Basketball

Joel Embiid will wear red, white and blue in Paris next summer — not rouge, blanc and bleu.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton remains limited in practice but said Thursday he's hopeful about starting the season on time as he recovers from surgery on his right knee.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 points in 17 minutes, Naz Reid added 16 and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Dallas Mavericks 111-99 in the first NBA preseason game of the year Thursday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia announced on Thursday he's spending upwards of $100 million to build a dedicated practice facility for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury and a downtown campus for Suns and Mercury employees.

BURNABY, B.C. — Otto Porter Jr.'s first season as a Toronto Raptor lasted eight games. Since his season-ending surgery on his left foot on Jan. 10, 2022, the team's head coach has been replaced and iconic, veteran players have departed.

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics' typically straight-faced basketball boss Brad Stevens couldn’t hide his smile after watching just one practice with Jrue Holiday on the team. “We made a thousand mistakes.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder general manager Sam Presti and coach Mark Daigneault are trying to control the hype about Chet Holmgren’s return, saying it’s not fair to expect too much from a player who has been out for more than a year with a foot inj

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — James Harden made his return to the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday for training camp. He went through most of the drills. His new coach said he “looked good.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Giannis Ioannidis, one of Greece's most successful basketball coaches who later entered politics and served as a minister for sports, has died at the age of 78.

Whether it was on the court, in the locker room, or in front of cameras and microphones, Fred VanVleet was the voice of the Toronto Raptors for the past two NBA seasons.