NBA world reacts to reported Carmelo Anthony trade

TORONTO — Basketball has arrived in Canada and well before the Raptors made The Finals. The sport’s awareness has multiplied in the last few decades — thank you, Vince Carter — and kids are populating playgrounds and gyms more than ever before, and this is having a trickle effect in the NBA. When the 2018-19…

Max Strus' fit with Heat culture seemed apparent early on, but he's developed in unexpected ways in the time since. Max Strus probably couldn’t have envisioned this. Division II player when he started college. Ended up at DePaul and went undrafted. Bounced around a couple of summer leagues. Went to training camp with Boston and…

The Bulls overcame a 23-point deficit to beat the Wolves in overtime. The Jazz rallied back from 12 down in the third to beat the Thunder. That means the Clippers are in first place in the West this deep into the season for the first time in 4,035 days. THE LINEUP Comeback wins shake up…

There are so many different ways to fully embrace the dog days of summer. One is to fire up the grill and start cooking. Another is to keep that blender full of ice. The season openers are still more than two months away, but it’s never too early to look ahead. So, here are my…

Over the next five weeks, the Lakers and Dallas have the highest number of home games in the West. We’ve surpassed the midpoint of the first half of the 2020-21 NBA schedule, which is still a work in progress. Wisely, the league scheduled only slightly more than half of the proposed 1,080 games for this…

MIAMI (AP) — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid’s season is over because of left knee problems, including a torn meniscus that is worse than the 76ers first thought. Embiid hadn’t played since Jan. 27, and the 76ers had said in recent days that his return was likely later this week. But an MRI performed Monday showed…