Denver Nuggets player Jamal Murray visited his hometown on Saturday to open a new community basketball court and hand out backpacks with school supplies to kids.
Canada's men's basketball team dropped an 81-73 decision to Australia in the second World Cup tuneup meeting between the two teams on Saturday.
Canada never trailed and outscored Australia 23-13 in the final quarter for a 90-70 win over the home side in a FIBA World Cup warmup basketball game Friday.
Los Angeles Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins suffered a torn ACL in his knee during a workout in Las Vegas, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported Thursday.
Los Angeles Lakers
... 2019-20 season is in jeopardy. Cousins, 29, signed a one-year deal with the Lakers in free agency after a season with the Golden State Warriors. He missed the ...
Forward Kelly Olynyk will reportedly be unable to compete for Canada at the upcoming FIBA World Cup. Several media reports say that Olynyk will be sidelined by a knee injury he sustained last week.
Kyle Lowry of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors has withdrawn from the pool of candidates USA Basketball is considering to take to the FIBA World Cup later this month.
Toronto Raptors
... r, though the Americans were also prepared if Lowry was not cleared to play. Raptors open 2019-20 season vs. Pelicans, Kawhi returns Dec. 11 Analysis Canada need ...
Toronto basketball fans will get another chance to thank 2019 NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard when the former Raptors' star forward pays a visit to Scotiabank Arena with his new Los Angeles Clippers teammates on Dec. 11.
Los Angeles Clippers
... en, who signed with the Los Angeles Lakers last month, faces Leonard and the Clippers. Three days later, Toronto plays its first road game at Boston. The sixth an ...
Los Angeles Lakers
... y televised games starting at 10:30 p.m. in the East as Golden State and the Lakers will start several games a half-hour earlier than usual. ESPN's Wednesday do ...
Toronto Raptors
... ce — Feb. 25 and April 3. The Celtics provide the competition Dec. 25 in the Raptors' first-ever Christmas home contest at noon ET. Toronto's only other appearan ...
Nigeria held off a late Canadian push to win 90-81 in Winnipeg on Friday.
The Canadian national basketball men's team couldn't quite erase a 10-point deficit late in the fourth quarter, losing 90-81 to Nigeria in exhibition play on Friday night.
It took some time, but former Golden State Warrior Kevin Durant finally talked about the injury he sustained during Game 5 of the NBA Finals, and mixed in a jab toward the Toronto Raptors, the reigning NBA champions. "It will probably be the last...
Toronto Raptors
... re-injure his right leg during the second quarter on Monday night. 1:07 The Raptors crowd seemed to initially cheer went Durant went down in a heap, and Raptors ...
Canada's men's basketball team beat Nigeria 96-87 in an exhibition game on Wednesday, earning Nick Nurse a victory in his Canadian coaching debut.
A full roster of NBA players won't compete for Canada at the FIBA World Cup. So who's left for Canada Basketball to choose from? That's for head coach Nick Nurse, general manager Rowan Barrett and the rest of the Canadian staff to decide. But the...
