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In Marc Stein's preseason Power Rankings, the Heat start out on top.

Gold medalists again, Team USA could have a different look for the Rio Olympics.

NBA commissioner David Stern's push to see an age limit of 23 for the men's Olympic basketball tourament is losing steam.

LeBron James scored 30 points and the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team rallied from an early 10-point deficit to beat Brazil 80-69 on Monday night.

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has withdrawn from the USA Men's Select Team that will train against the national team in Las Vegas from July 6 to 11.

Brazil's men's basketball team will be led by NBA players Nene, Leandro Barbosa, Tiago Splitter and Anderson Varejao when it returns to the Olympics for the first time in 16 years.

For the second straight season Anderson Varejao won't cross the finish line with the Cavaliers.

Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao won't be lying on a Brazilian beach this summer.

Mike Krzyzewski is only thinking about this year, not about a potential third Olympics as U.S. men's basketball coach.

Cavaliers rookie Kyrie Irving won't play for Australia in the London Olympics this summer.

Kyrie Irving talks NBA draft, music, Australia in a Page 2 Q&A.

Tim Griffin of the San Antonio Express-News: "Some of the basketball cognescenti still are unwilling to call the Spurs for what they really are. And that's a dynasty in the truest since of the word. Although they have never won back-to-back NBA title...

Former NBA coach Mike Fratello has agreed to coach Ukraine's national team at the European Championship this year.

Our ESPN Insider forecasts the regular-season outcome for the Eastern Conference.

The Chinese Basketball Association apologized Wednesday for a brawl that forced play to be suspended in an exhibition game against Brazil a day earlier.

The Mavericks' D-League affiliate is about to take its diverse organizational structure one step further into new territory. D-League sources told ESPN.com that the Frisco-based Texas Legends - who already employ Nancy Lieberman as the first-ever ...