It's a 11-game night in the NBA, with Stephen Curry, Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in action.

NBC Sports has four NBA games this week, featuring plenty of A-list stars from across the league. The line-up includes the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons, Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks, and Los Angeles Clippers vs. Golden State Warriors.

The return of the NBA to NBC brings 100 of the best regular-season games with star-studded matchups to WRAL-TV.

An eight-year veteran who has played on five different teams, Bryant will provide frontcourt depth and experience for a Cavs team that was looking for a third center.

DENVER (AP) On nearly 31-year-old legs, LeBron James found a little more elevation for all his emphatic dunks. Has to be the thin air of Denver, he concluded. ''When the air is thick, it kind of holds me back a little bit when I jump,'' James joked.

More than half of the 30 NBA teams are opening the season with at least one roster spot available, with the Cavaliers among them. And they are taking a patient, financially smart approach to it.

Michael Malone says he plans to pursue another coaching job following his shocking dismissal by the Denver Nuggets days before the end of the 2024-25 regular season.

Meanwhile, the 2022 Suns would trade most of the depth that allowed them to make a run to the Finals. Going all in for Durant was an experiment that didn’t work out. The team that won 64 games in 2022 never had a chance to develop thanks to increasingly desperate and head-scratching decisions from their front office.