Alec Burks, the former Grandview Bulldog who has since played eight NBA seasons, returned home on Friday to host his eighth basketball academy.

A long, blue banner hangs behind one of the basketball goals in the Grandview High School gym. In big, block lettering, Alec Burks’ name is written across the canvas. A few steps outside the gym ...

“Just coming in here bright-eyed, fresh out of Kansas City and then Colorado, world on my shoulders, felt like the world to see.” Burks returned to that arena on Friday with Golden State.

Miami Heat shooting guard Alec Burks is one of the veterans who can give you a basket. The Heat haven’t lost a game this season when Burks is on the floor. Burks has averaged 12 points and two ...

The 12th pick in the 2011 NBA draft, Burks was a comically overlooked high school player, probably because he played in Grandview, Missouri, near Kansas City.

SALT LAKE CITY (January 11, 2017) – The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has assigned guards Alec Burks and Raul Neto to the Salt Lake City Stars, the Jazz’s exclusively owned and ...

At a time when there is little certainty in the NBA, let alone cost certainty, Alec Burks said on Tuesday he is hopeful of being able to offer both for the Miami Heat.

Alec Burks never wanted to leave the Knicks, signing a three-year contract extension after emerging as a key contributor to the franchise’s return to the playoffs for the first time in eight ...

Alec Burks spent the 2024-25 season with the Miami Heat. The veteran guard suited up for 49 games, starting 14 of them. However, his one-year contract has come to an end, so he’s heading into ...

Alec Burks, who averaged nearly 18 points per game for the Knicks after OG Anunoby was injured in the playoffs, has signed with the Heat.

MIAMI — Alec Burks hasn’t quite seen it all, but he’s seen enough to feel comfortable with this latest career shift, as the lone veteran added in the offseason by the Miami Heat. “I guess ...

For weeks, the Houston Rockets had wanted to move on from Kevin Porter Jr. in the wake of his September arrest in New York for an alleged assault and strangulation against his girlfriend. On ...