11:20 PM ET The Utah Jazz are signing G League guard Rayjon Tucker to a multiyear contract, agents Reggie Brown and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN. Tucker, an undrafted rookie out of Arkansas-Little Rock, has been a dynamic performer this season for the Wisconsin Herd of the G League. The Jazz are also
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10:47 PM ET In 2019, Tacko Fall went from an undrafted free agent in the summer to making his NBA debut with the Boston Celtics in the fall. The 7-foot-5 rookie center added another milestone to his whirlwind year: Symphony conductor. Fall stepped on the podium at Symphony Hall on Monday, leading the famed Boston
10:43 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Hawks forward John Collins made the most of his first action on the court in nearly two months on Monday, scoring 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in a 121-118 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Collins hasn’t played since Nov. 5, when he began a 25-game suspension for
7:21 PM ET The Utah Jazz have agreed to trade guard Dante Exum and two second-round picks to the Cleveland Cavaliers for guard Jordan Clarkson, the teams announced Tuesday. The Jazz are hoping Clarkson can deliver a boost to their bench scoring. Exum, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, has struggled
7:21 PM ET The Utah Jazz have agreed to trade guard Dante Exum and two second-round picks to the Cleveland Cavaliers for guard Jordan Clarkson, league sources tell ESPN. The Jazz are hoping that Clarkson can deliver a boost to its bench scoring. Exum, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, has
8:09 PM ET They are elderly now, three of the greatest players in NBA history, retired to different corners of the country to quietly live out their days. Bob Pettit, the league’s first MVP, turned 87 years old a couple of weeks ago. Bob Cousy is 91, wintering in Florida and trying to keep moving,
5:16 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Enes Kanter will be active and in uniform for the Boston Celtics for their Christmas Day matchup with the Raptors in Toronto. Kanter wrote an editorial in Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper in which he announced he would be able to play in the game after fears for his safety
8:36 AM ET IN SEPTEMBER, the team owners of the National Basketball League gathered on a three-story, 37-meter yacht named “Vegas” for their annual excursion off the coast of Australia. Vegas belongs to Larry Kestelman, the Melbourne entrepreneur widely regarded as the individual most responsible for resuscitating professional basketball in Australia and New Zealand. Three
2:33 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Lakers season that started with a loss to the LA Clippers and then skyrocketed to a first-place perch in the Western Conference standings for weeks has hit a bit of a snag heading into the Christmas Day rematch with their Staples Center cohabitants. Sunday’s 128-104 loss
8:34 PM ET TORONTO — For a brief moment, Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse considered waving the white flag before the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon, as his injury-depleted squad was down 23 points to the Dallas Mavericks in the first game of a back-to-back. Then Nurse’s mind flashed to the Raptors’ Dec. 8 loss in