When the Utah Jazz missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 2006, it triggered a full-on rebuilding process.   The team cleaned house, trading star point guard Deron Williams and its two longest-tenured players, Mehmet Okur and Andrei Kirilenko, with an eye toward the future.   Now that future…

There has never been a shortage of Celebrities making appearances in sports games, now there is a chance to add Justin Bieber to that list. Forbes has announced that the teen heartthrob will make his video game debut in NBA 2k13, with the possibility of the Celebrity street game mode…

The Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff outlook took a blow Tuesday when the NBA suspended forward Metta World Peace seven games and fined him seven for the devastating elbow to the head of Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden in Sunday’s game.   World Peace floored Harden with the elbow and was ejected on a flagrant foul-2 in the second…

The Nets 35-year-old stay in New Jersey will come to an end Monday night.   The team will host the Philadelphia 76ers at the Prudential Center in Newark one last time before the move to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.   The Nets have played in three different venues while…

Lou Williams intends to opt out and become a free agent at the end of the season, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.   Said the source: “He’s indicated that he’s not going to pick up his option. All indications are that he’s going to opt out.”…

The Kings will evaluate trade proposals for Tyreke Evans this summer, according to a report.   Evans has spent heavy minutes at small forward and has struggled to adjust to playing off the ball.   “I don’t think it’s any big secret,” Princeton legend and longtime Kings consultant Pete Carril…

Lakers center Andrew Bynum is not interested in playing in the Olympics because he wants extra rest and also plans to undergo the same innovative knee procedure that Kobe Bryant had in Germany last summer.   “I’ve got to take care of my legs in the off-season,” Bynum said Friday. “I’ve got some things planned…

Dwight Howard will undergo back surgery on Friday morning in Los Angeles to repair a herniated disk.   The surgery will end his season and eliminate the possibility of his participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics.   “It hurts (emotionally),” Howard told ESPN the Magazine’s Chris Broussard. “That’s the first…

The Washington Wizards made a pair of related roster moves on Monday. The team released Roger Mason Jr. and signed guard Morris Almond to replace him.   Mason had season-ending surgery on his finger on Monday. Washington needed the roster space, having recently signed Cartier Martin and James Singleton. Mason had been dealing with pain in his…

Rookie Kenneth Faried had season highs of 27 points and 17 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets never trailed in their most lopsided win of the season, a 123-84 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night.   The 39-point margin exceeded Denver’s previous high of 29 points against Sacramento…