Month: May 2021

5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — As the Cavaliers’ slow, stuttering rebuild continues around a “core four” of young players, the team still views Kevin Love as an important piece. One worth keeping around. At least, for now. On Friday, general manager Koby Altman spoke to the media for the first time since

3:56 PM ET Howard University big man Makur Maker, the first five-star recruit to choose to play at a historically Black college and university, is declaring for the 2021 NBA draft, sources told ESPN. Makur, 20, won’t sign with an agent to keep open the option of returning to Howard for his sophomore year, sources

7:41 PM ET LOS ANGELES — A day after Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope‘s bruised left quad forced him out of Game 3 of L.A.’s first-round playoff series with the Phoenix Suns, the injury showed slight improvement and an MRI administered on Friday revealed no tear and no structural damage in the left knee,

11:10 PM ET Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder publicly apologized to Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant and his family on Friday, calling for a lifetime ban for the three fans who directed vulgar, racist language at Morant’s family during Game 2 of the Jazz’s Western Conference quarterfinal series against the Grizzlies. The Jazz banned the

9:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown weighed in on the discussion of racism in Boston before Game 3 of the team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, saying the issue transcends basketball. Brown, addressing the media for the first time since undergoing season-ending wrist surgery earlier

5:27 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook did not practice Friday and is being listed as questionable for Game 3 of their series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. Westbrook rolled his ankle with 10 minutes in the fourth quarter of the Wizards’ 120-95 Game 2 loss in Philadelphia on Wednesday night and did