5:58 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As LeBron James and Rajon Rondo continue to slowly make their way back to the court, Lonzo Ball is trying to fill the massive leadership void left for the Los Angeles Lakers. Nowhere near as vocal as James, Rondo and veteran center Tyson Chandler, Ball wants to try
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5:48 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN LOS ANGELES — Losing is taking its toll on the Chicago Bulls. During the team’s Tuesday practice in Santa Monica, Robin Lopez made an aggressive play on Kris Dunn, leading the two to exchange words. Lopez, seemingly angry, left practice for 15 minutes to cool off before returning. While tough,
4:03 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN With two starters already out with injuries, Houston Rockets center Clint Capela is expected to miss four to six weeks with ligament damage to his right thumb, league sources told ESPN. Capela underwent an MRI in Houston on Monday and may get a second opinion with a hand specialist in
1:02 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving suggested his desire to win got the best of him when he expressed frustration with his teammates following the Boston Celtics‘ loss on Saturday to the Orlando Magic. Asked about the difference between this season’s Celtics and last season’s, Kyrie Irving told reporters, “We had nothing to
7:35 AM ET Who is the favorite for MVP and the major NBA awards? Who is winning the Finals: the Golden State Warriors or the field? We polled the ESPN Forecast panel of experts for their votes halfway through the season. Who is most likely to win MVP? MVP is quickly becoming a two-player race
2:05 AM ET LOS ANGELES – LeBron James’ second stint in Cleveland – the four NBA Finals appearances, the first championship in franchise history that snapped a 52-year title-less drought for the city — was an unabashed success. But it came at a cost. While James was brilliant in those postseason runs, he played 81
11:49 PM ET DALLAS — The Golden State Warriors believe that Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic is not only an All-Star caliber player — he’s a superstar in the making. Even on a night in which Stephen Curry scored 48 points and hit 11 three-pointers in a 119-114 win over the Mavericks, it was Doncic’s
10:09 PM ET Dallas Mavericks sixth man J.J. Barea will undergo surgery Monday on his torn right Achilles tendon, coach Rick Carlisle said Sunday. Barea was injured during Friday’s 119-115 road victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Barea, 34, a longtime Dallas fan favorite who played a key role on the 2011 championship team, has been
1:26 PM ET Dallas Mavericks sixth man J.J. Barea underwent surgery Monday on his torn right Achilles tendon, the team announced. “It’s gut-wrenching for all of us,” coach Rick Carlisle said. “I really do believe that he’ll be back [next season], but it’s hard to put into a few words what J.J. Barea meant to
9:33 PM ET ESPN News Service James Harden reached historic milestones on two fronts Sunday. The problem was, one of them dubiously encapsulated the Houston Rockets‘ 116-109 loss at Orlando. Harden scored 38 points to match Kobe Bryant’s record run of 16 30-point games from the 2002-03 season. But the reigning MVP was just 1-for-17