The New Orleans Pelicans have fired coach Willie Green on the heels of a 2-10 start to his fifth season in charge.

Kevin Durant is back in Texas.

The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to trade veteran guard CJ McCollum, center Kelly Olynyk and a future second-round pick to the Washington Wizards for guard Jordan Poole, wing Saddiq Bey and the 40th overall pick in the second round of the NBA draft, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.

The New Orleans Pelicans have hired Joe Dumars as their executive vice president of basketball operations.

The New Orleans Pelicans have fired basketball operations chief David Griffin.

Last season’s All-Star Game played out in a way that the NBA hopes to never experience again.

Joe Dumars went to an NBA game a couple of weeks ago that came down to the very last shot, and he thought it was one of the best games of the season to this point.

The NBA fined the Brooklyn Nets $100,000 on Thursday, marking the first time a team was sanctioned for violating the league’s player participation policy that went into effect this season.

Lance Blanks, who played in the NBA for three seasons and later worked as a scout and front office executive, has died.

NBA executive vice president Joe Dumars says it was a difficult decision to suspend Golden State’s Draymond Green for Game 3 of the Warriors’ first-round series against Sacramento.

Detroit guard Killian Hayes and Orlando’s Moritz Wagner were each given multi-game suspensions for their roles in a scuffle, while the NBA suspended eight Magic players one game apiece for leaving the bench area during an altercation.