9:00 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — A couple days into training camp, Chris Paul needed to set the record straight. Again. He had already cleared things up on Twitter, but as he stood in the corner of the Oklahoma City Thunder practice facility and peered across the floor with an eye toward Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Paul
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9:05 AM ET Let’s move into the weekend with 10 NBA things: 1. Jayson Tatum is here When was the last time this happened — a player in the middle of the season making The Leap, everyone digesting the revelation together and knowing it is real and lasting? Perhaps Kawhi Leonard toward the start of
2:48 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Los Angeles Lakers hardly ever practice, and shootarounds are even rarer for the veteran squad. So getting Markieff Morris, who signed with the team this week after receiving a buyout from the Detroit Pistons, up to speed takes some creativity. “We’ve kind of beefed up our film sessions,”
12:06 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was ejected from Thursday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers after picking up two technical fouls in the second quarter. Green now has 14 technicals on the season — two more and he will receive an automatic one-game suspension. The first technical came
6:46 AM ET Stephen Curry has just completed his first contact practice in almost four months and Golden State Warriors officials are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Curry, who broke his hand on Oct. 30, is speaking to reporters for the first time since November. His reemergence in early March is a bright light
9:11 PM ET Warriors coach Steve Kerr says he will sit down with Steph Curry, general manager Bob Myers and the team’s training staff after practice Friday and make a game plan for the guard’s return. Golden State remains hopeful Curry will return Sunday against the Wizards, but the organization hasn’t made a final decision.
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6:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Joel Embiid does not have structural damage in his sprained left shoulder, Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown said Thursday, but the center will still be out for at least a week, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Embiid sat out Thursday night’s 115-106 win over the New York Knicks.
8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Just minutes into his NBA summer league debut, Zion Williamson made his presence felt. New Orleans Pelicans summer league guard Trevon Bluiett released a floater that hit off the back of the rim. New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson was able to tap the missed shot into
5:46 PM ET The NBA fined the Minnesota Timberwolves $25,000 Thursday for violating the league’s player resting policy, marking the first time the league has enforced the load-management rules put in place in 2017 and clarified in November. The violation occurred when the Timberwolves rested D’Angelo Russell — a healthy player under the policy —