NBA season is inching closer with media days coming to a close on Monday. Here are the top sights and sounds from around the league.

With NBA Media Day taking place Monday, fans were treated to memorable moments, insight and were reminded of all the off-season moves over the summer. Even if one team tip-toed around a recent blockbuster trade.

While we know the basics of the Timberwolves’ trade of Karl-Anthony Towns trade to the Knicks, we may not yet know everything. After all, this is the NBA, and it takes a lot of moving parts to make a deal work.

NBA Hall of Fame center and global ambassador Dikembe Mutombo, known for his "infectious smile, his deep booming voice and signature finger wag," died Monday from brain cancer at the age of 58.

Former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo of U.S. poses before the start of a news conference at the Sports Congress and Exhibition at Aspire Dome in Doha November 12, 2012. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad/File Photo (Reuters) - Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has died at the age of 58 from brain cancer,

New York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges will be eligible to sign a a two-year extension worth around $61 million starting on Oct. 1, though it doesn't sound

The New York Knicks just pulled off the biggest trade of the offseason in acquiring Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns. But before that, they signaled their intentions to contend in the Eastern Conference with a previous trade.