The Phoenix Suns have agreed to terms with Utah Jazz assistant Igor Kokoskov to become the franchise’s head coach. The two sides reached agreement on a three-year contract, league sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Kokoskov, a native of Serbia, will be the first head coach born and raised outside North […]
The Atlanta Hawks and coach Mike Budenholzer have mutually agreed to part ways. Budenholzer, the 2014-15 NBA Coach of the Year, and the organization finalized terms of a split Wednesday night. “I am grateful for the five years that I spent as coach of the Atlanta Hawks and will always […]
The Process will be heading to China as the Philadelphia 76ers will face the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA China Games 2018. The Mavericks and Sixers will meet twice in preseason contests, on Oct. 5 in Shanghai and Oct. 8 in Shenzhen. It will mark the first time the Mavericks […]
The New York Knicks have fired coach Jeff Hornacek, the team announced Thursday morning. Sources said Mills and Perry informed Hornacek of his firing upon the team’s return to suburban New York following a flight back from Cleveland, where the Knicks beat the Cavaliers 110-98. The Knicks went 60-104 under […]
Robert Pera’s deal to retain control of the Memphis Grizzlies under the terms of an unusual buy-sell clause values the team between $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion, a big price tag for a small-market team that has been among the league’s largest revenue-sharing recipients, sources familiar with the process told […]
Mitch Kupchak has been named president and general manager of the Charlotte Hornets, the team announced Sunday. Kupchak, who won four championships as the Los Angeles Lakers GM, has been the clear focus of owner Michael Jordan’s search process to replace ex-GM Rich Cho, whose contract wasn’t renewed. Kupchak will […]
In the aftermath of left knee surgery, All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics will miss the rest of the regular season and playoffs, the team announced. Irving will undergo another procedure on Saturday to remove two screws from his patella that were inserted in 2015 to repair […]
Former NBA stars Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Ray Allen and Grant Hill headline the 2018 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class announced Saturday. Other inductees include longtime college basketball coach Lefty Driesell, women’s basketball standouts Katie Smith and Tina Thompson, and four-time NBA All-Star Maurice Cheeks. Kidd, a 10-time […]
For the sixth consecutive season, NBA teams have combined to set a leaguewide 3-point record. Last season’s number was 23,748, and No. 23,749 of this season came on Friday night. The league is more than 8 percent ahead of last year’s pace, and 25,000 makes this season is very possible. […]
LeBron James joined Michael Jordan in the record books Wednesday as perhaps the most consistent scorer in NBA history while playing against the team that Jordan owns. James tied Jordan’s league record of 866 consecutive games with 10 points or more in the first half of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 118-105 […]