2:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Nets point guard Kyrie Irving caught an inadvertent elbow during a pick-up game at Brooklyn’s practice facility Tuesday and was sent to the hospital to be evaluated, but general manager Sean Marks said the team was just being cautious. “I wouldn’t even want to speculate at all but I
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8:52 AM ET For the ninth season in a row, ESPN.com is predicting the top players in basketball with NBArank. Who will be the best player this season? To get the final prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players. LeBron James vs. Kawhi Leonard. Zion Williamson vs. Luka Doncic. Devin
8:46 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies and Andre Iguodala have mutually agreed to let him stay away from the team, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Memphis has no plans to negotiate a contract buyout and continues to expect that it will find a trade for Iguodala prior to the Feb. 6 deadline, sources said.
10:06 AM ET ESPN.com staff It takes a special breed to know what season it is right now. Fall? Nope. Football season? Nope. Baseball postseason? Nope. C’mon! If you’re reading this, you are the right breed. The kind of person who knows it is … fantasy basketball season! NBA training camps and preseason games will
5:09 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN Read below for 2019-20 points league ranks Prepping for your fantasy basketball drafts? Get a head start by perusing our latest points league rankings for the 2019-20 campaign. You’d be hard-pressed to think of a wilder NBA offseason than we just experienced, with a bunch of superstars on the move,
8:10 AM ET The 2019 version of NBArank debuted on Monday with players Nos. 100 to 51, including hyped rookies (the Memphis Grizzlies‘ Ja Morant), established veterans (the Denver Nuggets‘ Paul Millsap) and intriguing players on new squads (the New Orleans Pelicans‘ Lonzo Ball). Who didn’t make the cut but should have? Which players are
8:09 AM ET For the ninth season in a row, ESPN.com is predicting the top players in basketball with NBArank. Who will be the best player this season? To get the final prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players. LeBron James vs. Kawhi Leonard. Zion Williamson vs. Luka Doncic. Devin
10:55 AM ET A year ago, the Brooklyn Nets knew their black-and-white court was due for a refurbishing. The court’s minimalist color scheme, unique in the NBA, had remained broadly the same since Sean Marks took over as general manager in 2016 — and really since the team moved from New Jersey. It had also
6:15 PM ET Vince Carter, the league’s oldest player, will return for a record 22nd season, the Hawks officially announced on Friday. The Hawks are bringing the 42-year-old, eight-time All-Star back for a second season. Last season, he averaged 7.4 points and 2.6 rebounds in 76 games and 17 minutes per game for the rebuilding
3:45 PM ET The NBA Board of Governors on Friday passed a stricter package of measures aimed to enforce compliance with tampering and salary cap circumvention. Speaking in New York, commissioner Adam Silver said the provisions passed unanimously as the league seeks a “culture of compliance.” “Suspending executives … taking away draft picks … voiding