7:57 PM ET Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart and two Los Angeles Lakers players have tested positive for the coronavirus. Both teams released statements announcing the positive tests Thursday, though they did not identify the players by name. Smart posted a tweet later Thursday confirming that he had tested positive. I was tested 5 days
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9:30 PM ET On the 25th anniversary of Michael Jordan‘s return to the NBA, Steve Kerr says that he and so many of Jordan’s former teammates feel a similar emotion as the years go by — gratitude. Kerr, who played 3½ seasons with Jordan in Chicago from 1995 to 1998, has plenty of stories to
5:19 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The Big3 basketball league is working to launch — under quarantine — a reality show-style, three-on-three tournament. “We’ve been working on safety issues to make sure we can do this responsibly,” Big3 executive Jeff Kwatinetz told Marc Spears of The Undefeated. “We’ve made a lot of headway since last week
3:21 PM ET The Denver Nuggets are the fourth NBA team to have a positive coronavirus test, saying in a statement Thursday that a member of their organization has COVID-19. “The person, who was tested after experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 on March 16, is currently under care of team medical staff and in self-isolation,”
2:28 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA sent out a memo Thursday afternoon stating that, starting Friday, all 30 NBA teams must close their practice and training facilities to players and staff until further notice, sources told ESPN. Thursday’s memo was an update on ones sent out by the league earlier this week, in which
Mar 19, 2020 Remember when LeBron James was one of the best high school dunkers around? And when that torch got passed to Blake Griffin? And when Zion Williamson entered the national spotlight less than two years ago? So do we. That’s why on Saturday, ESPN2 is airing high school basketball games and dunk contests
4:16 PM ET THE FIRST REPORTS started landing in NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s inbox at about the same time he was writing the eulogy for his mentor, David Stern. It was mid-January, and news of the coronavirus in China, where the NBA has 200 employees at offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Taipei, had
8:47 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Before the NBA suspended its season due to the coronavirus pandemic, LeBron James posted his best weekend of the 2019-20 season. He put up 37 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in a win over the Milwaukee Bucks and reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, and followed that with a 28-point, 8-rebound,
2:28 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — The Perth Wildcats have been declared National Basketball League champions two days after the last two games of the finals series were canceled because the Sydney Kings refused to travel to Western Australia amid the coronavirus pandemic. Perth was leading the best-of-five game series 2-1 and was set
11:42 PM ET With the NBA season suspended because of the coronavirus, Phoenix Suns shooting guard Ty Jerome and Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Josh Okogie got their basketball fix in another way Wednesday: NBA 2K. With Jerome manning the controller for the Suns and Okogie on the sticks for the Wolves, Phoenix beat Minnesota 93-63,