Basketball

9/11/2025 |  Trey Lyles leaves NBA after 10 years to sign with Real Madrid (Associated Press (AP)) MADRID (AP) — NBA veteran Trey Lyles has made the jump overseas by joining Real Madrid.
The forward, who played the past three-plus seasons for the Sacramento Kings, signed a one-year contract Wednesday with the Spanish powerhouse, which plays both domestically and in the EuroLeague.

9/11/2025 |  NBA’s ‘heave rule’ will allow deep end-of-quarter shots without hurting player shooting percentages (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — NBA players can now fire up those end-of-quarter heaves from deep without their shooting percentages being adversely affected.
The league has approved a change in the way statistics on those shots are recorded, which could spur players to take more heaves from very, very deep with hopes of a miracle make. It was finalized at the league’s board of governors meeting on Wednesday.

9/11/2025 |  NBA will not rush judgment in Kawhi Leonard investigation, Commissioner Adam Silver says (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA will not rush to any judgment in its probe of whether a business relationship between Kawhi Leonard and a California company was legitimate or merely a way for the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent salary cap rules, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday.

9/11/2025 |  Hornets scrub 'Sports Betting' theme night vs. Heat amid Terry Rozier's link to federal gambling probe (CBS Sports) The Charlotte Hornets have removed a sports betting theme night from their 2025-26 season promotional calendar, originally scheduled for March 17 vs. the Miami Heat. That game is slated to feature former player Terry Rozier, now with the Heat, in a visit to the Spectrum Center. 

9/11/2025 |  Adam Silver comments on potential punishments for Clippers, Kawhi Leonard: 'My powers are very broad' (CBS Sports) In his first public comments about the Los Angeles Clippers' alleged salary-cap circumvention involving star forward Kawhi Leonard and so-called "green bank" Aspiration, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that he and the league must "let the investigation run its course." He also said that, if the investigation finds that cap circumvention did occur, he would have the ability to impose significant punishments.