Avery Bradley

Rick Barnes sees it for what it is. Because he swears he knows what it's not. And the longtime Texas basketball coach vehemently promises his 15-year program is not falling into disarray as it might appear from the outside. For everyone else, seeing...

In 2005, NBA writers voted Ben Wallace Defensive Player of the Year. Bruce Bowen, now an ESPN analyst, still sounds distressed by that. All the San Antonio guard could do at the time was attack the scorer in front of him. After guarding everyone from...

   Second in media balloting for the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award, Miami Heat forward LeBron James on Monday was named to the NBA's first-team All-Defensive team in voting by the league's 30 coaches.    A week after being named NBA Most...

Beyond whatever impressions and information can be gleaned from interviews and workouts, Danny Ainge's scouting work has been done. Instead, the most important members of Ainge's team once the pre-draft combine starts today in Chicago are the members of...

Doc Rivers is off on a golf course somewhere, pondering his future with the Celtics and asking for time to think. But that hasn't stopped the Celtics coach from taking regular part in the team's plans for next year, according to president of...

While his offense has been inconsistent during the postseason, Thunder forward Serge Ibaka has been voted to the NBA All-Defensive Team for the second consecutive season. During the 2012-13 regular season, the 6-foot-10, 235-pound Ibaka led the league...

As far back as last year, when Rajon Rondo was named to the NBA's all-defensive second team for the second time -- he was a first-teamer in 2010 and '11 -- the Celtics point guard wasn't even considered the best defensive guard on his own team. That...

Grizzlies guard Tony Allen strutted by the scorer's table and delivered a bold message during the waning moments of Game 2 during the Western Conference semifinals. Allen had just denied Oklahoma City forward Kevin Durant from scoring, and yelled:...

The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: fixes typo in "eight" in third graf NBA roundup: James heads all-defensive team Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen and Miami Heat forward LeBron James highlight the NBA All-Defensive First Team. The NBA announced...

The 2012 NBA all-defensive first team was announced Monday, with six players being named: Chris Paul, LeBron James, Serge Ibaka, Tony Allen and a tie at center between Tyson Chandler and Joakim Noah. Though winning the defensive player of the year...

As NBA general managers go, Danny Ainge is a tinkerer. Though he held onto the current Celtics era longer than anyone anticipated -- remember that he would have brought back Ray Allen last summer if the guard was willing -- Ainge can't keep his hands...

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony told reporters after his team eliminated the Boston Celtics from the Eastern Conference playoffs on Friday that his sore left shoulder "popped in and out." "It's a little sore," he said after the Knicks' 88-80...