Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY

Duke’s Paolo Banchero, Auburn’s Jabari Smith and Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren provide intriguing possibilities at the top of the NBA draft board.

After acquiring LeBron James and then Anthony Davis, the Lakers eyed multiple titles. Instead they missed the playoffs twice in the LeBron era.

Nets guard Ben Simmons has filed a grievance against his former team, the 76ers, seeking approximately $20 million the Sixers withheld from Simmons.

The Suns have locked up the No. 1 seed in the West, but almost everything else in the Western and Eastern Conference NBA playoff race is up for grabs.

The MVP race could come down to Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic. But many others could also factor in the race.

Mayor’s office confirms that MLB players will be subject to the same vaccine mandate that is keeping Nets star Kyrie Irving from playing in Brooklyn.

With his 1,336th career win, Spurs legend Gregg Popovich passed Don Nelson as the NBA’s new all-time leader in coaching wins.

Joel Embiid is NBA’s scoring leader – the first center to do so since Shaquille O’Neal in 1999-2000 – and is becoming the force he was expected to be.

A pessimistic picture is being painted that Zion Williamson is not long term for New Orleans, and that his family’s role in his affairs has not helped.

Michael Stockton, son of ex-NBA star John Stockton, and former first-round pick Archie Goodwin left Ukrainian team last week, before Russian invasion.