10:14 PM ET Houston Rockets guard James Harden arrived Tuesday night at the NBA’s Walt Disney World Resort campus five days after the team flew to Orlando, Florida. The Rockets have not disclosed a reason for Harden’s delayed arrival. Russell Westbrook, Houston’s other All-Star guard, announced Monday that he tested positive for COVID-19 before the
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4:18 PM ET Harrison Barnes announced Tuesday he has tested positive for the coronavirus, making him the fourth such Sacramento Kings player in the days and weeks leading up to the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida. “I’ve been primarily asymptomatic and am doing well,” Barnes wrote in a tweet. “I’m quarantined and am abiding by
4:48 PM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Tim Bontemps Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Beasley has left the NBA’s bubble at Walt Disney World Resort, league sources told ESPN. Sources have confirmed that Beasley tested positive for the coronavirus. Beasley, 31, was
6:13 PM ET Denver Nuggets All-Star center Nikola Jokic has cleared quarantine and will watch his team’s Tuesday night practice in Orlando, Florida. Jokic still has to undergo physical testing by the Nuggets before he can practice with the team, a source confirmed to ESPN. The team posted photos of Jokic on the NBA campus
12:55 PM ET Indiana Pacers star Victor Oladipo is in an unresolved situation regarding $3 million in salary, multiple sources told ESPN. Under the rules the NBA established for its season restart in Orlando, players who were healthy but opted not to play would have to forgo their remaining salary for the season. Two weeks
5:34 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler is hoping to keep the nameplate on the back of his jersey blank to underscore that if he wasn’t an NBA player, he would be “no different than anybody else of color.” As the league inches closer to a restart, many players have decided to wear
11:53 AM ET A Canadian marketing representative who allegedly had an agreement to represent Zion Williamson and purportedly paid his stepfather $400,000 while Williamson was enrolled at Duke said he was conned by someone acting like they were in the New Orleans Pelicans star’s inner circle. In a court filing last week, Gina Ford’s attorneys
6:30 AM ET After 4½ months, the NBA is almost back. We are weeks away from real games and, if everything goes smoothly, just under three months away from crowning the 2020 NBA champion. While the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers remain the favorites to win it all, the Larry O’Brien Trophy
6:40 AM ET NBA Insiders The NBA is getting closer to restarting the 2019-20 season on July 30 inside the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. All 22 teams have arrived in Orlando, Florida, and started training camp ahead of seeding games to determine the final standings, a potential playoff
7:16 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers‘ time in the NBA bubble might have had an inauspicious start, with guard Rajon Rondo discovering a fractured right thumb during the team’s second practice, but coach Frank Vogel is still counting on the veteran’s contributions. “What we have to understand about Rajon, losing Rajon is a huge