8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he would consider shortening the regular season, but only if the league could develop something meaningful to do to replace the games — and revenue — it would be giving up. Speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Friday, Silver
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7:20 PM ET BOSTON — Josh Harris may be the owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, but that doesn’t preclude him from checking the standings every morning like every other NBA fan. He’s well aware that if the season ended today, his Sixers and the Boston Celtics would play each other in the first round of
6:29 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have reached an agreement with point guard Eric Bledsoe for a four-year, $70 million extension, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Bledsoe, 29, was set to be a free agent in the offseason. Bledsoe’s served as Milwaukee’s starting point guard since he was traded from the Phoenix Suns last
5:10 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The San Antonio Spurs and center Pau Gasol have agreed on a contract buyout, clearing the way for the six-time All-Star to join the Milwaukee Bucks, league sources told ESPN. Players have to be waived by 11:59 p.m. ET Friday to become available for activation in the playoffs. Milwaukee currently
10:16 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN As you expected, PJ Tucker was back at it again this week, with a rotation of sneakers touching on both ends of the spectrum that he has become known for: one, an impossibly rare exclusive retro Air Jordan model worth thousands; the other a beloved performance model from 15 years
3:03 PM ET Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant has accomplished just about everything there is to accomplish in the NBA, but the accolades don’t really matter to him. “I don’t need anything in this basketball world to fulfill anything in me,” Durant told NBC Sports Bay Area in an interview published Friday. “The NBA
10:47 PM ET Rockets guard James Harden scored 58 in Houston’s win over the Miami Heat on Thursday night for his sixth 50-point game of the season. No other player in the NBA has more than one this season. Harden also had 10 assists, 8 threes, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. He was 18 for
1:57 AM ET HOUSTON — It has reached a point where the Houston Rockets seem almost desensitized to James Harden producing historic statistics. As far as they were concerned, Harden’s 58 points and 10 assists were practically a footnote in the Rockets’ 121-118 comeback win over the Miami Heat on Thursday. “He had a terrific
2:02 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Jimmy Butler‘s magnanimous presence in the locker room is unmistakable. He walks around singing loudly along to songs, taking his personal portable speaker to the showers and barely missing a lyric while he courts a lighthearted debate with Mike Scott and Jonathon Simmons – a debate drowned out by
9:21 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers say point guard Lonzo Ball will be re-evaluated in a week. Team physicians on Thursday determined Ball needs more “healing and recovery time” because of a bone bruise related to his Grade 3 ankle sprain suffered Jan. 19. The team says Ball will meet with team physicians in