CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There's a part of Kemba Walker that wants to play his entire career with the Charlotte Hornets. There's another part that wants to compete for an NBA championship before he's too old.With the Hornets not ready to compete with teams such as the Golden State Warriors, the 28-year-old Walker enters this offseason having to make a choice…

Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac has fired coach Dave Joerger after the team's best season since 2005-06, it was announced Thursday."After evaluating the season, I determined that we need to move in a different direction in order to take us to the next level," Divac said in a statement. "On behalf of the entire Kings organization, I want to…

As parts of a seismic organizational overhaul, the Memphis Grizzlies fired coach J.B. Bickerstaff and reassigned general manager Chris Wallace Thursday.Wallace and vice president of basketball operations John Hollinger were demoted to a scouting and senior advisory roles, respectively.The Grizzlies are elevating Jason Wexler to president, overseeing basketball and business operations.Assistant GM/team counsel Zach Kleiman is elevating to executive VP…

THE NBA REGULAR season is finally over, and if the signals emanating from locker rooms over the past six months offer any indication, the end couldn't come soon enough. The league wasn't without its feel-good stories -- the ascendant Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets, Luka 'n' Trae -- but 2018-19 might be best remembered as the NBA's winter of discontent.The…