Shaqtin' A Fool 2017-18: Episode 6

The Celtics are the fourth team this century to open a season with at least 20 straight home wins. Can they be the first of those teams to win the title in the same season? Find out the last team to do it in Section 4. THE LINEUP Must-see from Thursday night Big 4th leads…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ralph Lawler has announced his intention to retire as the television and radio voice of the Los Angeles Clippers at the end of the season, which will be his 40th with the NBA team. Lawler said Wednesday that it’s important that he and his wife have a life after basketball. Lawler…

We all know the NBA All-Star Game is part-show, part-reward, part tribute. So each season sees a few hoary veterans get voted into the starting lineups, touching off squabbles about what it means to be an All-Star and who is most deserving. It’s also why the process has been changed this year to add voting…

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…

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Elton Brand announced today that the team has signed Greg Monroe. This season, Monroe has participated in 40 games (starting in two) with Toronto and Boston. He has averaged 4.7 points and 4.0 rebounds, playing 10.7 minutes per game. Monroe, now in his ninth NBA season, has participated in…

NEW YORK — Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has been suspended one game without pay for violating the league’s rule against leaving the bench during an altercation, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. Jokić’s close proximity to the altercation and aggressive manner created the potential for further escalation of…