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  • Yao makes it official

    The NBA's version of the Ming Dynasty is done. After helping pro basketball gain a foothold in the world's most populous market, Chinese star Yao Ming has retired.

  • NBA releases 2011-12 schedule

    The NBA has released its 2011-12 schedule despite being in a lockout that could last months and cause it to be scrapped.

  • Charlotte Bobcats' 2011-12 schedule

    November: 2 at Orlando, 7 p.m.; 4 Milwaukee, 7 p.m.; 5 at Memphis, 8 p.m.; 9 at Boston, 7:30; 12 Utah, 7 p.m.; 14 Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.; 16 at Cleveland, 7 p.m.; 18 at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.; 19 Cleveland, 7 p.m.; 21 Portland, 7 p.m.; 23 Memphis, 7 p.m.; 25 Orlando, 7 p.m.; 27 at Sacramento, 6 p.m.; 28 at Golden State, 10:30; 30 at L.A. Clippers, 10:30

  • NBA lockout doesn't threaten Grant's fundraiser

    The NBA lockout isn't really posing any challenges for Brian Grant's big fundraiser to fight Parkinson's disease, contrary to widespread reports and Internet buzz.

  • Agent: Biyombo will play for Bobcats

    The agent for Bismack Biyombo insists that his client, the seventh pick in the NBA draft, will play for the Charlotte Bobcats next season despite a buyout dispute with his Spanish team.

  • Bobcats shed workers amid NBA lockout

    With the NBA lockout less than two weeks old, at least two teams have begun cutting staff.

  • NBA Notebook: Sampson, Bickerstaff to join Rockets staff

    A source with knowledge of the agreements said Kelvin Sampson and J.B. Bickerstaff will join Kevin McHale's coaching staff with the Houston Rockets. No official announcement has been made by the team in the midst of the NBA lockout.

  • Timberwolves fire Rambis

    The Minnesota Timberwolves fired Kurt Rambis on Tuesday, ending more than three months of uncertainty and awkwardness surrounding the head coach of the worst team in the NBA last season.

  • Wade would consider Europe

    Dwyane Wade could see himself and other NBA stars looking at overseas contracts if the lockout drags on, just like New Jersey's Deron Williams.

  • Players questioning league bookkeeping

    The NBA players' association says that there is an "adequate basis" for doubting the NBA's losses, citing the inaccurate financial projections the league made in 2009-10.

  • A guide to the lockouts in the NFL and NBA

    In March, NFL owners locked out their players. Last Friday, NBA owners followed suit.

  • Scheyer joins Israeli team

    Jon Scheyer, a former basketball star at Duke, joined Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv on Sunday, saying that his college experience prepared him well for coping with high expectations.

  • Free agency is first casualty

    No free agency now, maybe no games later. The NBA lockout claimed a quick casualty in Day 1, when the free-agency period didn't open as usual on July 1.

  • Maggette looking forward to fresh start

    Corey Maggette has played 12 seasons in the NBA and has been to the playoffs only once. Now he's about to join a Charlotte Bobcats team that has never won a playoff game and has spent the past year getting rid of most of its veterans and scorers as it rebuilds.

  • NBA Notebook: Paul says he wants to stay in New Orleans

    Chris Paul is in New Orleans this week for community service and charity events with his CP3 Foundation, and also to take in some concerts during the Essence Music Festival.

  • Players, owners face deadline

    The NBA is headed to deadline day, with perhaps one last chance to avoid a lockout. Negotiators for owners and players are scheduled to meet today, about 12 hours before the expiration of the collective-bargaining agreement and seemingly nowhere close to a deal.

  • NBA sets labor talks

    Representatives for NBA players and owners are scheduled to meet Thursday, hours before the collective-bargaining agreement expires, and commissioner David Stern said that's still enough time for a deal.

  • Revenue sharing remains a point of contention

    David Stern, the NBA commissioner, agrees with his players that teams need to do a better job sharing revenues.

  • No proposal from NBA players

    With their turn, the players passed. NBA players declined to present a new economic proposal to owners Friday, less than a week before the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement.

  • Bobcats make a quick overhaul

    Rich Cho was still general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers when he went to Spain last month to look at a player who had intrigued him on video and at a recent camp.

  • Draft-day deals are plentiful

    Plenty of players, from veterans to draft picks, were on the move Thursday night in an NBA draft that some considered a dud but certainly wasn't dull.

  • Irving: Performance in NCAA tourney told me it was time to go pro

    Kyrie Irving played in only 11 games at Duke as a freshman in the last college basketball season, but he showed enough to convince the Cleveland Cavaliers that he was worthy of the No. 1 selection in Thursday night's NBA draft in Newark, N.J.

  • NBA players say they're unified

    With NBA stars from veteran Kevin Garnett to Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin standing behind him, union president Derek Fisher said Thursday that players won't accept a bad deal to avert a work stoppage.

  • Bobcats use trade, draft to begin rebuilding

    The Charlotte Bobcats sent top scorer Stephen Jackson to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday in a three-way trade involving the Sacramento Kings that gave Charlotte two picks in the top nine of the NBA draft.

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