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AP Sports WriterCavs among omitted 8, will use summer slight as motivationBy TOM WITHERSCleveland (AP) The Cleveland Cavaliers are missing from the NBA's Disney World summer bubble. They hope Commissioner Adam Silver doesn't need to pop their plans again.One of eight teams whose COVID-19-interrupted season ended when the...

AP Basketball WriterRaptors still have decisions to make before NBA restartsBy TIM REYNOLDSThe Toronto Raptors have an NBA championship to defend, a very long stay at the Disney complex awaiting them and plenty of unanswered questions on how the restart of the season will work.As the NBA's lone Canadian...

AP Basketball WriterWith season over, Rose can begin work of rebuilding KnicksBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Leon Rose took over as Knicks president on March 2, which should have given him a month and a half of season to evaluate his team.He got a week and a half.The...

AP Sports WriterCavs among omitted 8, will use summer slight as motivationBy TOM WITHERSCleveland (AP) The Cleveland Cavaliers are missing from the NBA's Disney World summer bubble. They hope NBA Commissioner Adam Silver doesn't need to pop their plans again.One of eight teams whose COVID-19-interrupted season ended when...

AP Sports WriterPierce believes it is time for young Hawks to become winnersBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Lloyd Pierce sees improvement in each of the five players he calls the core of the rebuilding Atlanta Hawks.There is pressure for the coach to deliver proof of that growth. Pierce says...

AP Basketball WriterRaptors still have decisions to make before NBA restartsBy TIM REYNOLDSThe Toronto Raptors have an NBA championship to defend, a very long stay at the Disney complex awaiting them and plenty of unanswered questions on how the restart of the season will work.As the NBA's lone Canadian...

AP Sports WriterNo fish story: Michael Jordan's boat nabs 442-pound marlinBy STEVE REEDApparently, Michael Jordan is pretty good at fishing, too.The six-time NBA champion and the crew of his 80-foot fishing boat named ''Catch 23'' hauled in a 442.3-pound blue marlin on Tuesday at the Big Rock Blue Marlin...

AP Basketball WriterWith season over, Rose can begin work of rebuilding KnicksBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Leon Rose took over as Knicks president on March 2, which should have given him a month and a half of season to evaluate his team.He got a week and a half.The...

AP Basketball WriterSpurs' Aldridge out for season after shoulder surgeryBy TIM REYNOLDSSeven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of San Antonio’s season while he recovers from surgery on his right shoulder, a major blow to the Spurs' postseason chances, assuming the season continues as planned.The Spurs announced Monday...

AP Basketball WriterSpurs say Aldridge had season-ending shoulder surgeryBy TIM REYNOLDSSeven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of San Antonio’s season while he recovers from surgery on his right shoulder, a major blow to the Spurs' postseason chances, assuming the season continues as planned.The Spurs announced Monday that...

AP Sports WriterHornets view not playing in Orlando as 'major disadvantage'By STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Charlotte Hornets won’t be among the 22 teams headed to Orlando when the NBA season returns - and that has coach James Borrego concerned about his young, developing team falling behind the...

AP Sports WriterThompson's status unclear until Warriors are back togetherBy JANIE McCAULEYSAN FRANCISCO (AP) The Golden State Warriors expect to have a better idea about how Klay Thompson’s recovery from reconstructive left knee surgery is going once the team can finally reconvene after the long separation caused by...