6:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Ever since Anthony Davis was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, the big man adopted a two-pronged approach to revamping his image: earn a reputation as a winner and shed his reputation as being injury-prone. Davis accomplished that last year, capping a season in which he pushed through physical
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11:31 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Raptors will continue to play home games in Tampa, Florida, for the rest of the 2020-21 NBA season, citing border restrictions and being “mindful of public safety measures” in Toronto as factors preventing them from returning home to play at any point this season. “Florida has been really welcoming
4:46 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — NBA scoring leader Bradley Beal will be held out of a game for rest for the first time this season, sitting out Washington’s matchup with the New York Knicks on Friday. Beal is averaging 32.8 points and 35.3 minutes per game for Washington (6-16), which is among the
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN When the Brooklyn Nets added James Harden to a roster that already included Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the bookmakers in Las Vegas were quick to declare the NBA’s newest Big Three as the favorites to win the Eastern Conference, despite the fact that the Nets had started the season
11:58 PM ET DALLAS — As soon as Danilo Gallinari‘s difficult buzzer-beater attempt clanked off the rim, Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young ripped out his mouthpiece and stomped toward referee Josh Tiven to protest a critical no-call on the final possession of a 118-117 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Young had been knocked to the
7:53 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns will return to the court for the first time since mid-January to play against the LA Clippers on Wednesday. Towns has been cleared to return from post health and safety protocol reconditioning. Towns, who hasn’t played since Jan. 13, announced on Twitter on Jan. 15 that he
2:04 PM ET One day after Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed that his team had stopped playing the national anthem before games, the NBA on Wednesday issued a statement saying that wouldn’t be the case. “With NBA teams now in the process of welcoming fans back into their arenas, all teams will play the
5:15 PM ET The NBA is progressing on a plan to incorporate the slam dunk competition into halftime of the All-Star Game on March 7 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, sources told ESPN. A three-point shootout and skills competition are also expected to be part of the Sunday night event, sources said. The NBA
4:44 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — A law enforcement officer in California who sued the president of the Toronto Raptors over a 2019 scuffle following the team’s NBA Finals victory over the Golden State Warriors dropped his lawsuit Wednesday. The Raptors had just won their first title at Oracle Arena in Oakland on
3:11 PM ET NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that large sports venues around the state — with a capacity of 10,000 people or more — can reopen at 10% capacity. The Brooklyn Nets have been approved to allow fans to return to Barclays Center beginning Feb. 23 against the Sacramento