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Heat guard Dwyane Wade has posted a thank-you message to the 2 million fans who voted him into the NBA All-Star Game. Wade taped a 28-second video that was released on his Facebook page Friday morning. He was the top votegetter at guard in Eastern Conference balloting, ensuring ...
LeBron James was held out of Miami's practice on Thursday with a deep bruise on his right shin, which has bothering him for about a week. The NBA's two-time reigning MVP expects to play Friday when the Heat visit New Orleans. James says the shin has bothered him since getting ...
The whistle blew and Heat forward Chris Bosh immediately raised his arms skyward, his way of telling referee Dick Bavetta that he didn't foul anybody. As far as outbursts go, it was weak. Nonetheless, it'll cost Bosh $2,000. It's a scene that's been repeated around the league throughout this ...
Basketball, especially at its highest level, is a game of athleticism and skill. If your team doesn't have talent, it's not going to win many games. But it takes more than talent to win in the NBA. To get through an 82-game regular season and two months of ...
ANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Forward Linas Kleiza led all scorers with 20 points and the Toronto Raptors handled the Phoenix Suns 129-78 in an exhibition game on Wednesday night. Kleiza added five rebounds and two steals. DeMar DeRozan scored 16 points, while Joey Dorsey added 13 points ...
Dwyane Wade was off the court, perfecting the art of taking scoop shots from underneath a side basket and getting them to fall through the net without touching the rim. That'll be the extent of his basketball work for the next week or two. Wade's ailing right hamstring was ...

LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers is the winner of the Maurice Podoloff Trophy as the 2008-09 NBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors. James totaled 1,172 points including 109 first place votes, ...

Michael Jordan wanted to put on his shorts and play one final time. The decorated NBA champion and MVP already had two failed retirements, so what was one more return to the ...
Phil Jackson was a couple minutes late to his pregame media session Tuesday, lingering in front of the TV in the coaches' office like a kid not wanting to go to bed on a school night so he could catch a couple extra possessions of the Cavaliers-Magic game. A win by ...