12:03 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Former NBA swingman Stephen Jackson is happy that this era’s players have more of a say in regard to where and with which teammates they want to play, but he doesn’t think a lot of younger players have the same love for the game that his generation did. “I
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9:45 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Houston Rockets will sign a pair of G League players to 10-day contracts, including former Houston first-round pick Terrence Jones, league sources told ESPN. Guard Chris Chiozza, a rookie out of Florida, is the other player the Rockets will sign to bring their roster up to a league-mandated
8:50 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans interim general manager Danny Ferry met with disgruntled star Anthony Davis this week and informed him the team would continue playing him but planned to cut his minutes. The Pelicans will also reduce the minutes of point guard Jrue Holiday, Ferry said Thursday. The team plans to give more
6:21 PM ET The NBA has formally proposed changing the draft-eligible age requirement from 19 to 18 to the National Basketball Players Association, USA Today reported Thursday. USA Today, citing a source, reported that the union and its executive director, Michele Roberts, plan to review the proposal at its post-All-Star break meeting Monday. The timing
4:56 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Paul George said Thursday that he reached out to Nike to find out “what went wrong” with his PG 2.5 signature shoe that Zion Williamson was wearing when he injured his knee on Wednesday. “First, I want to wish him all the best,” George said. “I don’t know the
4:40 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors big man DeMarcus Cousins has strong feelings regarding college basketball and the NCAA’s system in the wake of the knee injury suffered by Duke freshman star Zion Williamson during Wednesday night’s game against North Carolina. “Well, knowing what I know now, college is bulls—,” Cousins said
1:59 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis will appear on HBO’s “The Shop with LeBron James,” the cable channel announced Thursday. The show will air on March 1 and will also include Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown. James’ team, the Los Angeles Lakers, attempted to acquire Davis before the NBA trade deadline without
1:54 PM ET Fresh off an appearance on one of the NBA’s biggest stages, Sacramento guard Buddy Hield was quick with the assurance the Kings will have a place on the league’s most meaningful stage. The Kings, mired in the NBA’s longest postseason drought at 12 years, won’t miss the playoffs this season, Hield says.
11:18 PM ET Shortly after the game started between No. 1 Duke and No. 8 North Carolina on Wednesday, Duke freshman Zion Williamson left the court after ripping through his left shoe when trying to reverse his dribble. The potential No. 1 overall pick of the 2019 NBA draft, Williamson did not return to the
8:12 AM ET Father and son remember the stops at Fuddruckers in Columbia, S.C., more than halfway through the five-hour drive back to Charleston from Atlanta, where the son, only 12, had started practicing that summer with a high-level AAU team. The son realized he was in over his head during warm-ups. The Atlanta players