10:53 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Milwaukee Bucks have petitioned the NBA for an exclusion to clear the remaining $10.5 million on Mirza Teletovic’s contract off the team’s salary cap, league sources told ESPN. The Bucks are expected to meet the criteria and receive the cap relief based on Teletovic’s career-ending injury. The one-year anniversary
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9:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHOENIX — Through 10 games, the Boston Celtics have been the league’s best defensive team, allowing 98.3 points per 100 possessions — precisely where a team that finished last season with the league’s best defense expected to find itself this time around. There is just one problem: When the Celtics
6:53 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The NBA has fined Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic $25,000 for using derogatory and offensive language during a postgame interview. Jokic was fined for using an anti-gay slur, saying “no h—, he’s longer than you expect” when asked by reporters about Wendell Carter Jr. after the
4:32 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has a sprained toe and will be out for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, the team announced. Green left Monday night’s win over the Memphis Grizzlies after injuring his right foot in the first half. X-rays were negative. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Wednesday he
4:16 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell is expected to miss four to six weeks with a subluxation of his left shoulder, a league source told ESPN on Wednesday. Powell, 25, one of the top reserves for the first-place Raptors, suffered the injury in a victory over Utah on Monday night. In
3:46 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James enjoyed picking his All-Star squad with Steph Curry last season and doesn’t see a downside to watching that process play out on television this season. ESPN confirmed that the NBA and NBA Players Association have agreed to televise the two All-Star captains selecting their squads for
1:11 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Dwyane Wade is missing Miami’s game against San Antonio on Wednesday night for personal reasons. It’s the first game Wade has missed this season, his 16th and final in the NBA. He is averaging 14.3 points on 45 percent shooting in nine games, all of them as a
4:22 PM ET Mechelle VoepelespnW.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the NBA’s support of the WNBA remains firm, and that the NBA is neither angered nor
10:36 AM ET Philadelphia 76ers reserve forward Mike Muscala will be sidelined for approximately one week after suffering a fractured nose and cut on his face during a collision in practice Tuesday. The 76ers said Wednesday that Muscala received six stiches and will wear a protective mask when he is cleared to return. Muscala, in
10:26 AM ET Devin Booker says the struggling Phoenix Suns need to start holding one another accountable, citing a lack of team chemistry, after an “embarrassing” loss Tuesday night to the Brooklyn Nets. Two days after beating the Grizzlies on Booker’s buzzer-beater, the Suns were blown out by the Nets, who cruised to a 104-82