CHICAGO -- The leadership of the National Basketball Coaches Association spoke out Wednesday about its "concern and level of disappointment" with the way the Minnesota Timberwolves went about their coaching change earlier this week.The statement came from NBCA president Rick Carlisle of the Dallas Mavericks and NBCA executive director David Fogel."It's always bittersweet when one coach is fired and another…

The NBA released its schedule for the second half of the regular season live on ESPN's The Jump on Wednesday afternoon, laying out how it plans to have all 30 teams play 72 games despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The NBA unveiled only its first-half schedule in early December, allowing it flexibility to adjust as the pandemic inevitably wreaked havoc on…

ONE MONTH INTO the NBA season, Steve Kerr had seen enough to make a rather grand declaration about the Utah Jazz.The Jazz had just dismissed Kerr's Golden State Warriors, leading by 36 points after three quarters and cruising to a 127-108 victory on Jan. 23. It was Utah's eighth straight win, and questions began percolating about whether the Jazz were…

Although he lost the chance to celebrate winning the 2019 NBA championship because a law enforcement officer wrongly prevented him from stepping on the court, Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri said what he thinks about is the many other minorities who find themselves losing far more after encounters with police."As much as we say 'Yeah, this happened to me,' there's…