11:55 AM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers will sign Golden State Warriors restricted free agent Patrick McCaw to a two-year, $6 million offer sheet Friday, league sources have told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. McCaw declined a two-year, $5.2 million offer from Golden State, a source told The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears in October. The Warriors can match
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10:44 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN In the aftermath of LeBron James‘ public comments on the possibility of New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis joining him on the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA sent a memo to NBA teams that warned of consequences for orchestrated tampering campaigns of players under contract elsewhere. LeBron James says his
4:20 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Terry Stotts emerged from the visitor’s locker room at Oracle Arena with a smile while sipping on champagne. Stotts and the coaching staff of the Portland Trail Blazers celebrated passing Rick Adelman for second on the Blazers’ all-time coaching wins list, and they had Damian Lillard to toast the
7:34 AM ET You know LeBron James. He has starred in commercials with entertainers like the late Bernie Mac since he was 18. He has been competing in the most-watched basketball event of the year — the NBA Finals — for the past eight years. He has yet to release an autobiography, but even with
3:22 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz fans, still bitter about last season’s Rookie of the Year award that Ben Simmons won over Donovan Mitchell, began booing the Philadelphia 76ers star during pregame introductions and continued every time he touched the ball for most of Thursday night’s game. But the booing faded in
1:00 AM ET ESPN News Services New York Knicks center Enes Kanter was ejected from Thursday night’s 112-96 loss after being involved in a brief altercation with Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. The skirmish occurred in the fourth quarter after Antetokounmpo drove to the basket and was knocked down by Kanter, although no foul was
7:44 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN HOUSTON — Rockets guard James Harden acknowledges there are other people who deserve to be in the conversation for this season’s NBA Most Valuable Player Award. He just doesn’t think any of them will be able to prevent him from repeating as the award’s recipient. “I mean, yeah. Of course
11:45 PM ET ESPN News Services SACRAMENTO, Calif. — LeBron James was held out of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ game against the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night with a groin injury, ending his consecutive games played streak at 156. James was injured during the Lakers’ 127-101 victory over two-time defending NBA champion Golden State on
3:14 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN HOUSTON — James Harden heard all of the talk. Some of it was about his Houston Rockets, who followed last season’s 65-win campaign by beginning this season with an 11-14 record, one that left them languishing in 14th place in the Western Conference in mid-December. Some of it was about
7:03 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Draymond Green and Klay Thompson remain confident they will break out of their recent shooting slumps and will get back to their winning ways as the Golden State Warriors head into Thursday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Green, who is shooting just 11-for-49 from 3-point range this