After four years away, it looks like King James will take his throne back to Cleveland.

Why do some of the greatest basketball players ever struggle with an uncontested shot from just 15 feet away?

They might as well call this Basketball City, U.S.A., considering the rabid support for midmajor Gonzaga, the always well-attended NCAA tournaments (which has played a subregional here four times since 2003) and the residence of John Stockton, a Hall of Fame point guard and Zags alum who can still be found dishing out pick-and-roll advice to college players.

In a touching moment, the NBA "selected" Austin, whose career was ended by discovery of a genetic disorder.

The number of teams who have enough space to sign the superstar are limited, but the bigger hindrance could be the talent level teams could pair with him.

While watching sports, have you ever stopped (midway through a bowl of Cheetos) to wonder, "How far are those guys actually running?" It's a common question, one that's historically been subject mostly to guesswork, Thanks to some recent technological developments, though, we can now actually apply some data to it.

Former Baylor star Isaiah Austin has been diagnosed with a serious medical condition and will not be able to pursue a career in the NBA, the school announced Sunday.

Moochie Norris recognized that face. As basketballs danced and shoes screeched across the court, Norris zeroed in on the teenager. How did Norris know him? For years, Norris had scratched and clawed his way to a respectable NBA career, most notably in a pair of stints with the Houston Rockets as a pass-first point guard with a blown-out Afro that added a few inches to his 6-foot-1 frame. Now 40, Norris is an assistant coach at Houston’s Victory Prep.

When the Charlotte Hornets revealed their jerseys yesterday, eagle-eyed observers like Uni Watch's Paul Lukas noticed something odd—the NBA logo, which had previously appeared on jerseys on the upper left chest area, had been moved to the back of the uniform. That's an awful lot of blank space created, but worry not; the NBA knows exactly what to do with it.

The San Antonio Spurs have won the 2014 NBA Finals, beating the Miami Heat 104-87 in a Game 5 blowout.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's team of lawyers has hired four private investigation firms to dig up dirt on the NBA

Michael Jordan is now a billionaire. In February, my colleague and the Dean of athlete earnings, Kurt Badenhausen, pegged Jordan’s annual earnings at $90 million and his net worth at $750 million. But I have learned from sources familiar with the Charlotte Hornets that the former NBA great has increased his stake in his basketball team to 89.5% from 80% during the past several months.

Five years after his retirement, one of the greatest shot-blockers in NBA history is as visible as ever, thanks to a trademark finger-wag that helped him become an icon and clear a path for the league’s globalization.

Heat guard Dwyane Wade flopped against Spurs guard Manu Ginobili during Game 2 of the NBA Finals at the AT&T Center on Sunday.

Donald Sterling has agreed to the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Sterling's attorney, Maxwell Blecher, told CNN.

A few weeks ago, I asked y'all a question: How will the NBA end? In order to respond, I requested that you also write me a poem about the eventual fate of the NBA. Over 600 of you were kind enough to weigh in. There was no consensus, really, but the most popular answer was, "it will end with societal collapse."

Student athletes whose likenesses were used in EA's NCAA football and basketball games will receive up to $951 for each year they were featured in the games, according to a proposed settlement being put forth for approval by a judge. While EA proposed a $40 million settlement in September 2013 for its ongoing litigation with student athletes over its college sports series stemming back to May 2009, it hasn't been clear how that money would divide among the parties in the lawsuit until now.

Pacers’ Lance Stephenson blows in LeBron James’ ear during Game 5 vs. Heat

Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is planning to sue the National Basketball League after he was forced to relinquish control of the team, NBC News has learned. A source close to Sterling says that he will file a lawsuit this afternoon seeking damages in excess of $1 billion

Former Microsoft MSFT +0.82% CEO Steve Ballmer has offered $1.8 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers, according to a person familiar with Ballmer’s interest in the NBA team. Ballmer, who retired as Microsoft’s CEO four months ago, has a net worth of $20 billion. Another source, with intimate knowledge of the bids that Rochelle Sterling has thus far received for the basketball team, said offers have come in between $1 billion and $2 billion and that the Ballmer package is strong.