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Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr talks to referee Ed Malloy (14) after a foul was called on center James Wiseman during the first half of the team's NBA preseason basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) **FILE**

NBA contenders line up to knock off defending champion Warriors

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Charles Barkley arrives for the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies in Springfield, Mass, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Charles Barkley will not be leaving TNT or the “Inside the NBA” crew for the foreseeable future. Barkley has signed a 10-year extension with Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, which owns TNT. Barkley's agreement also coincides with contract renewals for host Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) **FILE**

Charles Barkley, ‘Inside the NBA’ crew agree to contract extensions

By Joe Reedy - Associated Press

In this Nov. 19, 2019, file photo, Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole (3) and forward Draymond Green (23) talk during a break in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File) **FILE**

Warriors’ Green apologizes for fight with teammate Poole

By Janie McCauley - Associated Press

Washington Wizards players including Rui Hachimura, center, work out in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, ahead of the NBA preseason games in Japan. Japanese basketball fans will get to see NBA stars up close when the reigning league-champion Golden State Warriors take on the Washington Wizards in two preseason games. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

NBA looking to tap into Japanese market with Warriors-Wizards games

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich talks to the media during the team's NBA basketball Media Day, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Spurs, NBA pledge to help healing for Uvalde community

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Washington Wizards Bradley Beal drives the ball against the Boston Celtics at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., Jan. 23, 2022. (Photo by All-Pro Reels)

Wizards enter training camp with questions about Beal’s return, point guard

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver watches his team play against the Memphis Grizzlies during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Dec. 11, 2019 in Phoenix. PayPal said Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, that the company will no longer sponsor the Phoenix Suns if owner Robert Sarver remains part of the franchise when his suspension ends. Sarver was suspended this week, plus fined $10 million, after an investigation showed a pattern of lewd, misogynistic, and racist speech and conduct during his 18 years as owner of the Suns. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Embattled Sarver says he’s decided to sell Suns, Mercury

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a news conference before Game 1 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics in San Francisco, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Unvaccinated NBA players and team personnel must submit to weekly COVID-19 testing this season, the league told its clubs in a memo Tuesday. Aug. 30, 2022. There will be certain exceptions to that mandate, the league said, such as when the unvaccinated person is considered to have been “recently recovered” from COVID-19.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) **FILE**

NBA considered suspending Suns owner Sarver for more than one year

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

FILE - Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver watches the team play against the Memphis Grizzlies during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Phoenix, Dec. 11, 2019. The NBA has suspended Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year, plus fined him $10 million, after an investigation found that he had engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.&quot; The findings of the league's report, published Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, came nearly a year after the NBA asked a law firm to investigate allegations that Sarver had a history of racist, misogynistic and hostile incidents over his nearly two-decade tenure overseeing the franchise. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Suns owner Sarver suspended one year, fined $10 million after probe

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

NBA basketball player Stephen Curry, of the Golden State Warriors, arrives at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on July 20, 2022. Curry has a new children's book &quot;I Have a Superpower.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Steph Curry aims to inspire with ‘I Have a Superpower’ book

By Gary Gerard Hamilton - Associated Press

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) looks at the scoreboard as he runs up the court during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 31, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to acquire All-Star guard Mitchell in a blockbuster trade with the Utah Jazz, a person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Cavaliers acquiring All-Star guard Mitchell from Jazz

By Tom Withers - Associated Press

FILE - Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren (7) runs the court against the Memphis Grizzlies during an NBA summer league basketball game Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft, will miss the 2022-23 season because of a right foot injury, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Swinger, File)

Thunder No. 2 pick Holmgren to miss season with foot injury

By Cliff Brunt - Associated Press

Vanessa Bryant, center, the widow of Kobe Bryant, leaves a federal courthouse in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Kobe Bryant's widow is taking her lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments to a federal jury, seeking compensation for photos deputies shared of the remains of the NBA star, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Vanessa Bryant awarded $16 million in trial over Kobe Bryant crash photos

By Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant smiles during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers at the Barclays Center, Sunday, Apr. 10, 2022, in New York. Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets plan to stay together after all, even after the All-Star forward asked to be traded earlier this summer. The Nets said Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, that the team's leadership met a day earlier with Durant and business partner Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles and “agreed to move forward with our partnership,” general manager Sean Marks said in a statement.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) **FILE**

Kevin Durant, Nets plan to move forward together instead of trade

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

Stephen Curry and Damion Lee, right, ride in the Golden State Warriors NBA championship parade in San Francisco, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) **FILE**

NBA schedule has less miles, and James chasing more history

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) controls the ball during an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in Los Angeles, Friday, April 1, 2022. The NBA schedule comes out Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 17, 2022, and it'll provide the first look at, among other things, when LeBron James might pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA's all-time scoring leader. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

LeBron James agrees to 2-year, $97.1 million extension with Lakers

Associated Press

NBA pushes ‘civic engagement,’ says no games on Election Day

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

Princeton coach Pete Carril reacts as the Tigers defeat UCLA 43-41 in the first round of the NCAA Southeast regional Thursday, March 14, 1996, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)

Old-school Princeton coaching legend Pete Carril dies at 92

By Tom Canavan - Associated Press

Bill Russell, left, star of the Boston Celtics is congratulated by coach Arnold "Red" Auerbach after scoring his 10,000th point in the NBA game against the Baltimore Bullets in Boston Garden on Dec. 12, 1964. The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88. His family said on social media that Russell died on Sunday, July 31, 2022. Russell anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 titles in 13 years. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, file)

Bill Russell’s No. 6 being retired across NBA, a 1st for league

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

FILE - Boston Celtics' Bill Russell, left, holds a corsage sent to the dressing room as he celebrates with Celtics coach Red Auerbach after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, 95-93, to win their eighth-straight NBA Championship, in Boston, in this April 29, 1966, photo. The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88. His family said on social media that Russell died on Sunday, July 31, 2022. Russell anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 titles in 13 years. (AP Photo/File)

Bill Russell would be appalled by today’s NBA

By Michael McKenna