10:16 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Nine-year-old Riley Morrison’s viral handwritten hope for Stephen Curry‘s basketball sneakers to be merchandised for young girls like her helped to fuel a change beyond her wildest expectations, as the Warriors star incorporated the young aspiring player into the design of his latest Curry 6 colorway, a special edition created
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12:26 PM ET Former longtime NBA player Rasheed Wallace has been hired as the boy’s basketball coach at Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina. Wallace, who was introduced at a news conference at the school Friday morning, served as an assistant coach during the 2013-14 season for the Detroit Pistons. He said he had
8:33 AM ET Austin Rivers had heard the rumblings about Chris Paul. Rivers, who knows Paul’s game as well as anyone with the Houston Rockets after playing with him for three and a half seasons with the LA Clippers, didn’t see Houston much early in the season but acknowledged that “Everybody’s been saying [Paul was]
4:18 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic could only watch the end of his team’s 129-121 overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night from the locker room, having been ejected late in regulation after a pair of skirmishes with opponents in an emotionally charged game between two
1:57 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — Conventional wisdom suggests that the Indiana Pacers should have collapsed by now. They lost their franchise player, Victor Oladipo, to a season-ending injury in late January. The star-less Pacers then suffered minor injuries to other key players, including Domantas Sabonis and Tyreke Evans. Their defense has stayed one
9:52 PM ET Atlanta Hawks forward Vince Carter, 42, said he wants to return for a 22nd NBA season if teams are interested in him this offseason. When asked during an appearance Thursday on ESPN’s Pardon The Interruption if he had an age in mind for when he wanted to retire, Carter said, “43.” “I
8:13 PM ET LOS ANGELES – With the Lakers all but officially out of playoff contention – trailing the Western Conference’s No. 8 seed LA Clippers by 6 ½ games with 17 games left to play – the team is making plans to scale back LeBron James‘ minutes to close out the season. “I will
5:55 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — With just nine regular-season home games left at Oracle Arena, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is hoping his team can give East Bay fans a better sendoff than what the group has shown to date. The Warriors come into Friday’s showdown against the Denver Nuggets in first place
5:37 PM ET LOS ANGELES – Lakers point guard Rajon Rondo will not be fined or disciplined for sitting in a courtside seat removed from his teammates late in the Lakers’ 115-99 loss Wednesday to the Denver Nuggets, sources told ESPN. Rondo met with Lakers president Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka on the
7:50 AM ET Time for some 10 things (plus a bonus item): 1. Chris Paul has some of his snap back Paul’s shooting hasn’t come all the way around during the Houston Rockets‘ climb into the Western Conference’s No. 4 spot, but he has his quick-strike swagger back: What a freaking genius. Look at what