4:59 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace has apologized to Memphis’ fans for an apparent altercation following the team’s latest loss. Wallace said Thursday that the Grizzlies had an “emotionally-charged” meeting Wednesday night after a 101-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons. It was Memphis’ 10th loss in 13
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5:03 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma suffered a lower back contusion in Wednesday’s loss to the Thunder, MRI results Thursday showed. The forward is questionable for Friday’s game against the New York Knicks, according to the Lakers. Kuzma, the Lakers’ second-leading scorer this season with an 18.3 points-per-game average, was limited to
2:15 PM ET Four-time MVP LeBron James leads all players in fan voting for the NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday. Other top vote-getters in the Western Conference include Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose and Golden State Warriors teammates Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo
1:05 PM ET Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris, who has been battling neck and upper back stiffness, will be out for at least the next six weeks, the team announced Thursday. Morris was diagnosed with transient cervical neuropraxia and will be limited to non-contact basketball activities for the next six weeks. Morris has missed Washington’s
5:04 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Toronto Raptors wing Kawhi Leonard acknowledged that “at times” he wishes things would have gone differently during his acrimonious split from the Spurs, adding that his time with the franchise “meant a lot” for his development. But Leonard declined to answer when asked why he wanted out of San
8:34 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN THE FIRST MEETING Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse had with Kawhi Leonard came with trepidation. As Nurse walked down the hall from his office inside the team’s practice facility to the coach’s meeting room last July, just weeks after being named Toronto’s head coach, uncertainty loomed large. Nurse had heard
3:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A year ago, Paul George‘s visits to Staples Center were borderline recruiting trips, featuring plenty of cheers, signs and chants. But after George spurned the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency last summer, fans greeted him with hearty boos on Wednesday, including every time he touched the ball. “It
4:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Paul George is not used to boos. He’s one of the most affable, polite, likable players in the league. His game is aesthetically pleasing. It’s efficient. It’s complete. He plays hard, he plays smart, he plays together. There’s really not much reason to not like him. Unless (A) you’re
3:02 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma will undergo a MRI on Thursday to look at his lower back contusion, Los Angeles coach Luke Walton said after his team’s 107-100 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. Kuzma, the Lakers’ second-leading scorer this season with an 18.3 points per game average,
8:28 AM ET Memphis Grizzlies teammates Garrett Temple and Omri Casspi got into a physical altercation during a postgame meeting in the locker room on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN. The incident occurred following a 101-94 home loss to the Detroit Pistons. It was Memphis’ third consecutive defeat. The scuffle was “heat-of-the-moment stuff,” a source