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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will be at Oracle Arena on Tuesday night, handing the Golden State Warriors what will be their third set of championship rings from the last four seasons, but the team isn't ready to pack in its dominance just yet.

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Jimmy Butler practised with the NBA team on Sunday and is expected to play in Wednesday's season opener in San Antonio, according to coach Tom Thibodeau.

Montreal's Chris Boucher has secured one of the Toronto Raptors' two-way contracts. The 25-year-old forward from Montreal had nine points, two rebounds and four blocks in 19 minutes of action over four pre-season games with the Raptors.

Danny Green had 22 points and three rebounds and Kyle Lowry was ejected for a pair of technical fouls as the Toronto Raptors beat the Brooklyn Nets 118-91 in NBA pre-season action Wednesday.

Jimmy Butler returned to practice with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the first time this season, and told ESPN in an interview that he was "brutally honest" with teammates and other officials in that workout.

Watch live coverage today starting at 2 p.m. ET as officials in Montreal give the latest on their plan to land an NBA franchise. The announcement comes the same day the Toronto Raptors play a pre-season game against the Brooklyn Nets at Montreal’s Bell Centre at 7 p.m. ET.

Chris Boucher will be back in Montreal on Wednesday with the Toronto Raptors in a remarkable full-circle moment. The road he's travelled to get there reads like a Hallmark movie script.

The Dallas Mavericks have reportedly fired a team photographer amid allegations of sexual harassment from several women.

The Phoenix Suns have fired GM Ryan McDonough barely a week before the NBA season begins. James Jones and Trevor Bukstein will share the GM duties on an interim basis.

Jonas Valanciunas had 18 points and nine rebounds but the Toronto Raptors still came up short in a 105-90 loss to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night in NBA pre-season action.