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Patty Mills is prepared to test his talent in the NBA. The Australian Olympic star and point guard from Saint Mary’s College says he will forgo his final two years of college eligibility and keep his name in the NBA draft. Next up will be hiring an agent. Mills was among 12 players to work [...]

Kobe Bryant is staring down the prospect of sharing the court with Superman again. Only this time, it’s Dwight Howard and not Shaquille O’Neal who’s wearing the cape that Bryant wants to tug on. Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers will be trying to win their first NBA title without O’Neal when the finals open [...]

TV viewership is way up for the NBA playoffs. Ratings for the Western Conference finals on ESPN increased 32 percent from the network’s conference finals coverage last year. The Eastern Conference finals on TNT were up 30 percent from its conference finals coverage in 2008. For the entire playoffs, TNT’s ratings were up 19 percent [...]

Summer’s offseason arrived sooner than Cleveland general manager Danny Ferry had hoped, but it’s here. And as he begins to evaluate the Cavaliers, a team that won 66 games in the regular season and 10 in the playoffs, Ferry will compare them to the NBA’s elite before reshaping the roster. He’ll focus on two in [...]

Jameer Nelson wants to play in the NBA finals. Whether the Orlando Magic will let him remains a mystery. Nelson said Monday that he has been playing full-court games, participating in contact drills and practicing with the Magic for the first time since tearing the labrum in his right shoulder Feb. 3. The All-Star guard [...]

Timberwolves boss David Kahn and Kevin McHale are still deciding McHale’s status as coach. Fred Hoiberg and the rest of the evaluators in Minnesota’s front office are furiously planning for the draft, without a guarantee Kahn will keep them beyond that. The Wolves are, again, a team in limbo. There’s so much work to do [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers introduced Eddie Jordan as their new coach — the team’s third since the start of last season. Jordan signed a three-year contract with the 76ers on Monday, taking his third NBA coaching job. “This team has a good core group, has future stars in the waiting,” Jordan said. “Now it’s time to [...]