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AP Sports WriterAfter renovation, Hoops Hall ready to show off its new lookBy JIMMY GOLENSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) Workers wearing black masks and white gloves move through the corridors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, pushing a cart loaded with high-top sneakers from some of the sport’s...

AP Sports WriterAfter renovation, Hoops Hall waiting to reopen with new lookBy JIMMY GOLENSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) Workers wearing black masks and white gloves move through the corridors of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, pushing a cart loaded with high-top sneakers from some of the sport’s biggest...

AP Sports WriterAnthony Davis: Lakers' title chances improved after breakBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) The sudden suspension of the NBA season was a double disappointment for Anthony Davis.''It happened on my birthday, which is kind of a bummer because I couldn't do anything,'' the Los Angeles Lakers' seven-time...

AP Sports WriterZion Williamson confident in his health, Pelicans' prospectsBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson credits his mother’s wisdom with helping him manage life’s unanticipated twists and inevitable assortment of successes and setbacks.It has served the NBA’s top overall draft choice well during a highly...

AP Sports WriterZion Williamson confident in his health, Pelicans' prospectsBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson credits his mother’s wisdom with helping him manage life’s unanticipated twists and inevitable assortment of successes and setbacks.It has served the NBA’s top overall draft choice well during a highly...

AP Sports WriterGrizzlies' Morant adds 12 pounds before heading to FloridaBy TERESA M. WALKERJa Morant has taken advantage of the NBA's hiatus, adding 12 pounds of muscle to help absorb contact when the NBA's likely rookie of the year fearlessly attacks the basketball.And the Memphis Grizzlies point guard knows...

AP Basketball WriterAs Florida virus numbers rise, NBA arrivals draw closerBy TIM REYNOLDSThe coronavirus numbers kept climbing Thursday, with a single-day record for new cases being set in Florida and the NBA revealing that the count of players and staff from the 22 remaining teams that have confirmed diagnoses...

AP Sports WriterGrizzlies' Morant adds 12 pounds before heading to FloridaBy TERESA M. WALKERJa Morant has taken advantage of the NBA's hiatus, adding 12 pounds of muscle to help absorb contact when the NBA's likely rookie of the year fearlessly attacks the basketball.And the Memphis Grizzlies point guard knows...

AP Sports Writer76ers coach Brown says Embiid, Simmons healthy for restartBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown says All-Star guard Ben Simmons is “good to go” for the NBA restart after sitting out the final games before the shutdown with a back injury.Brown, whose contract runs...

AP Basketball WriterAsterisk on the NBA title? Coaches, players say not a chanceBy TIM REYNOLDSThe 2020 NBA champion, if one is crowned, will have emerged as the ultimate winner from a season that lasted more than a full year from start to finish. A season that saw political unrest...

The Latest: Rockets' Thabo Sefolosha opts out of NBA restartBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:---Houston's Thabo Sefolosha is opting out of the NBA's restart in Orlando, a person familiar with the decision has told The Associated Press.The person...

Mavs add Burke after Cauley-Stein opts out of resumed seasonDALLAS (AP) The Dallas Mavericks signed guard Trey Burke on Wednesday after center Willie Cauley-Stein decided not to rejoin the team for the planned resumption of the season.Burke spent part of the 2018-19 season with the Mavericks after coming...