1:21 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — In the wake of another blowout loss that dropped them to 2-9, New York Knicks players are continuing to back coach David Fizdale amid his uncertain job status. With team president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry looking on Tuesday at the United Center, New York fell
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10:20 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver had a lot to consider in the fall of 2014, when he sat down to write an op-ed that would pivot the league’s longstanding opposition to sports betting. At the time, professional sports leagues, including the NBA, were getting into business with daily fantasy sports companies while at
5:36 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Damion Lee suffered a non-displaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal in his right hand during Monday night’s loss to the Utah Jazz, the team announced Tuesday after an MRI revealed the fracture. Lee, who is on a two-way contract with the Warriors for the second
8:15 AM ET The fourth Friday brings a fresh batch of 10 things: 1. The 9-1 Celtics, on a string Boston has slid to 11th in points allowed per possession, and it was reasonable to expect slippage with Gordon Hayward out (and Enes Kanter back). Boston’s bench is wobbly, and its core lineups ask a
2:34 PM ET Houston guard Eric Gordon will have knee surgery and will be out six weeks, Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said Tuesday. 2 Related Gordon had an MRI Tuesday morning that showed “significant” debris and opted for the procedure, which will take place Wednesday, D’Antoni said. “It’s been bothering him, actually, from the middle
6:59 AM ET Kevin Pelton Close ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Kevin Arnovitz Close ESPN Staff Writer NBA writer for ESPN.com since 2008 Former contributor and editor at NPR Ten years ago, only cutting-edge sports scientists knew the term
7:04 AM ET It has been 18 months since the New York Knicks hired David Fizdale, a move the organization was convinced would usher in the start of a new era. This time, the team believed, it would be different than all their past failings. This time there was a vision, a plan and alignment
1:09 PM ET All-Star swingman Paul George will make his franchise debut for the LA Clippers during the team’s upcoming road trip, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Clippers visit the Houston Rockets on Wednesday and the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. George and the Clippers are still deciding on when he’ll appear, but
12:55 PM ET David Levy is out as the CEO of the Brooklyn Nets less than two months after being hired by new team owner Joe Tsai. The Nets announced Tuesday that Levy, a former president at Turner Broadcasting, and the organization “mutually agreed to part ways.” Oliver Weisberg has been named interim CEO. “As
7:00 AM ET NOBODY SAW MUCH of Daryl Morey in the days after the Houston Rockets landed in Tokyo for the NBA’s Japan Games. The Rockets’ general manager confined himself to his room at the Ritz Carlton in Roppongi Hills during the team’s six-day visit, spotted leaving for occasional jaunts to the Shake Shack located