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Reports: Warriors sign F Kevin Knox to one-year deal
Free agent forward Kevin Knox has agreed to a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday.,Knox will compete for a roster spot during training camp. He averaged 17.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in four Summer League games for Golden State.,Knox was a first-round ...
Sun's DiJonai Carrington named Most Improved Player
Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington was named the 2024 WNBA Most Improved Player on Wednesday.,Carrington, 26, received 28 of 67 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.,Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby (18 votes) was second and Minnesota Lynx forward Bridget Carle...
Clippers F Kawhi Leonard (knee) to sit out drills in training camp
Los Angeles Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard will not participate in drills at training camp next week as he recovers from knee inflammation that plagued him during last season's playoffs. ,Leonard played just two games in Los Angeles' first-round series with the Dallas Mavericks, who prevailed 4...
Champion Aces see off Storm, set semi vs. Liberty
Kelsey Plum matched her career playoff high with 29 points Tuesday night while WNBA Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson added a double-double as the fourth-seeded Las Vegas Aces eliminated the visiting Seattle Storm 83-76 for a two-game quarterfinal sweep.,The two-time defending league champion Aces wi...
Sabrina Ionescu scores 36 as Liberty sweep Dream
Sabrina Ionescu poured in a playoff-career-high 36 points, Jonquel Jones had a double-double and the New York Liberty completed a 2-0 first-round sweep of the Atlanta Dream with a 91-82 home win on Tuesday.,The top-seeded Liberty, who beat the eighth-seeded Dream 83-69 on Sunday in Game 1 of the bes...
Curt Miller out after 2 seasons as Sparks' coach
The Los Angeles Sparks and coach Curt Miller have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Tuesday.,The Sparks finished last in the 12-team WNBA at 8-32 this season, 24 games behind the first-place New York Liberty. Miller was 25-55 in his two seasons at the helm, and Los Angeles has now mis...
Napheesa Collier, Lynx aiming for first-round sweep of Mercury
The Minnesota Lynx can advance to the next round of the WNBA playoffs on Wednesday when they go for a first-round series sweep of the Phoenix Mercury in Minneapolis.,Minnesota, the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, won 102-95 in Game 1 of this best-of-three set behind a season-high 38 points, six rebounds...
Caitlin Clark, Fever facing must-win Game 2 against Sun
Caitlin Clark's WNBA career started with a lopsided loss against the Connecticut Sun. After taking her lumps early on, she helped rally the woebegone Indiana Fever to their first playoff berth since 2016, winning Rookie of the Year along the way.,On Sunday, Clark's WNBA postseason career started in ...
Grizzlies retiring Tony Allen's No. 9 on March 15
The Memphis Grizzlies will retire guard Tony Allen's No. 9 jersey on March 15, the team announced Tuesday.,Allen's number will be raised to the FedExForum rafters following a game against the Miami Heat.,He is the third Grizzlies player to have his jersey retired, joining Zach Randolph (No. 50) and ...
Celtics C Kristaps Porzingis targets December return
Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis is targeting a December return from offseason ankle surgery.,"The expectation is sometime in December," he told ESPN on Tuesday. "But I'm feeling really good and I'm working towards hopefully playing earlier than that.",The original timetable for his return f...
Stifling Caitlin Clark is Connecticut Sun's Path to WNBA Playoff Victory Over Indiana Fever
The Connecticut Sun shut down Caitlin Clark in Game 1 of their WNBA Playoff series, and that's their key to success against the Indiana Fever....
Reports: Grizzlies waiving G Derrick Rose
The Memphis Grizzlies are waiving veteran guard Derrick Rose, multiple media outlets reported Monday. ,Rose spent just one season with Memphis and requested to be waived, per the reports. ,Injuries limited Rose to 24 games (seven starts) in 2023-24, and he averaged 8.0 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.3 a...
Defense has defending champion Aces ready to close out Storm
Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon knows her team is at its best when it plays sound defense.,Hammon subsequently loved the fourth quarter of Game 1 of the Aces' first-round WNBA playoff series with the Seattle Storm, when Las Vegas allowed just two points, both on free throws, and rallied for a 78-6...
Raptors to join Nets in retiring Vince Carter's number
Vince Carter will become the first Toronto Raptors player to have his number retired on Nov. 2, multiple outlets reported Monday.,Carter, 47, and his No. 15 jersey will be honored when the Raptors face the Sacramento Kings at Scotiabank Arena, according to reports from TSN and ESPN.,Nicknamed "Air C...
Knicks C Mitchell Robinson (ankle) to miss start of season
New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson will not be ready for the start of the season after undergoing offseason ankle surgery, SNY reported Monday.,Robinson, 26, is expected to return sometime in December or January, depending on his rehab, per the report.,He underwent a second surgery in May afte...
After being 'punched,' Dream try to avoid KO by Liberty
Sunday's WNBA playoff opener between the top-seeded New York Liberty and the eighth-seeded Atlanta Dream went accordingly.,The Liberty started fast, never trailed and cruised to a convincing 83-69 home win. They will have a chance to sweep the best-of-three first-round series on Tuesday night with G...
Aces' defense too much for Storm in Game 1
A'ja Wilson scored 21 points, Tiffany Hayes added 20 off the bench and a strong defensive performance in the fourth quarter led the host Las Vegas Aces to a 78-67 win over the Seattle Storm on Sunday night in Game 1 of a best-of-three, first-round playoff series. ,Las Vegas held Seattle without a fi...
Napheesa Collier, efficient Lynx fend off Mercury in Game 1
Napheesa Collier scored a season-high 38 points as the Minnesota Lynx held off a comeback bid from the Phoenix Mercury to win Game 1 of their first-round playoff series 102-95 on Sunday in Minneapolis.,Collier shot 11-of-19 from the floor and 13-of-14 from the free-throw line while adding six reboun...
Alyssa Thomas' triple-double carries Sun past Fever in playoff opener
Alyssa Thomas recorded her WNBA-leading 15th career triple-double and fourth in the postseason as the Connecticut Sun overwhelmed the visiting Indiana Fever 93-69 in the opener of their best-of-three series on Sunday in Uncasville, Conn.,Thomas finished with 12 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, an...
Leonie Fiebech, Breanna Stewart lead Liberty past Dream in Game 1
Rookie Leonie Fiebich scored a career-high 21 points to help the New York Liberty beat the visiting Atlanta Dream 83-69 on Sunday in Game 1 of their WNBA playoff series.,Breanna Stewart added 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for the top-seeded Liberty, who never trailed and led by as many as ...