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Charlotte Bobcats rookie Michael Kidd-Gilchrist suffered a concussion and will remain hospitalized overnight for observation in Houston after teammate Jeff Taylor collided with him going for a rebound on Saturday night. Charlotte coach Mike Dunlap said Kidd-Gilchrist was moving his extremities and talking as he was wheeled off the floor....

Dwight Howard sat out the Los Angeles Lakers' game at Detroit on Sunday because of his ailing shoulder. Howard was scratched from Friday night's game at Minnesota with a sore right shoulder and returned to Los Angeles to receive platelet-rich plasma treatments. "It's extremely sore all over," Howard told reporters before...

LeBron James doesn't think it's possible to be paid his actual value under the current NBA rules. Because of it he said he's been willing to sacrifice on his contracts. "What I do on the floor shows my value. At the end of the day, I don't think my...

The NBA Players Association announced Friday that embattled union chief Billy Hunter has been placed on indefinite leave of absence. Longtime union lawyer Ron Klempner was appointed acting executive director of the union until every member of the union "can have a vote in the matter," the NBPA said. Hunter was...

Los Angeles Lakers star center Dwight Howard will not play in Friday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves after aggravating the torn labrum in his right shoulder in the Lakers' loss to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. Howard was evaluated in Minneapolis by Lakers trainer Gary Vitti on Thursday and had...

Brooklyn Nets power forward Reggie Evans said Thursday he never downplayed the Miami Heat's championship during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, and his comments were blown out of proportion. Prior to Wednesday night's 105-85 loss to the Heat, Evans dismissed the Heat's title, telling the New York Daily News: "It doesn't...

Steve Nash received cheers and a smattering of boos Wednesday when he was introduced as a visiting player in Phoenix for the first time since being traded from the Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the Phoenix faithful showered Nash with plenty of appreciation during a first-quarter timeout, as...

The Los Angeles Lakers' all-important seven-game road trip started off by adding insult -- a 92-86 loss to the Phoenix Suns after blowing a 13-point fourth-quarter lead -- to injury, with Dwight Howard aggravating the torn labrum in his right shoulder. Howard was blocked by the Suns' Shannon Brown with...

Utah Jazz guard Gordon Hayward will miss his second straight game Wednesday night against the New Orleans Hornets with a sprained right shoulder. The team announced the decision following a morning practice. Hayward was unavailable Monday as well when the Jazz suffered their most lopsided home loss in franchise history, 125-80...

Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Wednesday that Derrick Rose is now taking "full contact" and the only thing left in his return from ACL surgery is putting in more time and then getting acclimated to a game situation. Rose's rehab from his April 28 injury and May 12 surgery...

Apparently, Brooklyn Nets power forward Reggie Evans doesn't think much of the championship the Miami Heat won last season - or of superstar small forward LeBron James. "It doesn't prove nothing. That was a lockout season," Evans told the New York Daily News on Wednesday when asked whether beating...

The Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at STAPLES Center. Portland At L.A. Clippers When: 9:30 PM ET, Sunday, January 27, 2013 Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California TV: 9:30 p.m. ET, Comcast SportsNet Northwest (Portland),...