7:42 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Agent Rich Paul has notified the New Orleans Pelicans that All-NBA forward Anthony Davis has no intention of signing a contract extension if and when presented one and that he has requested a trade, Paul told ESPN on Monday. “Anthony wants to be traded to a team that allows him
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12:37 AM ET HOUSTON — James Harden’s supporting cast for the Houston Rockets got significantly stronger Sunday, with the return of Chris Paul from a strained left hamstring that sidelined him for more than five weeks. Paul ranks among the best point guards to ever play the game, but he has no problem accepting a
11:58 PM ET NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony returned to Madison Square Garden as a fan Sunday night, but he hopes to be playing in the arena again in the near future. “I’ve had some great years in this building. I look forward to coming back and playing in this building some more,” Anthony said
12:52 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Paul George turned the corner and a runway to the rim had opened. There was a little more than a minute left in Sunday’s contest, the Milwaukee Bucks had closed the margin to four and the Oklahoma City Thunder were in desperate need of a bucket. But what appeared
10:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic became the first teenager with a 30-point triple-double in NBA history on Sunday, notching 35 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a 123-120 loss to the Toronto Raptors. The 35 points was also a career high for Doncic, who turns 20 on Feb.
9:17 AM ET How far can the Warriors go? Golden State ran its win streak to 10 games over the weekend, and the West juggernaut is averaging a league-leading 129.1 points per game in January. Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz, Tim MacMahon and Andre’ Snellings, The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears and
1:32 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN BOSTON — Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant is planning to travel to Oklahoma City for a March ceremony to retire the jersey of longtime Thunder teammate Nick Collison, Durant told ESPN. “That group was so special, that whole group from 2010 until I left there, it was special,” Durant
6:01 PM ET Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul will return and start Sunday night against the Orlando Magic after a five-week absence because of a strained left hamstring. The Rockets, riding a historic hot streak by reigning MVP James Harden, managed to go 12-5 in the 17 games that Paul missed since suffering the injury
2:50 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Before his Boston Celtics took on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, Brad Stevens was asked about the task of taking on the two-time defending champions. “They have a lot of highly skilled, highly intelligent basketball players that, if you take your foot off the gas for
1:57 AM ET BOSTON — The scariest part of the Golden State Warriors‘ dominance these days is that they aren’t impressed anymore by their own success — even after rattling off their 10th straight victory, a 115-111 win over the Boston Celtics inside of a raucous TD Garden on Saturday night. The win gave the