The NBA's competition committee met Monday to further explore rule changes to restrict the unnatural motions surrounding jump shots that players are using to draw fouls, sources told ESPN.The league wants to limit the ability of players -- including crafty stars like James Harden, Luka Doncic and Trae Young -- to lean backward and sideways, for example -- to initiate…

NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn Nets' Big Three has been whittled down to just one -- Kevin Durant -- for a pivotal Game 5 of their second-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.Kyrie Irving has been ruled out of the contest at Barclays Center after an MRI confirmed that he suffered a sprained right ankle in Sunday's Game…

Injuries to Kyrie Irving and James Harden have flipped the odds on the Brooklyn Nets-Milwaukee Bucks' Eastern Conference playoff series, putting sportsbooks in a unique position where the current favorite to win the NBA title is now an underdog in the conference semifinal round.The Bucks tied the series 2-2 with a 107-96 victory Sunday over the Nets in Game 4.…

Brooklyn Nets assistant Mike D'Antoni will interview Monday for the Portland Trail Blazers' vacant head-coaching position, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.Portland, seeking a replacement for Terry Stotts, also will interview Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups and Spurs assistant Becky Hammon this week, sources told Wojnarowski.Blazers general manager Neil Olshey said last week that the organization was conducting a "very expansive, diverse…