NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo has withdrawn from the U.S. national team for family reasons, clearing the way for the final world championship roster to be set, USA Basketball said on Tuesday. "Rajon came to us and said he was going to withdraw from the team, that he had some family matters to attend to and ...

Washington center JaVale McGee and Oklahoma City forward Jeff Green were trimmed from the US roster of NBA talent for the World Basketball Championships on Sunday, USA Basketball announced. Neither player took part in a scrimmage against China on Saturday ahead of an exhibition game Sunday against France at New York's Madison Square Garden. Cutting McGee, who had been ...

LeBron James, the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player who left Cleveland for Miami in July, will make his debut for the Heat at Boston on October 26 in the NBA season opener, the league announced Tuesday. James joined pals Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Heat roster and was joined by Lithuanian center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, another former Cavaliers star ...

Sam Presti has agreed to a multiyear contract extension to remain the general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Team chairman Clay Bennett announced the deal Thursday but did not reveal terms. Presti finished second in the voting for the NBA's executive of the year award last season after ...

Rajon Rondo could play for the United States after all. The Boston Celtics point guard was among three players added to the new-look national team roster on Thursday and will take part in training camp next week in Las Vegas. Newly acquired Dallas center Tyson Chandler and ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired the draft rights to Cole Aldrich and veteran forward Mo Peterson from the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for the rights to Craig Brackins and Quincy Poindexter. In making the announcement Thursday, executive vice president and general manager Sam Presti said the 6-foot-11 Aldrich will ...

Kevin Durant's offseason itinerary has taken the NBA's youngest scoring champion to New York, L.A., Chicago and the Great Wall of China, and it will lead him elsewhere with the U.S. national basketball team. All the while, he's settling into a new ...

The Indiana Pacers have swapped picks with Oklahoma City to get Louisiana Tech's Magnum Rolle in the second round of the NBA draft. Indiana took Florida State's Ryan Reid with the 57th pick, then sent it to Oklahoma City, along with some cash, for Rolle. The 6-foot-11 center averaged 13 ...

University of Washington swingman Quincy Pondexter is headed to New Orleans after being taken with the No. 26 pick in the NBA draft. Pondexter was drafted by the Oklahoma City Thunder but will go to the Hornets in a trade that netted New Orleans a pair of first-round ...

Iowa State forward Craig Brackins has been taken with the 21st overall pick in the NBA draft and is headed to the New Orleans Hornets through a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Brackins was the product of one of two selections the Hornets received in a trade that ...