Hall of Fame 2021: Paul Pierce infographic

NBA legend Oscar Robertson poses for a photo outside Crispus Attucks High School. (Photo via Robert Chester) The NBA’s premier event returns to Indianapolis for the first time in 39 years for the 73rd edition of NBA All-Star. While the city holds a rich history of basketball triumphs, it’s a complex history of a community…

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. has undergone surgery for a stress fracture in his lower left leg and is expected to resume basketball activities before the start of training camp in September. The procedure announced Thursday came after Hardaway missed the last 11 games of the regular season. The sixth-year player…

* Tonight on TNT: Thunder vs. Blazers, 10:30 ET After getting swept as a No. 3 seed in the first round of the 2018 playoffs, the Portland Trail Blazers ran it back for another year behind a core of Damian Lillard, C.J. McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic. And once again, the Blazers are in the mix…

The Cleveland Cavaliers are 32-4 in the Eastern Conference playoffs since LeBron James returned home in 2014. So it’s fair if you already have the champs penciled in for a third straight matchup with the Golden State Warriors in The Finals. After a lackluster second half of the regular season and a first round with…

Neither the Celtics nor Wizards had an easy trip through the first round of the NBA playoffs, as both teams needed six games to advance. The Celtics had to deal with the tragic death of the sister of point guard Isaiah Thomas just before the playoffs. After losing the first two games against the Chicago…

Anthony Edwards and Team USA put on a show throughout FIBA World Cup exhibition play. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — This was the last act of the World Cup preseason for Team USA. A few hours before flying to the Philippines on Monday for its World Cup stay, a good portion of the USA…