Hornets’ Marvin Williams fined
Hornets forward Marvin Williams has been fined $15,000 for making excessive contact with his elbow to the head of Knicks forward Louis Amundson.
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Wizards’ John Wall receives October NBA Cares Community Assist Award
The award recognizes an NBA player each month who best reflects the passion that the league and its players share for giving back to their communities.
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Hornets’ Nicolas Batum, Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins named NBA Players of the Week
Batum and Cousins both led their respective teams to 3-1 weeks.
read moreNBA launches nationwide All-Star 2016 program across 14 Canadian cities in 10 provinces
The NBA today announced a nationwide All-Star 2016 program that will bring the excitement of All-Star to 14 Canadian cities in 10 provinces from November through February.
read moreLongtime NBA executive Gordon “Scotty” Stirling passes away
Stirling is a former NBA vice president of operations and a two-sport general manager in professional basketball and football.
read moreBulls purchase NBA Development League team
The new team, which will debut in the 2016-17 season and play its home games at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., will be the NBA D-League’s record 22nd franchise.
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Pistons’ Andre Drummond, Rockets’ James Harden named NBA Players of the Week
Drummond becomes the first player to open a season with consecutive Player of the Week awards since LeBron James in the 2011-12 campaign as a member of the Miami Heat.
read moreNets purchase NBA Development League team
The new team, the Long Island Nets, will begin play in the 2016-17 season at Barclays Center in Brooklyn before relocating to its permanent home at the new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum for the 2017-18 season.
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President Laurel J. Richie to depart WNBA
Richie, who joined the WNBA in 2011, is leaving the league to pursue her other interests serving as a board member of several for-profit and not-for-profit institutions and continuing to be an advocate for girls and young women.
read moreVerizon and NBA announce major content and marketing partnership
Verizon becomes the Official Wireless Service Provider of the NBA, WNBA, NBA D-League and USA Basketball.
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