Basketball

PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA's Pacific Division wasn't the destination for many young projects during this year's draft, though there was one extremely notable exception to that rule . The Los Angeles Lakers used their No.

It was the dream that LeBron James first floated a few years ago, the notion of playing in the NBA alongside one of his sons. And it's a step closer to reality now.

The Southeast Division controlled the top two selections in the NBA draft, with Atlanta and Washington picking 1-2. Those were rare spots for those two franchises. The Hawks won the lottery after having only a 3% chance of landing the top pick.

The Minnesota Timberwolves were committed to keeping their core together, coming off a trip to the Western Conference finals and in no position to enhance the roster through free agency or trades.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The since-fired Minnesota Timberwolves staffer accused of burglary has admitted to stealing a hard drive with proprietary and sensitive information from a team executive.

Kawhi Leonard, Tyrese Haliburton and Joel Embiid are all good to go for the start of USA Basketball's men's national team training camp in Las Vegas next week, the first step toward what the Americans hope is a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal.

PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama plays against the top names in the game with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. He can’t wait to do the same for France at the Paris Olympics .

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis will miss 5-6 months after left ankle surgery. The team said Thursday that Porzingis had surgery to fix a tear in the tissue that holds the ankle tendons in place.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves did some extra digging into Terrence Shannon Jr. before the NBA draft.