11:22 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics will be without virtually their entire frontcourt rotation for Friday night’s game against the Washington Wizards after announcing Grant Williams, Robert Williams and Tristan Thompson were all out due to the NBA’s Health and Safety Protocols. Those three players — along with reserve guard Carsen Edwards —
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7:10 AM ET TWO BROTHERS IN the NBA. One drafted second overall, the other third. On Friday night (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) they will play against each other, one for the New Orleans Pelicans and one for the Charlotte Hornets. They will guard each other for the first time in an organized game, a couple
3:08 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A day after a mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Los Angeles Lakers captain LeBron James wondered what would have happened if the group of insurgents was mostly Black people, and blamed the mayhem on President Donald Trump. “We live in two Americas,” James said Thursday following
2:44 AM ET Perhaps the most frightening thing about Luka Doncic is how far the Dallas Mavericks superstar is from a finished product. After Doncic’s spectacular performance in his first taste of the playoffs, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle predicted that the 21-year-old would add an element or two to his game during the offseason, saying
6:29 PM ET Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving did not play against the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night due to personal reasons. Speaking to reporters an hour and 45 minutes before tipoff, coach Steve Nash said he “just found out” that Irving would not be playing. “I sent him a message in the last
11:46 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers guard Seth Curry returned a positive test for the coronavirus, which the team learned of near the start of its 122-109 loss to the Nets in Brooklyn on Thursday night, sources told ESPN. The Sixers are staying overnight in New York and will commence contact tracing Friday morning, sources said.
9:31 PM ET Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has spoken with NBA commissioner Adam Silver and is “pretty optimistic” the city is moving toward landing an expansion franchise to replace the SuperSonics. Silver said in a news conference last month that the NBA was dusting off its long dormant expansion consideration and had put more time
6:09 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN For the first time in their lives, Lonzo and LaMelo Ball will be going at each other in a regulation basketball game. The two Ball brothers, three years apart, have never faced each other outside pickup games and duels in the Ball backyard. Friday night’s contest between Lonzo’s New Orleans
6:35 PM ET Free-agent forward Taj Gibson is re-signing with the New York Knicks, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The Knicks also waived forward Omari Spellman on Thursday. Spellman hasn’t appeared in a game this season. The Knicks had waived Gibson before
2:03 PM ET I warned you about Myles Turner. In my Bold Prediction for this season, I told you that Turner was custom-built for ESPN.com’s new points-based system. That Turner would be a top-30 player. And that he would outperform Rudy Gobert and Bam Adebayo. Seven games in, I think we can go ahead and