NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brook Lopez has withdrawn from the United States squad for this month's world championships in Turkey after being diagnosed with mononucleosis, the common infection better known as 'kissing disease'. USA Basketball said in a statement Wednesday that the New Jersey Nets center had declared himself unavailable for selection while he recovers from the infection. Washington Wizards ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - LeBron James and his new Miami Heat team mates Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh will be thrust into the spotlight on the opening night of the 2010-11 National Basketball Association (NBA) season when they visit the Boston Celtics, the NBA announced Tuesday. The Heat and the Eastern Conference champion Celtics will kick off the new season as ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Wizards have re-signed free agent Josh Howard, a former All-Star swingman who joined the team late last season. The 30-year-old has averaged 15.3 points and six rebounds over seven seasons with the Wizards and Dallas Mavericks. Howard, who was acquired in a trade in February with Dallas, played only four games with the Wizards before ...

Kirk Hinrich still remembers his surprise and dismay being traded to the Washington Wizards. That was more than a month ago. Now he gets to help John Wall adjust to the NBA. "Whenever you get the No. 1 pick and a guy has talented as ...

John Wall scored 31 points in the Washington Wizards' 90-89 summer-league win over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night. The top pick in the draft had 13 points during an 18-0 run in the third quarter. He capped the run with a steal and a ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Former Washington Wizards guard Mike Miller has joined an already top-rated class of newcomers with the Miami Heat, the team said Friday. Miller, a free agent with 10 years of NBA experience, has signed a five-year deal with the Heat, local media reported. He joins All-Star newcomers LeBron James and Chris Bosh on a team that has re-signed ...

John Wall, playing his second NBA Summer League game with the Wizards, had 18 points, 10 assists and five steals in Washington's 89-64 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night. Wall, the No. 1 overall pick in this year's ...

John Wall wanted to get off to a fast start in his pro debut. He needed to slow down to show why he was the top pick in the draft. The 19-year-old Wall had a team-high 24 points and eight assists for the ...

One practice, one injury for No. 1 draft choice John Wall. The Washington Wizards rookie point guard was held out of practice Friday morning with a groin injury from Thursday night's session. "He's got a little bit of tightness in his groin," coach Flip Saunders said ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Wizards have acquired guard Kirk Hinrich and the draft rights of first-round pick Kevin Seraphin from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for the rights to Belarusian Vladimir Veremeenko. Hinrich, selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, has career averages of 13.4 points, 5.8 assists and 3.4 rebounds in seven ...