Less than two seasons removed from his Coach of the Year-winning season, the Sacramento Kings fired Mike Brown. Brown, who snapped the longest playoff

Early Friday afternoon, not long after Mike Brown completed his final practice as head coach of the Sacramento Kings with an 18-minute news conference, general manager Monte McNair called him. Assistant general manager Wes Wilcox,

San Antonio Spurs superstar big man Victory Wembanyama spent his Saturday morning in New York City like a true local— playing some chess in Washington Square Park. On a cold a dreary day, Wemby put out an open call for opponents on social media, telling the world that he was heading out in the city ready for some chess.

Victor Wembanyama went to a park in New York City and played 1-on-1 with fans on Saturday. He even lost a couple of games. Not in basketball, though. Before the San Antonio Spurs left New York for a flight to Minnesota,

Victor Wembanyama has established himself as a force on the NBA hardwood, but on Saturday showed he can make moves on the chess board as well as the San Antonio Spurs' center took on fans at a park in New York.

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was fined $75,000 by the NBA for making "obscene gestures" during the club's 118–114 Christmas Day win over the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, the league announced on Friday.

Philadelphia center Joel Embiid, who fell to the parquet floor during warmups before Wednesday's win in Boston but remained in the starting lineup, was fined $75,000 by the NBA Friday for making obscene gestures during the first half of the road victory.

LeBron James declared Christmas "our day," but the NFL had nearly 20 million more viewers than the NBA throughout the holiday this week.

The NBA got viewers for Christmas, even while going up against NFL games. The NBA's five-game Christmas lineup was the league's most-watched in five years, with the games averaging about 5.25 million viewers per game across ABC,