3:22 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN After a long Friday night of unraveling trade agreements, accusations and hijinks, the Washington Wizards and Phoenix Suns were engaged into the early-morning hours trying to discover a pathway to a trade centered on Trevor Ariza, league sources told ESPN. What had been an agreement on a three-team deal that
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9:51 PM ET The Hornets were between games Thursday. But Frank Kaminsky still came off the bench to save the day. Kaminsky, whose high-rise apartment building in Charlotte, North Carolina, was evacuated like many buildings around the country in response to bomb threats, said after shootaround Friday, according to the Charlotte Observer, that he made
6:56 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Khris Middleton and Malcolm Brogdon, the second- and fourth-leading scorers for the Milwaukee Bucks, are out against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Middleton has a sprained right finger and Brogdon a sore left hamstring. Neither will play Friday night in the second matchup between the teams this week. Middleton is
11:40 AM ET Memphis Grizzlies center Joakim Noah intimated that he partied too much in New York during his disappointing tenure with the Knicks. Noah signed a four-year, $72 million contract with New York in 2016 and was waived prior to the start of the regular season. He was asked on The Ringer’s “The Chris
7:57 AM ET ESPN News Services Amid uncertainty surrounding a proposed renovation to their arena, Suns owner Robert Sarver said Thursday that he is fully committed to keeping the team in Phoenix. Sarver put out a video message via Twitter a day after a Phoenix City Council vote to approve $230 million in renovations was
2:56 AM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Dirk Nowitzki at last began his record-breaking 21st season with the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, coming off the bench in the first quarter of a 99-89 loss to the Phoenix Suns. No other NBA player has played that many seasons with the same team. “It is good
2:00 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Uncharacteristically, the San Antonio Spurs toiled for 14 days below .500 before walloping the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday to even their record. The Spurs then padded the ledger by besting the LA Clippers 125-87 on Thursday for their fourth consecutive win in arguably the most significant test of their
1:45 AM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — T.J. Warren scored a season-high 30 points and the Phoenix Suns snapped a 10-game losing streak by beating the Dallas Mavericks 99-89 on Thursday night. The Dallas loss came in the season debut of Dirk Nowitzki, who hadn’t played yet while recovering from ankle surgery. When he entered
1:30 AM ET HOUSTON — James Harden‘s first bucket of the game gave his Houston Rockets teammates a feeling that this would be a spectacular performance for the reigning MVP. After a couple of jab steps, Harden blew by Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball, sliced down the lane and threw down a vicious, lefty
2:08 AM ET HOUSTON — The Los Angeles Lakers found themselves so frustrated by the officiating in the second half of Thursday’s 126-111 loss to the Houston Rockets that several players, LeBron James and Lonzo Ball among them, purposely held their hands behind their backs on a series of defensive possessions to make a point