9:20 PM ET Danuel House Jr., a fill-in starting forward for the Houston Rockets who spent the maximum days in the NBA allowed on his two-way contract, is headed to the G League after declining the franchise’s contract offer, a source said. House has averaged 9.0 points and 3.6 rebounds in 25 games for the
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8:43 PM ET Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio will miss at least another week as he continues to deal with a mild right hamstring strain. The Jazz said Tuesday that Rubio was re-examined by the team’s medical staff Tuesday, and will be re-evaluated again in a week. Rubio, who is averaging 12.8 points and
3:43 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — One day before he will be medically re-evaluated, LeBron James did the most he’s done at a shootaround since injuring his groin by shooting and passing during half-court situations Tuesday morning. While James has yet to do any full-court basketball activities with the team, Los Angeles Lakers coach
3:46 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade‘s cousin has pleaded guilty to murder. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered the plea Tuesday to a first-degree murder charge in the 2016 shooting of 32-year-old Nykea Aldridge. Sorrells admitted
6:51 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Since his father first helped teach him the game, Jayson Tatum has been lacing up his sneakers to play basketball every day. That will change soon, thanks to Nike. Wednesday night, when the Boston Celtics host the Toronto Raptors (8 p.m. ET on ESPN), Tatum will be the first NBA
5:30 AM ET Paul LukasESPN.com Close Sports journalism’s foremost uniform reporter ESPN.com columnist since 2004 Also blogs at uni-watch.com What’s black and white and red-white-blue all over? The 2019 NBA All-Star Game uniforms, apparently. Although the uniforms for the game, to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Feb. 17, have not yet been unveiled,
8:53 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN When faced with questions about a team’s upcoming schedule, most people in the NBA will go to great lengths to avoid saying anything interesting. They’ll instead offer platitudes and clichés about respecting each opponent and taking things one game at a time. Joel Embiid is not like most people in
3:58 AM ET Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kings guard Iman Shumpert was stopped from going into the Portland locker room by arena and Trail Blazers security after Sacramento’s 115-107 victory Monday night. Shumpert apparently was angry at Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic, who set a hard screen in the second half. “Some stuff needed to
10:28 PM ET HOUSTON — Reigning MVP James Harden continued his historic run to carry the increasingly shorthanded Houston Rockets with a 57-point performance in Monday night’s 112-94 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Harden kicked things off by setting a team record with 36 first-half points to help Houston take a 54-48 lead. It also
9:50 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM The Dallas Mavericks are escalating talks to trade guard Dennis Smith Jr., pushing to end a partnership that has run its course for both the