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By EDDIE SEFKO DALLAS — The evidence is piling up against the Dallas Mavericks making a trade before Thursday’s deadline.Any trade, really. But in particular, any major deal.Wise men in the NBA always say that when you make a major trade, you need at least a year and probably closer to two years to figure out whether it worked.If you had based the Jason Kidd trade on last season alone, it would have been the ultimate failure.Now? It doesn’t look all that bad. In fact, the Mavericks lately have put together their best basketball since trading Devin Harris for Kidd a year ago. They won six of seven heading into the Boston game Thursday.Think about what making a significant trade would mean right now. You would be flushing this season because bringing in a marquee player means another adjustment period. Acquiring high-profile players at the trade deadline almost never results in instant gratification, although Detroit and Rasheed Wallace might disagree. Usually, it re

Alex Tchangoue netted her fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 11 rebounds but it wasn't enough to push the Wake Forest women's basketball team to victory and the Demon Deacons fell 59-51 at NC State on Thursday evening. Wake Forest is now 17-6 and 4-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and NC State is 10-14 and 2-7.

OK, nobody shave. Nobody tempt the basketball gods. This replacement-team-makes-good story has crossed the line and become more than just some unexpected fun.

One of the hottest college basketball teams in the country revisits its most glaring blemish on Thursday. UCLA, winner of four ...

The Gator men's basketball team lost at Kentucky 68-65 Tuesday night when Wildcat guard Jodie Meeks buried a three pointer with just under five seconds to go in the game to fall to 6-3 in the SEC and to 19-5 ...

Phoenix — Most NBA players will scatter across the map this weekend to get far away from basketball.

PHOENIX -- For one weekend, basketball promised to be fun again in Phoenix.The NBA's best were in town for the All-Star game, bringing the spectacle of endless ...

As NBA All-Star 2009 descends upon Phoenix this week, it begs the question: Who came up with the concept of an All-Star Weekend? Well, Suns.com didn?t have to go very far for its answer. Suns President and Chief Operating Officer Rick Welts sat down with Suns.com to explain his part in the origination of what many believe to be the greatest basketball celebration of all-time.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The brother of a Providence basketball player who ran onto the court to confront a referee has been released from jail after 16 days behind bars.

The brother of a Providence basketball player who ran onto the court to confront a referee has been released from jail after 16 days behind bars.