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Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer: New Year ... new approach ... a new player surprisingly impactful in the rotation. And finally for the Charlotte Bobcats, a new streak. The 18-game losing streak is history, and this victory was no fluke. They thum...

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

Jody Genessy of the Deseret News: The Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs could pull off an unconventional swap of sorts. And this particular one wouldn't include any players, draft picks or trade exceptions. Jazz assistant coach Scott Layden has accepte...

A person with knowledge of the deal says the Houston Rockets have agreed to a one-year deal with Argentine forward Carlos Delfino.

Mike Wells of The Indianapolis Star: Lee Eddins had hoped he would be able to watch his idol, center Roy Hibbert, play in person when the Indiana Pacers visit Sacramento, Calif., for a game against the Kings in late November. But Lee, 12, is not expe...

Michael Lee of The Washington Post: Nene sat out the final game of pool play for Brazil on Monday with soreness in his left foot, but the Wizards have been monitoring the injury and remain optimistic that it will not be a problem when training camp b...

Bob Sansevere of the Pioneer Press: The Minnesota Timberwolves have been busy lately signing players they hope can lift them into the playoffs. Nobody in the organization is hoping for that more than president of basketball operations David Kahn. BS:...

Tony Parker scored 27 points and Nicolas Batum added 21 to lead France to an 82-74 victory over Lithuania in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Thursday.

A nice infographic on the 42 basketball players competing in the Olympics. (via @TreyKerby) Andre Drummond is keeping a "Summer School" diary on the Pistons website: "The thing about me is I try to do big things before I do the small stuff. Being a...

Dan Bickley of The Arizona Republic: The men's basketball team is considered royalty, swooned over by star-struck global media. The women's team has a 34-game winning streak, an unprecedented amount of star power, and is treated like they're playing ...

Brian Murphy of the Pioneer Press: Team USA starts its gold-medal defense Sunday, July 29, against France. Kevin Love is only 23 but acknowledges this might be his only shot at an Olympic medal if USA Basketball opts to limit NBA player participation...

Jack McCallum has a certain way of telling a story. He doesn't skip the juicy stuff, but he doesn't get hysterical about it either. He is also forever on the lookout for funny, poignant and delightful NBA moments, which he hoards in his notebook and ...

Eric Gordon is in Las Vegas vying for one of the final spots on the U.S. national team that will play in this summer's Olympics. He wants to go to London. But he doesn't want to come back to New Orleans.

Steve Nash has made his first big basketball decision of the summer, agreeing to become general manager of the senior men's national team for Canada Basketball.

Linda Robertson of The Miami Herald: Miami Heat coach and healer Erik Spoelstra has his players on a late-season "maintenance" program. Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau has also been giving his guys nights off and treating the battered Derrick Rose ...

Christian Petersen/Getty Images In Phoenix Tuesday, the commissioner said he has long wanted to change goaltending. One HoopIdea that's been debated and quarreled with since we raised it on March 12 is the idea to free the best athletes in the worl...