The Phoenix Suns waive Former Hokie forward Coleman Collins.

Former NBA star and Danville native Johnny Newman shot hoops with children outside Sam’s Club on Saturday while holding a back to school drive where his Kids 4 Life organization was collecting school supplies

Former E.C. Glass basketball player Jermaine Ferguson, who graduated last winter from Geneva College (Pa.), will replace his best friend Lloyd Deloatch on an elite professional basketball team in Nässjö, Sweden, a town of 16,000 located two hours south of Stockholm

Brandon Jennings is 18, just finished high school at Virginia’s Oak Hill Academy and therefore is a birthday shy of being eligible for the draft. He says he might spin dribble around college, play pro ball in Europe for a year and then submit his name for the draft.

Sean Singletary, who was a four-year starter for the University of Virginia, was the Sacramento Kings’ choice with the 12th pick of the second round Thursday night, the 42nd overall. Virginia Tech forward Deron Washington was the second-to-last pick Thursday night, going to the Detroit Pistons with the 59th selection overall.

NBA issued a rule that mandated players be 19 and a year out of high school before entering the draft. The ramifications could soon damage the integrity of the college game.

  Boston got a gutsy performance from a banged-up Paul Pierce in claiming game one of the NBA Finals.

  The WSLS Hoops Showdown at the Kirk Family YMCA was competitive and hard fought. But in the end, the superior conditioning of anchor John Carlin leads him to the victory.

The two former North Carolina players teamed up Tuesday when Jordan introduced Brown as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, his ninth NBA job

Wade had surgery on his left knee and left shoulder last May. He still intends to be a part of the USA team that will compete in the Beijing Olympics in August.

NBA’s fastest team, acquires slow, once-mighty giant