Basketball

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Naismith Trophy is part of the prize package for winners of the Basketball World Cup. It made a whirlwind tour over the last few weeks, including a stop in Las Vegas where U.S.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Plans for the start of the Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, Japan, were unaffected Thursday after a North Korean rocket launch prompted an alert ordering some residents to evacuate.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Anthony Edwards took a shot from half-court, watched it swish and then turned around and started yelling in celebration. It seemed like the USA Basketball World Cup team rather enjoyed its first trip to Mall of Asia Arena.

Capsules on each of the 32 nations in the Basketball World Cup, listed by their group and in order of world rankings: ___ GROUP A — MANILA ITALY World ranking: 10 World Cup appearances: 10 Best World Cup finish: 4th (1970, 1978) Coach: Gianmarco Pozz

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden $100,000 for public comments he made about his status with the team. Harden made public comments on Aug. 14 and Aug.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Considering that about 110 million people live in the Philippines, it’s not feasible to expect that they all would be basketball fans. “But it’s close,” said Tim Cone, the country’s top professional coach.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This was the last act of the World Cup preseason for Team USA.

SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, Argentina (AP) — Bahamas has never sent its men’s basketball team to the Olympics. The island nation is one step closer to changing that.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — USA Basketball dug deep to head to the World Cup with an unbeaten exhibition record. Anthony Edwards scored 34 points, Austin Reaves and Tyrese Haliburton each added 16 off the bench and the U.S.

The NBA is investigating the reasons behind James Harden calling Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey a liar , a person with knowledge of the details said Saturday.