Carter agrees with Kings on 1-year, $8M deal

The U.S. hadn’t lost an Olympic men’s basketball game since the 2004 Athens semifinals. That streak ended on Sunday, with France handing the U.S. a 83-76 defeat.

Veteran 7-foot NBA center Steven Adams has agreed to a two-year extension with the Pelicans following his trade to New Orleans as part of a four-team deal that also sent guard Jrue Holiday from the Pelicans to Milwaukee. Adams’ extension is for $35 million, said a person familiar with the deal. The acquisition of Adams comes after Derrick Favors letf New Orleans in free agency for Utah, where he’s spent much of his career.

Suns coach Monty Williams did an outstanding job guiding Phoenix within two games of an NBA championship.