Orlando Magic executive Matt Lloyd has agreed to become senior vice president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN on Friday.Lloyd, who spent a decade with Orlando as assistant general manager and VP of basketball operations, is the first significant hire by Timberwolves' president of basketball operations Tim Connelly.Connelly left the Denver Nuggets with a directive to…

The Los Angeles Lakers on Friday announced the hiring of Darvin Ham as their new head coach, with general manager Rob Pelinka praising the Milwaukee Bucks assistant's "no-nonsense and hard-working approach."The Lakers said Ham had signed a multiyear deal to be their 28th head coach in franchise history but did not disclose further contract details. Sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski…

SAN FRANCISCO -- Not long after the Golden State Warriors' fourth-quarter meltdown to drop a rare Game 1 in the coach Steve Kerr era, a relaxed Draymond Green began setting the tone for the team entering Game 2."It's fine," Green said after the Boston Celtics stunned the Warriors 120-108. "You get a chance to do something else, do it in…

SAN FRANCISCO -- After yet another ugly third quarter in a playoffs full of them for the Boston Celtics, it looked to all the world like the Golden State Warriors were on their way to claiming Game 1 of the NBA Finals at Chase Center on Thursday night.But then the fourth quarter started. And, after an avalanche of Celtics 3-pointers,…