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Phil Jackson is a retired NBA player and coach, who was most recently the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Jackson played 13 seasons in the NBA, winning two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973 as a member of the New York Knicks. Jackson was also the h...

Baylor's Pierre Jackson suffered a minor, acute patella injury to his left knee and won't be able to work out in the final week leading up to the NBA draft on June 27.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who's pretty connected in NBA circles, expects Gorgui Dieng to be drafted between 12th and 20th in the first round of next Thursday's NBA draft. If Pitino's right, Dieng won't be available when th...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the New York Mets are losers, but he loves them anyway.

Chad Ford offers his fifth mock draft of 2013, as players go through NBA team workouts.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2013

Regardless of how things end in the Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Clippers trade talks, the New York Knicks will come out on top. That may sound strange, but let me explain. IF DOC WALKS: As you know by now, the Celtics and Clippers are engaged i...

Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: It has been a Finals marked by wild swings of fortunes, so why should Game 5 have been any different? For the third straight contest, the team blown out by double-digits bounced back to return the favor i...

Hakeem Olajuwon's confident that Amar'e Stoudemire can strengthen his post game this summer. Stoudemire is slated to work with Olajuwon in August at the Hall of Famer's Texas compound. Olajuwon also tutored Stoudemire last summer in a one-wee...

David Carter doesn't have any big Father's Day plans. He may go to a neighborhood barbecue with his two young sons. Or he may hang out at home with his boys. Where he spends the day is of little consequence, though. That he's spending time wi...

Former Knick Jerome Jordan will be playing on the team's summer league squad in 2013, but he also envisions a key role with the organization entering next season. And he has a confident message for them. "I'm ready to play," Jordan told ESPNNew...

Patrick Ewing has teamed up with his longtime friend Michael Jordan on several occasions, from their NBA playing days to their post-retirement work for different teams. Earlier this week, Ewing was named the associate head coach of the Charlotte Bobc...

Erik Spoelstra and Gregg Popovich briefly shifted their focus Friday from making adjustments in the NBA Finals to taking aim at the rampant turnover in the league's coaching ranks in recent weeks.

Insider's 5-on-5 panel of experts tackles which teams would help top prospects best fulfill their potential.

Story | Conversation | June 14, 2013

Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd has offered Lawrence Frank the opportunity to be an assistant coach on his staff.

Patrick Ewing remembers the challenges of going from an NBA player directly to an assistant coach with the Wizards in the same year (2002). So he knows it's going to be much more taxing for Jason Kidd to transition to a head coaching role with the Ne...

Students whose elementary schools were destroyed when a May 20 tornado ripped through Moore had a chance to hone their basketball skills Thursday with several former NBA greats.