12:21 AM ET WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Enes Kanter leans back on the gray suede sectional in the lounge of his apartment building, places both hands over his forehead and sighs. “Are you kidding me?” he says. Rookie guard Allonzo Trier had just been called for a crucial goaltend with 0.4 seconds to play and
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10:54 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — With his team trailing by double-digits in the first quarter and looking for a spark off the bench, Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton signaled for scoring savant Michael Beasley to come in off the bench. Only one problem: Beasley was wearing the wrong shorts. As Beasley tore off
11:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — IT WAS late November and the Timberwolves franchise was still staggering after Jimmy Butler had finally bludgeoned his way out of Minnesota. Questions persisted regarding the psyche of Karl-Anthony Towns, who, along with Andrew Wiggins, had been verbally eviscerated by Butler in a fiery (and now public) preseason practice. Butler
7:43 PM ET Houston Rockets center Clint Capela had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb Thursday and is expected to miss four to six weeks, general manager Daryl Morey said Thursday. Capela suffered the injury while getting hit on a lob play during Sunday night’s loss to Orlando. He has career-high
2:56 AM ET Even though the Oklahoma City Thunder come into Saturday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC/WatchESPN) as losers of five of their past six games, they remain eight games over .500, and there’s still one big reason for optimism. His name is Paul George. After signing a massive new deal
6:13 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Allonzo Trier was called for goaltending on a layup attempt by Thomas Bryant with 0.4 seconds remaining, giving the Washington Wizards a 101-100 victory over the New York Knicks at The O2 Arena on Thursday night. Bradley Beal scored 26 points and had nine rebounds and Otto Porter
8:55 AM ET Ten things for your Friday: 1. I recognize this Draymond Green When Green is on, he simmers with the impatience of someone whose mind is ahead of visual reality. He snarls and gestures at everyone who can’t see what he sees — everyone who isn’t where Green already knows they should be.
4:38 PM ET LONDON — Enes Kanter‘s absence from the New York Knicks‘ trip to the United Kingdom amid claims he fears assassination by the authorities in his native Turkey is “very unfortunate,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday. The 26-year-old center missed Thursday’s regular-season game against the Washington Wizards at London’s 02 Arena, insisting
4:11 PM ET DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks are optimistic that they can reconcile and move forward with point guard Dennis Smith Jr. and are insistent they won’t trade their 2017 lottery pick unless they get good value in return, sources told ESPN. The Mavs have shopped Smith, 21, throughout the season but haven’t received
7:49 PM ET With five days remaining in the fan vote for the All-Star Game, back-to-back NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant and reigning NBA MVP James Harden remain outside of the Western Conference starting five. Oklahoma City Thunder‘s Paul George remains ahead of Durant in the West’s starting five in the most recent fan voting