6:55 PM ET Giannis Antetokounmpo, nearly unstoppable as an inside force and slasher to the basket, will soon be upgrading to become a dual threat — and fall in line with many of the other big men of the NBA. Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst, speaking Friday in an appearance on ESPN’s The Jump,
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4:19 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry will not play Saturday against the Brooklyn Nets and will likely miss a few more days after having an MRI on Friday morning on his strained left adductor. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said the MRI “looked good” but that the organization will
3:16 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers’ injury list continues to grow with starting forward Cedi Osman the latest addition. Osman will miss Saturday’s game at Chicago with back spasms that forced him to leave Wednesday’s loss to Orlando. The Cavs, who are 1-10 and missing three other starters, had hoped rest would
2:50 PM ET New York Knicks coach David Fizdale said on Friday that he wasn’t aware that Kristaps Porzingis had been sprinting as part of his rehab from last season’s ACL surgery, after Fizdale’s comments the day before led to a misunderstanding that left Porzingis frustrated over the perception of his recovery. On Thursday, Fizdale
1:13 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN You’re in a weekly transaction league, and you need to decide by Monday evening who your starting lineup will be for the week. Should you consider sitting usual impact starters like Blake Griffin or Kemba Walker? Should you start someone like D’Angelo Russell or Dario Saric, who might generally be
10:07 AM ET Not only has Jayson Tatum fallen off from his hot start to the season, but he has been downright awful of late. Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Asked to explain the message his Milwaukee Bucks sent to the Golden State Warriors and the entire NBA with a declarative win over the
8:52 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — During Gordon Hayward‘s injury-imposed time away from basketball, between the long hours of rehab and the quality time with his family, the Boston Celtics forward would find an hour or so to slip away, log onto his computer and jump into “League of Legends,” the popular
10:00 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN They wish the wait wouldn’t have been so long, but the fractured lower leg changed everything. Sixteen months passed, and now the Utah Jazz and Gordon Hayward lurch into one of the NBA’s most undesirable encounters: The homecoming of the free-agent star. This instance isn’t rich with acrimony as much
4:00 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry called his shot long before he stepped foot on the Oracle Arena floor Thursday night. Prior to a deflating 134-111 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, one that Curry exited early because of a left adductor strain, he spent some of his post-practice time Wednesday afternoon discussing the
1:25 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Coach Mike D’Antoni summed up the state of the Houston Rockets‘ offense with one word. “Yuck,” D’Antoni said after Houston’s 98-80 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, when the Rockets recorded their lowest point total in a regular-season game during his two-plus-season coaching tenure. Houston was