Cue the duck boats: Boston salutes Celtics' record 18th NBA championship with parade

BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent playoff heartbreaks into happiness. Eight months later, they toasted the franchise’s 18th championship in what has become the signature Boston celebration, joined Friday by a huge crowd for a duck boat parade to...

Thunder GM says Josh Giddey didn't want to come off the bench and requested trade

CHICAGO (AP) — The Bulls and Thunder finalized a deal sending Josh Giddey to Chicago and Alex Caruso to Oklahoma City on Friday, with the Thunder granting the 21-year-old Giddey's trade request after he resisted the team's plans to use him off the bench. Giddey, a 6-foot-8 point...

UConn's Castle, Kentucky duo, Tennessee's Knecht headline the list of top guards in the NBA draft

John Calipari turned Kentucky into a factory for NBA talent, including 28 one-and-done players becoming first-round picks. Now at Arkansas, Calipari's last crop with the Wildcats features two headlining guards in the NBA draft next week in Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham. ...

Thunder trade guard Josh Giddey to Bulls for Alex Caruso, AP source says

The Oklahoma City Thunder traded Josh Giddey to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for guard Alex Caruso, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because trades can’t be announced until July 6. ESPN...

Jerry West's family says no public memorial for the NBA Hall of Fame player and executive

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There will be no public memorial for NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West. “We will honor Jerry's wishes and mourn his passing privately,” his family said in a statement released Thursday by the Los Angeles Clippers. West was working as a consultant...

The Lakers are hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, an AP source says

LOS ANGELES (AP) — JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision tells The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the Lakers hadn't yet publicly announced the decision to hire the...

JJ Redick is being hired as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, AP source says

Dalton Knecht hones game over 3-school basketball journey, now a projected lottery pick in NBA draft

DENVER (AP) — Dalton Knecht has always packed one thing with him throughout his cross-country, multi-school basketball journey — a chip on his shoulder. Feeling overlooked has powered the guard from Colorado along his stops at Northeastern Junior College (Colorado), Northern...

NBA mock draft: Frenchman Alexandre Sarr to go No. 1, more big men to follow

French 7-footer Alexandre Sarr has widely been projected to follow the footsteps of fellow countryman Victor Wembanyama as the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. But Sarr isn't the only big man expected to have his name called. Though the June 26 draft isn't loaded with...

Pascal Siakam, Pacers agree on $189M, four-year contract that can be signed in July, AP source says

Pascal Siakam intends to sign a four-year, $189.5 million contract to remain with the Indiana Pacers when the NBA's offseason moratorium is lifted in early July, a person with knowledge of the talks between the sides told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP...