11:02 AM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie plans to decline the $12.3 million player option on his 2021-2022 contract and become an unrestricted free agent before Monday’s deadline, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Dinwiddie missed most of this season because of an ACL injury to his right knee, appearing in just three games. He
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12:37 PM ET Dyson Daniels, the No. 18 prospect in the ESPN 2022 mock draft, has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program, he told ESPN Sunday. “I feel that this is the best pathway for me to get to my ultimate goal; the NBA,” Daniels said. “It has every resource I need in
7:16 AM ET The NBA’s Western Conference finals showdown between the Phoenix Suns and LA Clippers will begin without two of the league’s biggest stars. Suns guard Chris Paul, who remains in the league’s health and safety protocols, has been ruled out of Game 1 (3:30 p.m. ET on ABC) and Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard
7:21 AM ET If you had the Phoenix Suns and the LA Clippers meeting up in the Western Conference finals, you just might be a soothsayer. The No. 4 seed Clippers made franchise history on Friday night by beating the No. 1 seed Utah Jazz in six games, thus earning their first trip beyond Round
2:16 AM ET NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets couldn’t stave off the effects of mounting injuries any longer. After defying the odds that hamstring strains and ankle sprains had dealt, after mesmerizing and even historic performances, the Nets just didn’t have quite enough to outlast the Milwaukee Bucks in a 115-111 overtime loss in
1:00 AM ET The game could’ve been a movie, the action on the sidelines a soap opera and the dialogue between Kevin Durant and his longtime friend P.J. Tucker a stage play. But for all the drama that spilled on the floor Saturday night in an epic overtime Game 7 that saw the Milwaukee Bucks
11:58 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Before these NBA playoffs began, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked if he thought his Milwaukee Bucks were better prepared for the postseason this year, after the disappointments that befell them each of the past two years. “I don’t know if this year is gonna be different,” Antetokounmpo said.
9:11 PM ET Phoenix Suns star point guard Chris Paul has been ruled out for Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the LA Clippers, the team announced on Saturday. Paul entered the league’s health and safety protocols on Wednesday. The NBA’s rules for coronavirus-related isolation periods have evolved throughout the season in correlation
9:58 PM ET PHOENIX — LA Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard has been ruled out of Sunday’s Game 1 against the Phoenix Suns because of a sprained right knee, and his status for the remainder of the Western Conference finals remains uncertain. Leonard did not travel with the team to Phoenix on Saturday. Clippers coach Tyronn
6:38 PM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Once again, the Utah Jazz endured a postseason collapse. But making an early exit from the NBA playoffs stung much more this season. The top-seeded Jazz fell to the LA Clippers in six games after blowing a 2-0 series lead. Injuries to All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and