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Orlando Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman declined to address speculation that his team is a dark-horse suitor for Giannis Antetokounmpo, but he made clear he views the chatter as a sign of the talent Orlando has assembled. Speaking Thursday after introducing new head coach Sean Sweeney, Weltman told...

The trade buzz around Giannis Antetokounmpo will not stop until he's traded. It simply will not. This is the best player to hit the rumor mill in a long time. Perhaps since James Harden was a Rocket? The Luka Dončić trade was monumental, but unsurprisingly, nobody saw it coming. By...

Klay Thompson did not sign up for this. When he joined the Dallas Mavericks, there was no question about their intentions. Luka Dončić was an in-prime MVP candidate. The Mavericks were positioned to compete for the NBA championship. Nico Harrison infamously had other plans. It all worked out, but nobody...

DALLAS — There was a moment in the fourth quarter Thursday night at American Airlines Center when the building understood it was witnessing something that had never happened before. Cooper Flagg, 19 years old, was putting together the greatest scoring performance by a teenager in NBA history, and he was...

DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are limping home. Coming off a 123-99 beatdown in Milwaukee on Tuesday night — their second loss in as many days on a back-to-back that saw Daniel Gafford exit in the second quarter with a right shoulder stinger — the Mavericks (24-52) return to American Airlines...