Cavaliers to talk to Mark Jackson, Blatt

Mark Jackson and David Blatt are expected to interview with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who shifted their focus away from college coaches after swing-and-miss runs at Florida’s Billy Donovan and Kentucky’s John Calipari. Mike Brown was fired by the team for a second time and general manager David Griffin was reportedly focused on Chicago Bulls assistant […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Spurs 107, Heat 86

MIAMI — The hot-shooting San Antonio Spurs moved within one win of their fifth NBA title since 1999, defeating the Miami Heat 107-86 Thursday night at AmericanAirlines Arena. The Spurs shot 57.1 percent from the floor en route to a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. None of the 31 previous teams to fall […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA roundup: Bosh says Anthony to Heat ‘unlikely’

Miami forward Chris Bosh addressed reports regarding the possible addition of Carmelo Anthony to the Heat next season with a simple statement. “It’s very, very unlikely,” Bosh said Thursday before Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami against the San Antonio Spurs. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Heat were looking into creating a […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Bosh calls Anthony addition to Heat ‘unlikely’

Miami forward Chris Bosh addressed reports regarding the possible addition of Carmelo Anthony to the Heat next season with a simple statement. “It’s very, very unlikely,” Bosh said Thursday before Game 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami against the San Antonio Spurs. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Heat were looking into creating a […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Report: Heat consider making pitch for Anthony

Could the Miami Heat’s Big Three become the Big Four? The Heat are looking into creating a scenario in which they could retain potential free agents-to-be LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and add Carmelo Anthony this summer, ESPN reported Wednesday. To make that happen, James, Wade and Bosh would have to agree to […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Probate trial set for Sterling

A trial is scheduled for July 7-10 in Los Angeles County probate court to rule on the removal of Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling as a trustee from the Sterling Family Trust that sold the franchise. Shelly Sterling took over as the sole trustee after neurologists determined that her husband was mentally incapacitated to […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA roundup: Silver fears legal holdup in Clippers’ sale

NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged Wednesday that he is worried the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer will be slowed down in the courts. “The biggest concern is that we’re going to get stuck in a quagmire, of sorts, in litigation,” Silver said during an appearance on ESPN Radio’s […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Silver says Clippers sale delay a concern

NBA commissioner Adam Silver admitted Wednesday that he is worried the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer will be slowed down in the courts. “The biggest concern is that we’re going to get stuck in a quagmire, of sorts, in litigation,” Silver said during an appearance on ESPN Radio’s […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
James: Heat must get physical

Timing was not on the side of the Miami Heat in Game 3 of the 2014 NBA Finals. Chris Bosh said Miami played its “worst game of the season, probably the worst game we’ve played together” Tuesday in a 111-92 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. LeBron James called for a more physical mindset in […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021