9:52 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will be without starting center Marc Gasol for at least two more games as the big man continues to be away from the team because of the league’s health and safety protocols, coach Frank Vogel said Saturday. Gasol has already missed three games, spanning back to before the
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8:20 AM ET Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid‘s MRI showed no structural damage to his left knee, just a bone bruise, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne. Embiid’s ACL and meniscus are fine, sources said, but there is no timeline yet on a return. He is still expected to miss time with the
10:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid will have an MRI after hyperextending his left knee in Friday night’s 127-101 win over the Washington Wizards, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Embiid was in the midst of the latest dominant performance of his MVP-caliber season, scoring 23 points on 8-for-11 shooting to
11:07 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis will be sidelined at least two more weeks because of tendinosis and a calf strain in his right leg, the Los Angeles Lakers said Friday. Davis was examined by team doctors Friday prior to the Lakers’ first game out of the All-Star break against the Indiana Pacers
8:39 PM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to trade guard Hamidou Diallo to the Detroit Pistons for guard Svi Mykhailiuk and a 2027 second-round pick, sources told ESPN on Friday. The emergence of second-year guard Lu Dort had made Diallo expendable, especially considering he will be a restricted free agent this summer. The
7:06 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will make his return to action on Friday night against the New Orleans Pelicans after missing all but two games this season. “His role tonight is going to be limited,” Cavs coach J. B. Bickerstaff said pregame. “We kind of have that number in mind.
3:49 PM ET The reeling Houston Rockets suffered another blow on Friday, losing guard Eric Gordon for four to six weeks with a strained groin, sources told ESPN. Gordon suffered the injury in a loss to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, the franchise’s 14th consecutive this season. He’s averaging 17.8 points a game for
11:32 AM ET Caris LeVert will make his long-awaited Indiana Pacers debut on Saturday, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The guard underwent surgery to remove a small mass on his left kidney in late January. The issue was discovered during a physical exam conducted after he was traded by the Brooklyn Nets as part of
9:00 AM ET The 2021 NBA trade deadline is on March 25 and teams will have to decide whether they are buyers or sellers in the next few weeks. Key names to watch include former All-Stars such as Andre Drummond, LaMarcus Aldridge and Kyle Lowry, as contending teams will look to add players to potentially
12:21 AM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Houston Rockets forward P.J. Tucker, increasingly frustrated that he has yet to