The Denver Nuggets have hired a man with global basketball experience to manage a team that's in a world of hurt: two big men sidelined, a player under police investigation and its superstar's signature missing from a contract extension. Former Nuggets international scout Masai ...

Police are investigating an alleged altercation between Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith and another person at the team's practice facility. Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said Thursday that officers went to the facility Aug. 13 after a report of an altercation involving Smith and another player in a ...

Danny Ferry is returning to the San Antonio Spurs. The former general manager for the Cavaliers will be vice president of basketball operations for the Spurs. He will be reunited with coach Gregg Popovich and general manager R.C. Buford after leaving for Cleveland in 2005. Ferry ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Kobe Bryant is developing a Web series about Filipino kids who get to learn lessons on and off the court from the Lakers legend. "Dream Makers: Kobe Bryant," set at the Kobe Bryant Basketball Academy, has landed an eight-webisode run in the Philippines and will culminate in a one-hour TV special. Producer Endemol USA is shopping ...

Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming is confident that he'll be ready for the start of the regular season after a team doctor said his surgically repaired foot has fully healed. Yao missed last season after undergoing complex surgery on his left foot. Team doctor Tom ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The NBA fined Portland Trail Blazers swingman Rudy Fernandez $25,000 on Thursday for public statements considered detrimental to the league after local media quoted his agent as saying he wanted a release from his contract. Fernandez, a first round pick of the Phoenix Suns in the 2007 NBA Draft, averaged 8.1 points, 2.6 rebounds ...

Spanish swingman Rudy Fernandez was fined 25,000 dollars by the NBA on Thursday for "public statements detrimental to the NBA" after his agent said he did want to play for Portland this coming season. Fernandez's agent, Andy Miller, told several reporters that his client wants to play in Europe next season and is even willing to sit out ...

Spike Lee screened portions of his follow-up documentary about Hurricane Katrina in front of a big crowd at Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans. The premiere Tuesday included hours one and four of the HBO documentary, "If God Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise." It ...

Xavier Henry slipped on a blue Memphis Grizzlies jersey with his name and the No. 13 on it. Still to be determined is if he will wear it in games. The first-round pick still hasn't signed his contract, with the Grizzlies not ...

New Indiana Pacers point guard Darren Collison is thankful for the chance to lead an NBA team after just one year in the league. Collison had an outstanding rookie season in New Orleans before being traded to Indiana last week. He averaged 18.8 points and 9.1 assists in ...