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FILE - Former San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili watches as his jersey is unveiled in the rafters of the AT&T Center during his retirement ceremony after the Spurs' NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Thursday, March 28, 2019, in San Antonio. The four-time NBA champion with the Spurs is one of the headliners for Saturday night’s enshrinement ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File)

Cleveland Cavaliers at San Antonio Spurs 3/28/2019

Sep. 08, 2022 11:30 AM EDT

FILE - San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (20) pumps his fist after hitting the winning shot in the final seconds of the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, in San Antonio. The four-time NBA champion with the San Antonio Spurs is one of the headliners for Saturday night’s enshrinement ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Boston Celtics at San Antonio Spurs 12/8/2017

Sep. 08, 2022 11:30 AM EDT

FILE - San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, left, Manu Ginobili, center, and Tony Parker talk on the bench during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in San Antonio. Ginobili is one of the headliners for Saturday night’s enshrinement ceremony in Springfield, Massachusetts. Ginobili spent all 16 of his NBA seasons in San Antonio, partnering with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker to form a Big Three that is, and surely will remain, one of the best trios the league has ever seen. (AP Photo/Darren Abate, File)

Ginobili and his Eurostep reach Basketball Hall of Fame

By Tim Reynolds Sep. 08, 2022 11:28 AM EDT

US closes in on basketball World Cup, tops Puerto Rico 83-75

Jul. 01, 2022 10:26 PM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Justin Jackson scored 26 points, Langston Galloway added 18 and the U.S. men's basketball team took another step toward qualifying for...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
June 14 1922 — Gene Sarazen edges Bobby Jones and John Black to win the U.S. Open tournament. 1934 — Max Baer stops Primo Carnera in 11th...

FILE - New Zealand's Valerie Adams takes a throw in the women's shot put final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London on Aug. 6, 2012. Two-time Olympic women's shot put champion Adams has announced, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, her retirement at the age of 37. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Olympic shot put champ Valerie Adams retires

Feb. 28, 2022 07:38 PM EST

FILE - Boston Celtics Larry Bird, right, passes off to teammate as Milwaukee Bucks Marques Johnson steps in to block his path during NBA action in Boston, Nov. 7, 1980. (AP Photo/John Martell, File)

Timeline of NBA in 1980s as league celebrates 75th season

By The Associated Press Jan. 17, 2022 10:45 AM EST

Yao Ming, head of the Chinese Basketball Association and Ice Snow Sports Promotion Ambassador, left, reacts during a Linjia 7 Salon afternoon tea with journalists at Beijing International Club in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Former NBA great Yao Ming said Monday he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose disappearance after making a sexual assault allegation against a former government official raised international concern. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Former NBA great Yao Ming addresses Peng Shuai, Olympics

By Ken Moritsugu Jan. 17, 2022 06:22 AM EST

Ginobili, Chambers, Whalen among 1st-time hoop hall nominees

Dec. 21, 2021 05:08 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili, SuperSonics and Suns forward Tom Chambers and Olympic and WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen are...

Marc Gasol to play for Spanish club he founded

Nov. 25, 2021 05:13 PM EST
MADRID (AP) — Former NBA player Marc Gasol will play for the club he founded in the second division of Spanish basketball, he announced Thursday. ...

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13), center his mother Marilyn Blount and former player Alonzo Mourning, right watch as a banner is raised in honor of Adebayo for winning a gold medal at the 2021 Olympics, during half time at an NBA basketball game Charlotte Hornets, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Charlotte Hornets at Miami Heat 10/29/2021

Oct. 29, 2021 09:20 PM EDT

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra signals to his players during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs 10/8/2021

Oct. 12, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 file photo, Dallas Mavericks center Salah Mejri in action during the team's NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets in Dallas. While the AfroBasket tournament doesn’t boast the star power of an Olympics, it does showcase ever-competitive and improving quality of basketball on the continent. Mejri, a more slender 7-foot-2 center who played for the Dallas Mavericks from 2015-19, hopes to use his 3-point shooting to draw former NBA draft pick Walter “Edy” Tavares away from the basket. Ugandan players struggled in the paint, knowing Tavares was looming to swat away shots. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)

Denver Nuggets at Dallas Mavericks 2/22/2019

Sep. 03, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

Brooklyn Nets sign veteran Australian guard Patty Mills

Aug. 10, 2021 02:57 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets have signed veteran Australian guard Patty Mills. The NBA team did not disclose terms of the deal for the...