Author: Mark Medina, USA TODAY

Love said he wanted to help people deal with health issues associated with a pandemic. The team is paying workers as if all games are being played.

After spending most of season rehabbing a right Achilles tendon that he ruptured in Game 5 of NBA Finals, Kevin Durant might go back to Golden State.

L.A.’s Anthony Davis tells USA TODAY Sports: “I always try to create partnerships with companies that have some reference with my life.”

It doesn’t take a psychic to see that the No. 1 seed Lakers and No. 2 seed Clippers could meet in the NBA playoffs. But what would happen if they did?

Eleven NBA players have won back-to-back MVP awards, including LeBron James. His body of work with the Lakers, at 35, is remarkable. But is it enough?

Nuggets won’t be an NBA contender if they can’t compete with the Lakers and Clippers in the Western Conference.

The competitive drive of the late Kobe Bryant was on display in story after story shared at his memorial Monday.

Doug Young played high school basketball with Kobe Bryant at Lower Merion and remained his friend and gatekeeper of his legacy at their alma mater.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once gave young Kobe Bryant advice about basketball. Two decades later, he played peek-a-boo with Bryant’s daughter young Gianna.

Kawhi Leonard was the recipient of the newly-renamed Kobe Bryant All-Star MVP Award with a 30-point performance in Team LeBron’s victory.