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DETROIT — Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards missed Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons with an illness, meaning he will not be eligible for All-NBA honors this season. Edwards returned for Monday’s game at Dallas after missing six contests with a right knee injury, which put him right up against the league’s 65-game threshold…

If 41-year-old LeBron James were to leave Los Angeles and play for another franchise, it definitely wouldn’t be the Memphis Grizzlies. If the Grizzlies had drafted an 18-year-old LeBron, he still might not have gone. While golfing on the “Bob Does Sports” YouTube show, James said he might have pulled an “Eli Manning” and refused…

As NASA’s Artemis II moon mission launched Wednesday to send astronauts into lunar orbit for the first time in over 50 years, the crew on board received a parting message from San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama was part of a NASA live stream that included Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Gosling, among…

WASHINGTON — What happens when an NBA franchise conducts a staged April Fools’ Day skit that seems so real — and so mean — that it makes the franchise appear as if it pulled a cruel prank on one of its fans? Just ask the Washington Wizards. In the face of widespread backlash, it turns…

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, who has missed the last eight games with a left lung pneumothorax, continues to progress in his return to play process under the supervision of physicians and Pistons medical and performance staff, the team announced Thursday. He will be re-evaluated in one week. Advertisement Cunningham’s re-evaluation date means he’ll miss…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this date in 1975, Bob McAdoo won the MVP award. In the previous season (his second in the NBA), he finished second in MVP voting to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. McAdoo averaged 34.5 points in the 1974-75…

Rap star J. Cole is taking his love for basketball to China. Cole (born Jermaine Cole) has signed to play for the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association, his third time signing with a professional league. ESPN first reported the news late Wednesday. Cole posted a video on the Chinese social media platform…

It was as if Toumani Camara wanted to wrap every element of his identity into one play. The tenacity, the full-court pressure, the footwork, the drama after contact — Camara placed it all on display. The Portland Trail Blazers’ wing lives to pester dribblers in places few others would dare. On this play, during a…

SAN FRANCISCO — The home team’s baseline at Chase Center has been a place of ample space and solitude ever since Steph Curry went down with a right knee injury two months ago. The television folks who broadcast Golden State Warriors games from their designated spots next to the court have had all sorts of…

LOS ANGELES — In a grand hotel ballroom, with the high ceilings and fancy carpet, in almost any city outside of Cleveland that has an NBA team, when the Cavaliers are visiting, you will probably find star Donovan Mitchell there, two or three times a day. He’s usually in a hoodie, sweats, and sandals. He…