Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 4, 2024, 06:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA Clippers guard Russell Westbrook — one of the NBA’s top sixth men — underwent surgery on his fractured left hand on Monday, and there’s hope he’ll return before the start of the Western Conference playoffs in April, sources told ESPN. Westbrook fractured his
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Jim McCormick, Special to ESPN.comMar 4, 2024, 03:52 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source
ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 01:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Jusuf Nurkic broke the Suns‘ franchise record with 31 rebounds, the most in an NBA game in 14 years, but he didn’t want to talk much about the feat after a 118-110 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.
Mar 4, 2024, 06:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Khaman Maluach, the projected third pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, will play in this season’s Basketball Africa League (BAL) for Uganda’s City Oilers, while potential 2024 first round pick Ulrich Chomche will represent Rwanda’s APR. ESPN has seen a document, confirmed as legitimate by multiple
ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Knicks All-Star guard Jalen Brunson had to be helped off the floor Sunday because of a left knee injury — a potentially devastating setback for New York — in the first minute of a 107-98 win over the Cavaliers. However, Knicks
ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Jaylen Brown scored 29 points, Jayson Tatum had 27 on his 26th birthday, and the NBA-best Boston Celtics posted their third-largest winning margin in franchise history, drubbing the weary Golden State Warriors 140-88 on Sunday. Payton Pritchard added 19 points for
ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 12:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cavaliers paid tribute to Nick Gilbert, the late son of owner Dan Gilbert, during halftime of Sunday’s game against the New York Knicks in Cleveland, raising a banner to the rafters at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in his honor. Gilbert died in May
Mar 3, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phoenix Suns star guard Devin Booker is out for Sunday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a right ankle sprain. Booker sprained the ankle late in the Suns’ loss to the Houston Rockets on Saturday night after his feet got tangled with teammate Royce O’Neale.
ESPN News Services Mar 3, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Celtics power forward/center Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against the visiting Golden State Warriors due to a left quad contusion. Porzingis, 28, is averaging 20.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.8 blocks in 44 games (all starts)
Mar 3, 2024, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason will have season-ending surgery on his left leg Monday, coach Ime Udoka said Saturday night. Eason, who has been out since Jan. 1 and has appeared in only 22 games this season, has been dealing with a benign growth on his