1:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Philadelphia 76ers announced Wednesday that superstar center Joel Embiid has a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee after taking an awkward fall during Game 4 of the first-round playoff series against the Washington Wizards on Monday night. The Sixers said the injury will be treated not with surgery
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5:07 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons hired John Beilein as a senior adviser for player development Wednesday, saying the hope is that the former NBA and Michigan coach can help the young team “maximize its potential.” Owner Tom Gores credited coach Dwane Casey for the decision to add the 68-year-old Beilein.
1:12 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge Wednesday set a 2022 trial date for a man charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told Billy Ray Turner that his trial
10:32 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Danny Ainge is stepping down as the Boston Celtics president of basketball operations and the franchise is elevating coach Brad Stevens to run basketball operations, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics will start a search to hire a head coach to replace Stevens, sources said. Celtics staff were informed
May 31, 2021 It was no accident that LeBron James waited until he had won his third NBA title to reveal that he’d always wanted to chase Michael Jordan’s six championships. James might have historic aspirations, but he also is a savvy cultivator of his own legacy and wise enough to know you don’t even
1:31 AM ET PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ repeat title hopes are on life support after Tuesday’s 115-85 shellacking by the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series, putting L.A. one loss away from elimination. “We’ll find out what we’re made of and we’ll find out how bad we want
1:34 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After a disappointing season for Kemba Walker saw him sit out the final two games of the Boston Celtics‘ first-round playoff loss to the Brooklyn Nets with a bone bruise in his left knee, the All-Star guard says this offseason is all about getting himself healthy and back to the
12:30 AM ET Dame Time. You know what that means. On Tuesday night, Damian Lillard put on an electric 55-point performance, becoming the first player in NBA history with at least 50 points, 10 assists and 10 three-pointers in a game, regular season or playoffs. With his twelfth 3-pointer, the pride of the Portland Trail
12:39 AM ET In one of the most electrifying postseason performances ever, Damian Lillard had 55 points and an NBA playoff record 12 3-pointers in the Portland Trail Blazers‘ double-overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 on Tuesday night. Lillard broke the record of 11 set by Klay Thompson in 2016 in Game
1:24 AM ET NEW YORK — After a dominant 34-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist performance to help close out the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, Brooklyn Nets star James Harden was already looking ahead to the Milwaukee Bucks, the team’s second-round opponent, by the time he sat down for his postgame news conference after the 123-109 Game