— Cavaliers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 02:05)

Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant has several monumental decisions facing him before the March 15 trade deadline.

The biggest might be whether to trade center Anderson Varejao. Several contenders around the league would love to get their hands on the rebounding machine.

They've given no indication whether they'll deal him but might be inclined to hang on to their best defensive player. They'd likely be able to get a high first-round pick for him.

One reason to trade him is that he'll be 30 years old this year. By the time the Cavs are ready to contend, he'll be past his prime.

Two other...

— NBA Capsules: Parker sets Spurs assist record (The Canadian Press)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 23:43)

SAN ANTONIO - Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

— NBA Capsules (AP)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 23:13)

Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night. The Thunder (18-5) narrowly averted their worst loss this season, while the convincing win was just the springboard San Antonio needed before spending next three weeks on the road -- where the Spurs have hardly...

— Saturday's National Basketball Association Capsules (PA SportsTicker)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 23:10)

Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke the Spurs' franchise record for career assists, leading San Antonio to a 107-96 win over the NBA-best Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

— Irving leads Cavs over Mavericks (AP)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 21:27)

One spectacular late-game layup in a week wasn't enough for rookie Kyrie Irving. So, the cool-as-ice kid dropped in another. Irving made a driving layup in traffic with 15.8 seconds left -- one similar to the shot he made last Sunday in Boston -- to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a 91-88 win Saturday night over the Dallas Mavericks, who were unable to stop the 19-year-old sensation when it...

— Seattle working to bring NBA back (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 15:26)

The city of Seattle has been working behind the scenes the past eight months with a hedge-fund manager to bring an NBA team back to town -- possibly as early as next fall if the Sacramento Kings fail to get a satisfactory deal for a new arena, newly released documents show. The city turned over the documents to The Seattle Times on Friday under a public records request (http://is.gd/PyQ06N ).

— James scores 30 as Heat hold off Raptors (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 15:12)

LeBron James took a hard foul and clearly was not happy. So the next time he saw the ball, he made sure no Toronto player could reach him. James' steal and dunk with just more than two minutes left gave Miami some breathing room, and the Heat held on to defeat the Toronto Raptors 95-89 on Sunday. James finished...

— Hornets to sign F Thomas to 10-day deal (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 14:30)

New Orleans general manager Dell Demps says the Hornets plan to sign forward Lance Thomas to a 10-day contract on Monday. The move comes as forward Carl Landry recovers from a left knee injury that occurred during the Hornets' loss at Detroit on Saturday night. Landry posted on his Twitter account on Sunday that he has a sprained medial collateral ligament.

— Garnett helps Celts win fourth straight (AP)

   (Sunday, 05 February 2012 13:52)

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers could see that Kevin Garnett was looking and feeling spry. Running the floor and looking strong on the glass, the 35-year-old Garnett matched his season-high with 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Celtics to their fourth straight win, a 98-80 victory over the Memphis...

— Batum hits 9 3s as Blazers beat Nuggets (AP)

   (Saturday, 04 February 2012 23:56)

Nicolas Batum woke up hoping his injured knee would allow him to play. As it happened, he set a Trail Blazers record with nine 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points to help Portland beat the Denver Nuggets 117-97 Saturday night. "When I came in tonight I was thinking, `Don't hurt my knee, don't be crazy tonight,"' said Batum,...