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Kevin Love watched his friends Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook sign five-year extensions this season with their respective teams and was ready to do the same with the Minnesota Timberwolves. As the clock ticked down toward the deadline, it became abundantly clear that owner Glen Taylor and president of basketball operations ...

Chris Bosh enjoyed just about every second of his jampacked offseason. Nonetheless, he's ready to go back to work. Bosh said Saturday that he expects the Miami Heat to reconvene sometime soon, even though the NBA lockout has entered its third month with no apparent ending in sight. This would ordinarily be ...

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love missed practice on Tuesday because of a bruised left knee. The team does not believe that the injury will keep him from trying to surpass Moses Malone's mark of 51 straight double-doubles on Wednesday against the Indiana Pacers. Malone had 51 in a row over ...

The Western Conference needs a starting center for the All-Star game in Los Angeles, and Gregg Popovich says he knows the perfect person for the job. The San Antonio coach selected Spurs star Tim Duncan to replace Yao Ming in the lineup for Sunday's game at Staples Center, ...

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love has been named by NBA Commissioner David Stern to replace injured West All-Star center Yao Ming (stress fracture, left ankle) of the Houston Rockets in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles. This is Love's first All-Star Game selection. San Antonio ...

LeBron James is clarifying remarks he made about contraction and the NBA. Speaking after Heat practice Monday, James said he "didn't mean to upset anybody'' when he called the NBA "watered down'' last week and that the league was more popular in the 1980s because there were fewer ...

Minnesota forward Kevin Love fractured a bone in his left hand during the Timberwolves' 94-90 preseason loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday night and will likely miss about six weeks. Love banged his hand against teammate Oleksiy Pecherov's elbow trying to go for a rebound on a missed free throw ...

Twenty-three of the top young NBA talents will assemble Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the July 23-25 USA Basketball Men's National Team mini-camp. The USA Basketball Men's National Team mini-camp will feature practice sessions on July 23 and July 24 at Valley High School, and the mini-camp will be capped ...