Everybody knew Michael Beasley would be one-and-done. Some expected his coach to follow suit, once he fulfilled his duties to get Beasley to Kansas State. How wrong they were about Frank Martin, Gary Parrish says.

Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 42 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers won for the 12th time in 13 games, beating the fading Chicago Bulls 96-87 on Tuesday.

Tracy McGrady sank a 3-pointer in his season debut, Luis Scola and Aaron Brooks scored 23 points apiece and the Houston Rockets snapped the Detroit Pistons' five-game winning streak with a 107-96 win on Tuesday night.

Less than six weeks ago, Syracuse was embarrassed in an exhibition game by a Division II team. SC's Ross Lancaster looks at what has happened to change things for the Orange and focuses on the unexpected star of the team.

Devin Harris has been ejected from New Jersey's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers after committing a flagrant foul.

Tracy McGrady will make his season debut Tuesday night against Detroit, about nine months after undergoing microfracture surgery on his left knee.

Heat point guard Mario Chalmers was not in Miami's starting lineup Tuesday night against the Toronto Raptors, marking the first time he has come off the bench in his young career.

Heat forward Quentin Richardson will miss his second consecutive game Tuesday due to a strained right hamstring. Yakhouba Diawara will start in his place when the Heat host the Raptors.

Delonte West is back on the bench for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

After being sidelined for nearly four years, Jonathan Bender is confident a new training regimen will allow his troublesome knees to handle the pounding of playing basketball again.

A developer's plan to move the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn has gotten a boost from Wall Street.

Dwight Howard routinely backs his man down with ease, creating his own space in the paint. Then after one dribble, maybe two, and he turns to dunk -- he gets walloped.

The 2010 USA Basketball Men's World Championship Team has been drawn into preliminary round Group B and is joined by Brazil (FIBA Americas Zone champion and ranked #14), Croatia (FIBA Europe Zone sixth place finisher and ranked tied for #15),

The United States will face Iran, and Greece will take on Turkey in a pair of group games at the world basketball championship.