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AP Basketball WriterNuggets' Barton: Jersey messages won't make enough impactBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Denver guard Will Barton said Friday that he decided against wearing a social justice message on the back of his jersey at the NBA restart because he does not believe it those...

AP Basketball WriterNuggets' Barton: Jersey messages won't make enough impactBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Denver guard Will Barton said Friday that he decided against wearing a social justice message on the back of his jersey at the NBA restart because he does not believe it those...

AP Basketball WriterNBA says races for the season's individual trophies are overBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The NBA’s MVP race is over. So is the battle for every other individual regular-season trophy.The league told teams Friday that none of the seeding games will be taken into...

Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe tests positive for coronavirusLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer confirmed Eric Bledsoe tested positive for COVID-19, but remains cautiously optimistic the veteran point guard will be ready for the start of the season’s resumption.“With the virus you’re never sure,” Budenholzer...

The Latest: Pacers' Malcolm Brogdon wearing mask at practiceBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:---Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon, one of the NBA players who tested positive for COVID-19, says he has been wearing a mask at practice for...

Zion Williamson leaves Pelicans for 'family medical matter'LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans say top overall draft choice Zion Williamson left the club on Thursday to attend to an urgent family medical matter.The Pelicans say Williamson intends to rejoin the team in the Orlando area...

AP Sports WriterZion Williamson leaves Pelicans for 'family medical matter'By BRETT MARTELZion Williamson left the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday to attend to what the club described as an “urgent family medical matter.”Williamson, the NBA’s top overall draft choice last summer, intends to rejoin the team in the Orlando,...

Zion Williamson leaves Pelicans for 'family medical matter'LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans say top overall draft choice Zion Williamson left the club on Thursday to attend to an urgent family medical matter.The Pelicans say Williamson intends to rejoin the team in the Orlando area...

Zion Williamson leaves Pelicans for 'family medical matter'LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans say top overall draft choice Zion Williamson left the club on Thursday to attend to an urgent family medical matter.The Pelicans say Williamson intends to rejoin the team in the Orlando area...

AP Basketball WriterReferees gearing up for their return to NBA games, tooBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) NBA referees have not had the same opportunities as players have to knock off the rust from the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Players have been back on the court...

AP Basketball WriterJamal Crawford's latest NBA chance finally arrives with NetsBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Jamal Crawford is coming off a 51-point game.People may have forgotten. After all, it was more than 450 days ago. And for a while, it looked like that game might have...

AP Sports WriterOladipo backtracks on sitting out rest of season with PacersBy MICHAEL MAROTVictor Oladipo is having second thoughts about calling it a season.If all goes well over the next two weeks, the Indiana Pacers just might get their two-time All-Star back.Twelve days after announcing he would sit out...