10:33 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN In a week filled with debuts and surprises, Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry led the way with a custom hand-painted edition of his latest Under Armour sneaker — a joking nod to his “moon landing” controversy weeks ago. Curry jokingly disputed that perhaps man hadn’t landed on the
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3:52 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s not often that Russell Westbrook will admit to a game containing some extra level of motivation. But with it having been nearly five years since the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers on the road, it had been on his mind for more than the previous
3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Enes Kanter will not travel to London when the New York Knicks play the Washington Wizards on Jan. 17, saying he fears for his life because of his ongoing clash with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Kanter, a native of Turkey, has been an outspoken critic of the Turkish
12:30 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Bradley Beal has been keeping a secret from Dwyane Wade all of these years. Beal wears No. 3 for one reason. It’s a tribute to his idol. After their 16th head-to-head meeting on Friday night — Miami beat Washington 115-109 — Beal finally summoned up the courage to
12:23 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — As reporters filed into the visiting locker room at TD Garden after the Boston Celtics claimed a 114-93 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki was sitting alone on a trainer’s table with his 40-year-old feet both stuck in a bucket of ice, his hands clasped and his
8:04 PM ET Associated Press PIRAEUS, Greece — Rick Pitino’s winning streak with Greek club Panathinaikos is over. After two straight victories in his European coaching job, Pitino’s team was dealt a 79-65 loss on the road Friday to archrival Olympiakos in a game for the Euroleague, Europe’s premier club competition. Olympiakos broke open the
7:04 PM ET Gregg Popovich once sought out Scottie Pippen as an attempt to instill the Hall of Famer’s influence into Kawhi Leonard‘s game. Many months before the fractures that led to Leonard’s departure from San Antonio began to surface, Popovich approached Pippen and asked him to speak to Leonard after a Spurs–Bulls game in
3:34 PM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Adrian Wojnarowski Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Jimmy Butler has aggressively challenged coach Brett Brown on his role in the offense, complicating an already tenuous chemistry among the team’s Big 3 hierarchy, league sources told
2:11 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James will miss at least another week as he continues to recover from a significant groin strain, with the team ruling him out for Friday’s game against the New York Knicks as well as an upcoming two-game road trip. In his absences dating back to his tenure
3:06 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close SportsCenter anchor Behind The Bets podcast host LeBron James is the most valuable NBA player when it comes to the point spread, even as the superstar who turned 34 this week plays in his 16th season. He has earned this consensus distinction, in fact, despite often being undervalued in