8:44 PM ET Brooklyn Nets center DeAndre Jordan strongly disputed reports that linked coach Kenny Atkinson’s departure to the high-profile players signed by the team last summer. “Yeah, I’m close to Kyrie [Irving], but Wilson [Chandler] is a new player, Garrett Temple‘s a new player,” Jordan said. “We’re all new players, so if you’re going
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6:52 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum and Sacramento Kings forward/center Alex Len have been fined for their roles in an on-court incident, the league announced Sunday. McCollum was fined $20,000 for shoving Len and attempting to escalate the altercation. Len was fined $15,000 for shoving McCollum. The incident, which resulted in technical
5:47 PM ET Jontay Porter, a forward/center out of Missouri, has signed with the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced Sunday. The deal is through 2020-21 and includes a team option, said Porter’s agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports. Porter rehabbed two separate ACL injuries in the past two years but has progressed well and is
4:02 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Giannis Antetokounmpo has a minor joint capsule sprain of his left knee and will not play in the remaining two games of the Milwaukee Bucks‘ road trip, the team announced. Antetokounmpo suffered the injury in Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers and
8:50 AM ET Full disclosure: I didn’t really want to do this column. It didn’t feel right. Normal doesn’t feel right. But my editors encouraged me, saying perhaps people might want some normal. We’ll see. I swapped out a “dislike” about the Nets because no one needs negativity right now. In the end, I didn’t
3:00 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Damion Lee has made a career out of proving people wrong. That determination has helped him earn the respect of his teammates and coaches over time, and is part of the reason why so many people within the Warriors organization were so happy to see
8:06 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ offense added a new toy to play with when the team signed Dion Waiters this week after he was waived by the Memphis Grizzlies following a trade from the Miami Heat. They just will wait a little to take that toy out of the
8:08 PM ET As the NBA prepares for the possibility that the coronavirus outbreak could cause games to be played without fans in the arena, the league office delivered teams a Tuesday deadline to have several precautionary measures in place, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. The NBA — which will conduct a conference
9:50 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN While some players circle team matchups on the calendar, P.J. Tucker is known to also circle specific cities. He’ll plan to pack rare exclusives made for the University of Oregon in Portland, haul a stash of limited Kobe Bryant classics when in Los Angeles or break out more vibrant and
5:34 PM ET Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon is week-to-week because of a left leg injury, the team said on Saturday. The Pacers said that Brogdon has a torn left rectus femoris. Brogdon left Wednesday night’s 119-100 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in the second quarter with the injury and did not return. Brogdon finished