How Cosa Nostra hit the NBA: X-ray machines, hidden cameras, and fake glasses
Elements of the National Basketball Association are being dragged through the mud as players and coaches are charged with fraud and various illegal gambling activities
Jrue Holiday traded to Boston, as Portland continues making moves
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Boston gave up two key pieces, point guard Malcolm Brogdon, the NBA’s reigning Sixth Man of the Year, and forward Robert Williams, and Portland gets two future first-round draft picks
NBA tells teams Lillard would honor contract in any trade, warns of discipline for saying otherwise
Lillard told the Portland Trail Blazers earlier this month he wanted to be traded and his agent subsequently made clear his preference was Miami
Blazers say they’re willing to wait months to resolve Lillard saga if necessary
Lillard’s trade request became publicly known on July 1, the first full day of free agency in the NBA
Damian Lillard asks the Trail Blazers for a trade, team confirms
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Lillard asked the Trail Blazers for a trade, a move that will end the seven-time All-Star’s tenure with that team
NBA: Short-handed Wizards bully the Celtics (130-111)
The Wizards won despite the absence of Bradley Beal and Kyle Kuzma and pulled within 2 1/2 games of Chicago for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference
Blazers’ Lillard has 71 pts and 13 3s, then gets drug tested
Lillard got tested on the night he tied Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell for the most points in a game this season
The NBA All-Star Saturday night participants: 3-point, dunk and skill contests
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It’ll be a particularly busy weekend for 11 players who are now slotted to be in multiple events during the three days of action in Utah