10:17 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — When his pregame availability ended, coach Alvin Gentry let out a playful — but slightly serious — yell: “I don’t have to answer questions anymore!” It was a sense of relief that finally — 13½ weeks after right knee surgery robbed him of his original debut date
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8:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Before Wednesday night’s meeting, Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown and Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse both said they viewed the game as a measuring stick against a fellow Eastern Conference playoff team. After Toronto’s 107-95 victory — one that saw Sixers guard Josh Richardson exit with a left
6:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Hawks star guard Trae Young will not play Wednesday, when Atlanta takes on the LA Clippers, because of a thigh injury. Young was listed as questionable earlier Wednesday before being ruled out. Jeff Teague will replace the second-year guard in Atlanta’s starting lineup. 2 Related The Hawks have not
11:27 AM ET Halfway through the 2019-20 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers stand alone at the top of the Western Conference standings, and it’s become clear that this new-look squad is among the best legitimate contenders to win the 2020 NBA Finals. The main reason the Lakers are playing so well is pretty simple:
1:15 PM ET Former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant said he believes that there are three WNBA players who could play in the NBA right now. “I think there are a couple of players who could play in the NBA right now, honestly,” Bryant told CNN when asked whether there might be a day
7:25 AM ET JA MORANT WON’T admit it, but Jaren Jackson Jr. is certain that his fellow 20-year-old Memphis Grizzlies cornerstone circles one type of game on his calendar. Morant craves the moments against the league’s elite point guards. And he didn’t have to wait long for his first. It was Oct. 27, and the
11:02 PM ET NBA Insiders Zion Williamson‘s NBA debut with the New Orleans Pelicans is here. Williamson’s surgery to fix the meniscus in his right knee happened on Oct. 21, the day before the Pelicans opened the 2019-20 season against the Toronto Raptors. The original timeline for Williamson was six-to-eight weeks, which would have put
9:44 PM ET DALLAS — Mavericks center Dwight Powell suffered a right Achilles injury in the first quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the LA Clippers, collapsing to the ground without contact. Powell did not return to the game, which the Mavs lost 110-107. A torn Achilles probably would sideline Powell for the rest of
9:44 PM ET DALLAS — Mavericks starting center Dwight Powell suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon early in the first quarter of Tuesday night’s 110-107 loss to the LA Clippers, the team announced Wednesday. The Mavericks said Powell is weighing his surgical options. No timetable was announced, but the fear Tuesday was that the injury
7:33 PM ET NEW YORK — Just a city block and an avenue away from the Olympic Tower office where he had peered out over a metropolis, if not the entire world, dreaming up ways to grow the sport of basketball, the life of former NBA commissioner David Stern was celebrated Tuesday. A crowd of