Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook will be running everything for two months, as the Kevin Durant foot surgery was successful in repairing a fractured bone. Durant will miss the next six to eight weeks recovering, putting Westbrook in charge of the offense as well as the locker room. The All-Star forward had his foot surgery at a clinic in Charlotte after the team and Durant agreed that surgery was the best course of action. Durant won't meet with doctors for an official follow-up for six weeks, … [Read more...]

Even without stars like the suddenly endorsement-rich Kevin Durant, the U.S. men's basketball team finished FIBA World Cup pool play undefeated. The team completed their pool play sweep last night with a 95-71 trouncing over the Ukraine basketball team. Durant, Kevin Love and Lamarcus Aldridge were just a few of the players expected to play for the United States in the FIBA World Cup who decided to sit out. Other stars including LeBron James and Kobe Bryant were long known to be sitting this one out. The remaining … [Read more...]

Team USA basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski trimmed his final FIBA World Cup roster to 12 men today. In dropping Damian Lillard, Kyle Korver, Chandler Parsons and Gordon Hayward, the team clearly plans to play big in the international tournament. The NBA game is largely dominated by players who excel at more than one position, but the international game is still a bit more specialized. That's likely the reason Team USA cut Lillard, Korver, Parsons and Hayward from its roster. Lillard, Korver and Hayward are all … [Read more...]

The Donald Sterling saga is officially over, as the NBA completed its sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Tuesday. The news had a second positive angle for LA-based fans, as Ballmer confirmed he will not relocate the Clippers to Seattle. Now that Ballmer owns LA Clippers, some fans were still concerned that he would move the team north. Speculation ran wild when Ballmer was first announced as the prospective buyer for the LA Clippers. During the previous NBA season, Ballmer had been involved in … [Read more...]

The San Antonio Spurs have a long history of breaking tradition and setting new standards. From pioneering the use of draft picks on European players to standing by long-tenured players and coaches, the NBA champions march to the beat of their own drum. Such was the case Tuesday, when the Spurs hired the first female assistant coach in NBA regular-season history. Becky Hammon, a six-time WNBA All-Star and current player with the San Antonio Stars, will end her 16-year pro playing career at the end of this season. She … [Read more...]

The Paul George leg injury last Friday night in a Las Vegas scrimmage was a gruesome reminder that freak accidents happen in professional sports. NBA fans remembered, the Indiana Pacers' front office remembered, but perhaps more than anyone else NBA players themselves remembered. Today NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he doesn't anticipate George's leg injury will cause a 'major shift' in players' world participation. With all due respect, Commissioner, that's not your call. That's up to the players. Silver … [Read more...]