Basketball

Sixers stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons are both out of the All-Star Game due to contact tracing. Zion Williamson will replace Embiid in the starting lineup for Team Durant.

A Kobe Bryant rookie card sold for $1.795 million late Saturday on Goldin Auctions, one of the most expensive basketball cards ever sold.

The picks are in. Check out the full rosters facing off during Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Team LeBron or Team Durant? Toppin, Simons or Stanley? Our experts make their predictions for a busy All-Star slate.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the choice to get the COVID-19 vaccine is a “personal” one and that the league won’t require its players to do so. However, he said he believes that most players […]

Sixers star Joel Embiid has pledged to give the $100,000 that he’ll earn from making the NBA All-Star Game to several homeless shelters in the Philadelphia area to help with meals, clothing and COVID-19 treatment..

Mike Conley becomes a first-time All-Star in his 14th season after NBA commissioner Adam Silver named him as Devin Booker’s replacement.

Blake Griffin and the Detroit Pistons have agreed to a buyout, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 31-year-old former All-Star will now become an unrestricted free agent.

LeBron James took two-time reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo with the first pick of the All-Star Game draft. Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert of the league-leading Jazz went last.