1:00 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors swingman Klay Thompson said his rehab from a torn ACL in his left knee is ‘going great,’ but it remains unclear if Thompson will return this season. Speaking publicly to reporters for the first time since Warriors media day in late September, Thompson seemed pleased with
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12:59 AM ET MEMPHIS — After the final buzzer sounded Tuesday night, Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant stood at midcourt and waved his arms to further ignite the FedExForum crowd, basking in the moment after perhaps the most spectacular performance of his sensational rookie season. Morant, 20, led the surprising, surging Grizzlies to their
11:48 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr believes Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic will be a “cornerstone” of the NBA for years to come, while comparing parts of Doncic’s game to Larry Bird and James Harden. “He’s really good for the NBA,” Kerr said prior to Tuesday’s game against
7:35 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As Anthony Davis stood by the wall at the Los Angeles Lakers‘ practice facility and spoke to reporters for the first time since taking a nasty fall against the New York Knicks last week that has caused him to miss L.A.’s last three games, he said he was
7:36 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN To close the opening day of Under Armour’s Human Performance Summit, Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid announced he will launch his first signature shoe with the company later this fall. Officially dubbed the Under Armour Embiid 1, the late 2020 launch will make Embiid the only current center in
6:53 AM ET DEEP UNDER THE Staples Center basket, cameras are held aloft, each lens moving in unison like starlings in murmuration. Nearly two dozen digital eyes are trained on the vending-machine-sized forward warming up, and each time he drives to the hoop, the crowd of onlookers beneath the basket parts to make ample room.
6:42 PM ET Tyronn Lue, in his first interview since his firing from the Cleveland Cavaliers and with 15 months of hindsight, expressed dissatisfaction with his ouster, saying he deserved better. “I don’t think it should’ve happened,” Lue told The Athletic in a story published Tuesday. “When it happened, I just kind of … It
5:37 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Pistons guard Derrick Rose was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for tossing a pen across the court during the end of Detroit’s loss to New Orleans. With 37 seconds left in overtime and play stopped on Monday night, Rose sat slumped on a courtside table
7:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — “7 Mile Dre” was born on Oct. 25, 2017. Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond had just recorded a 15-rebound night in a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves that put him over 5,000 boards for his career — the second-youngest to ever reach the milestone — and he was
12:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Trailing by 16 in the fourth quarter against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night, Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey benched center Andre Drummond. And Detroit responded, rallying to force overtime. “It wasn’t a message for Andre as much as a message for everyone who wasn’t on the floor,”