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NBA basketball player Kevin Durant poses in front of Taj Mahal in Agra, India, Saturday, July 29, 2017. Durant is in India to support the continued growth of basketball in the country and meet the elite prospects of NBA Academy India. (AP Photo/Pawan Sharma)

Durant scores in India with big crowd at basketball clinic

Associated Press

Kevin Durant arrives in India as NBA tries to grow game

Associated Press

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham stretches while talking to reporters at NFL football training camp, Friday, July 28, 2017, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Money Man: Beckham’s video calls attention to salary

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates after hitting a 3-point basket and drawing a foul from the Denver Nuggets during the second half of an NBA basketball game, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Stephen Curry, Warriors finalize $201 million, 5-year deal

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

NBA Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving takes photos with fans while he holds a short basketball clinic with young Taiwanese players in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, July 22, 2017.(AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Kyrie Irving might have good reasons

By Deron Snyder

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 1954, file photo, John Kundla, coach of the Minneapolis Lakers, poses in New York. Hall of Fame coach Kundla died Sunday, July 23, 2017. He was 101. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmermann, File)

Basketball Hall of Famer John Kundla dies at 101

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI - Associated Press

Washington Wizards guard John Wall celebrates as he stands on the scorer's table after Game 6 against the Boston Celtics in an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Friday, May 12, 2017, in Washington. Wall sank the game-winning 3-point shot. The Wizards won 92-91. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

John Wall, Wizards agree to four-year, $170 million ‘supermax’ extension

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 26, 2017 file photo, Washington Wizards forward Otto Porter Jr. (22) gestures after his 3-pointer during the second half in Game 5 of the team's first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks in Washington. Porter's $106 million, four-year contract solidifies his spot as part of the Washington Wizards' core and also, temporarily, makes him their highest-paid player ahead of John Wall and Bradley Beal. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Otto Porter, Wizards stress continuity

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Basketball coach accused of exposing self enters plea

Associated Press

Wardrobe change: No home, road uniforms as NBA goes to Nike

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers' Lonzo Ball holds up the trophy for the most valuable player in the NBA summer league, before the team's basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Monday, July 17, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Top of the draft board shines at Summer League

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI - Associated Press

Harden intent on winning title in wake of new deal

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

Knicks promote Mills to president, hire Perry as GM

Associated Press

Wednesday’s Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2016, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to reporters during a news conference, in New York. The NBA is trying to make games go a little more quickly. The league's Board of Governors has unanimously approved some changes that will potentially eliminate four time-outs per game, help speed up the final minutes of games and emphasize a timely resumption of play after halftime. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NBA eliminates timeouts to keep the ends of games moving

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, July 10, 2017, file photo, Houston Rockets' Zhou Qi, right, of China, fouls Phoenix Suns' Marquese Chriss during the second half of an NBA summer league basketball game in Las Vegas. When the Rockets signed Zhou and the Dallas Mavericks brought in Ding Yanyuhang to play on their summer league teams, there was some cynicism the moves were purely financially motivated for teams to tap more directly into the lucrative Chinese market. But little by little both are playing like they belong at the NBA's summer league. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

China’s Ding, Zhou make strong impressions at summer league

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2016, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to reporters during a news conference, in New York. The NBA is trying to make games go a little more quickly. The league's Board of Governors has unanimously approved some changes that will potentially eliminate four time-outs per game, help speed up the final minutes of games and emphasize a timely resumption of play after halftime. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NBA makes changes in attempt to speed up games

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) shoots between Houston Rockets guards Patrick Beverley, rear, and James Harden, right, in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Oklahoma City, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

NBA not changing controversial foul rule, other considerations made

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Reports: Sefolosha agrees to deal with Utah Jazz

Associated Press

In this Sunday, July 2, 2017, photo, New York Liberty forward Tina Charles smirks at contact between two players during the Liberty's 81-72 loss to the Atlanta Dream in McCamish Pavilion, in Atlanta. Post players are scoring at historic pace in the WNBA. The top three scorers in the league all operate on the low block: Phoenix's Brittney Griner, Sylvia Fowles in Minnesota and New York's Tina Charles. Never in the history of the league has three post players led the WNBA in scoring. (AP Photo/Andy Buhler)

Value added: Post players thriving in WNBA, unlike the NBA

By ANDY BUHLER - Associated Press