach Doug Collins to help them rebuild, this time as senior adviser of basketball operations.The team announced Tuesday he will serve as ''an expert resource'' for the front office and coaching staff and...

Memphis Grizzlies sign former Oregon forward Dillon BrooksMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Memphis Grizzlies have signed former Oregon forward Dillon Brooks, a second-round pick in last month's NBA draft.Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.Brooks was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 45th overall pick. The Grizzlies acquired him...

NEW YORK (AP) Toronto forward DeMarre Carroll has had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and the Raptors say his status will be updated when appropriate.Carroll missed nine games last month with a bruised right knee, then played in five in a row before sitting out a loss...

Pistons' Blake Griffin out indefinitely after knee surgeryCLEVELAND (AP) Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin is out indefinitely after having surgery on his left knee.The Pistons announced Tuesday that Griffin will have an extended rehabilitation period with no timetable for his return.Pistons coach Dwane Casey said before Tuesday night's...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Atlanta Hawks shooting guard Kyle Korver has not played through more than half Thursday night against the New Orleans Pelicans amid trade reports involving the Cleveland Cavaliers. Korver has averaged nearly 28 minutes of action per game this season and has shot nearly 43 percent from 3-point...

AP Sports WriterOakley calls Knicks owner a 'bully' for fan altercationBy DAN GELSTONFormer New York Knicks star Charles Oakley says team owner James Dolan is a ''bully'' for threatening to ban fans from Madison Square Garden.Oakley, a longtime NBA enforcer and rebounding machine, said Dolan was wrong to mouth...

NEW YORK (AP) Pau Gasol is sitting out Chicago's game against the Knicks after the Bulls played a four-overtime game a night earlier.Coach Fred Hoiberg says Derrick Rose will play, though the Bulls will watch the point guard carefully after he played 54 minutes in their 147-144 home...

AP Sports WriterHarden ready to help Rockets bounce back this seasonBy KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) When the NBA season tips off, James Harden will be able to run Mike D'Antoni's famed seven seconds or less offense in games that count.The question is whether the scheme of Houston's new coach...

At 7-foot-1, Marc Gasol isn't a little anything.He's surely not playing like Pau's little brother.For the first time since the Gasols have been in the NBA it's the younger one putting up the better numbers, and that's a big reason why the Memphis Grizzlies have been one of the...

AP Sports WriterSilly or Philly?: LeBron swats talk of Philadelphia visitBy TOM WITHERSINDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) This LeBron James-to-Philly stuff is getting either silly - or serious.Just days after three billboards, paid for by a Pennsylvania company, popped up in Ohio urging James to sign with the 76ers this...

AP Sports WriterCousins says he was ejected for using big-man fundamentalsBy BRETT MARTELMETAIRIE, La. (AP) New Orleans center DeMarcus Cousins says he was protecting a rebound the way all big men are taught when he was ejected for a flagrant foul during a game against Oklahoma City.Cousins was...

The UTAH and the PHILADELPHIA will both be gunning for a victory on 11/16/2018 at 7:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. UTAH JAZZ vs PHILADELPHIA 76ERS When: 7:00 PM  ET, Friday, November 16, 2018 Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ROT TEAM PS OU ML 705 UTAH -3 (-110) 216.5 (-110) 135 -155 706 PHILADELPHIA TV: 7:05 PM LINE: -3 PREDICTION: PHILADELPHIA , UTAH Oddsmakers currently have the PHILADELPHIA...