CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Despite ominous statements from prominent players about how the NBA's new TV deal will affect collective bargaining, former commissioner David Stern said Wednesday night he believes the league will avoid a work stoppage in 2017.

As a city reconnects with its NBA team Wednesday night, the Charlotte Hornets and their owner, Michael Jordan, get a much-needed do-over.

With stable ownership for a change and another year under Doc Rivers, the Clippers are poised to rule the West and foil LeBron James' homecoming.

As Kobe Bryant prepares for his 19th season with his body and the Lakers in decline, here are the questions and answers from his CBSSports.com interview that didn't make the story.

With Father Time on the march, a reflective and ever-driven Kobe Bryant prepares for the final act.

With the news Thursday that Steve Nash is out for the season with a chronic back injury, the plot surrounding the Lakers and Kobe Bryant thickened considerably.

NEW YORK -- As NBA owners rejected draft lottery reform, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that one-third of the league's teams still aren't profitable and reiterated his preference to have a hard salary cap.

NBA Insider Ken Berger sat down with LA Clippers guard Chris Paul, asking the superstar about the sea change around the franchise's ownership situations, among other issues.

PLAYA VISTA, Calif. -- In his journalistic debut, Blake Griffin tells the behind-the-scenes tale of the creepy Donald Sterling era and praises new owner Steve Ballmer as 'a good dude.'

With franchise values and revenues skyrocketing, Kobe Bryant does not want to hear that he's overpaid or that players should 'take less.'