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Nikola Jokic is redefining the center position with his passing and ability to facilitate the ball to his Denver teammates. DENVER— There are point guards on this planet who feel shortchanged, who are envious. The most meaningful skill for a player at that position, and that size, is the ability to see the floor, find…

Rodney Hood exited Friday’s game against the Lakers after suffering a non-contact, lower left leg injury less than nine minutes into the first quarter. Hood needed help to leave the floor and did not attempt to put any weight on the injured leg. The team later announced Hood had suffered a torn Achilles, an injury…

CHICAGO – There were times, Dallas Mavericks center DeAndre Jordan admits, when he would get fouled as he shot or attacked the rim and pray that the ball dropped through. Not for the points as much as to avoid embarrassment. “At times,” Jordan said Monday of what understandably became an aversion to shooting free throws,…

(AP) – There were the tweets from strangers. “I hate you.” “You ruined the whole world.” “You deserve it.” And there was the scorn from inside his own locker room, the presumption that he infected a teammate with coronavirus, the suggestion that his recklessness somehow caused the entire sporting world to come to an absolute…

Thanks to Bogdan Bogdanovic, Serbia is in the semifinals for the 3rd time in the last four World Cups. MANILA, Philippines — Lithuania beat the U.S. at the 1998 world championships, then failed to medal. Lithuania then beat the U.S. again at the 2004 Olympics, then failed to medal. And history will repeat itself at…

All that remained of guard Reggie Jackson’s rehabilitation of his left knee was for Jackson to pronounce himself ready and available to play for the Detroit Pistons. The team’s medical staff had cleared him and Jackson, who had yet to appear in a game this season, had done his work on the side and logged…