Basketball

The players selected in the first round of the NBA draft Wednesday night in New York. ___ 1. Atlanta Hawks — Zaccharie Risacher, forward, 6-9, 215, JL Bourg-en-Bresse (France) Scouting report: A developing player with two-way potential.

NEW YORK CITY — Zach Edey has been selected ninth overall in the NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. The 22-year-old centre from Toronto is the first Canadian to be drafted this year.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves agreed on a trade with the San Antonio Spurs to get Kentucky guard Rob Dillingham, the eighth overall pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — OG Anunoby will stay with the New York Knicks on a five-year contract worth more than $210 million, a person with knowledge of the details said Wednesday.

MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo, one of the NBA’s top defensive players and soon to become a two-time U.S.

TORONTO — The Canadian Elite Basketball League is expanding its regular season to a 24-game format starting in 2025. That will increase the number of total regular-season games from 100 to 120, the league said Wednesday in a release.

Players move up and down every year based on workouts and interviews in the weeks leading up to the NBA draft. This year's draft, which starts with Wednesday's first round, has no consensus No.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates, two people with knowledge of the details said Tuesday.

Victor Wembanyama's on-court warmup session before games when he played in France would last for about an hour. It consisted of plenty of stretching, lots of passing and dribbling drills, then a little bit of shooting. The basics. The skills.

CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Giddey is looking forward to a fresh start in Chicago.