Illinois High School Association officials said Friday that they are investigating the eligibility of several players on Derrick Rose’s 2006 and ’07 Simeon teams that won the Class AA boys basketball championship, according to published reports.

Former Suns guard Yuta Tabuse is leaving the Japan national men’s basketball team for another shot at the NBA.

The Philadelphia 76ers have hired Eddie Jordan as their head coach.

Kobe Bryant had 35 points and 10 assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers back to the NBA Finals with a 119-92 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals on Friday night.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson is still waiting for the NBA’s new era of officiating “transparency” to improve the game.

There was more than a touch of defiance in Tyler Hansbrough’s voice while he spoke Friday at the NBA predraft camp.

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