Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY

Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving, who had been fined $25,000 for not talking to media, provides insightful answers during Monday’s interview session.

Kyrie Irving has refused on several occasions this week to participate in team media availability. He can be fined again if he is not compliant.

The Houston Rockets are in tumult, with a new GM, new coach and James Harden creating a distraction to open the season.

Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas says guard James Harden has a reason not to be at camp, but it’s up to the star to say what it is.

San Antonio Spurs star DeMar DeRozan said he recently had to chase an intruder out of his Los Angeles home.

The Los Angeles Lakers will play on opening night and on Christmas, with 23 national TV appearances in the first half of the NBA season.

The John Wall trade reunites Russell Westbrook with Wizards coach Scott Brooks, who coached him with the Thunder.

Just three weeks before the 2020-21 season begins, the Wizards and Rockets swung a major trade of All-Star guards with huge contracts.

In a release Wednesday, the NBA and NBPA said 48 players out 546 tested positive during the week of Nov. 24-30.

Contract extension keeps LeBron James with Lakers through 2022-23 season, and his son Bronny will graduate in 2023 – and possibly be draft eligible.