Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY

The league announced in a statement that former commissioner David Stern underwent emergency surgery after suffering a sudden brain hemorrhage.

Vince Carter joins John Stockton, Dirk Nowitzki, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish in the 1,500 NBA games played club.

Carmelo Anthony deserves this chance with the Portland Trail Blazers. Maybe it will work, maybe it won’t. But Anthony deserves it based on his career.

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in Turkey, spoke at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

There’s no other way around it: Gordon Hayward’s broken hand is awful. For Hayward, the Celtics and the NBA just as he was back in All-Star form.

Sixers forward Tobias Harris pledged $1 million to nine educational non-profits worldwide and started two initiatives to help students and teachers.

Kyrie Irving set a Nets record for most points in a debut as he dropped 50, though his final shot in overtime didn’t go in a loss to the Timberwolves.

The Raptors are the rare defending champs whose best player left after winning the title, but they really don’t care about predictions.

Three-time NBA champion and future Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade also will take on role with Bleacher Report in deal with WarnerMedia.