1:10 AM ET HOUSTON – The reeling Houston Rockets, who faintly resemble the team that had the NBA’s best record last season, find themselves searching for solutions and their lost swagger six games into the season. Damian Lillard and Jusuf Nurkic scored 22 points each, and the Portland Trail Blazers never trailed in a 104-85
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9:55 PM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Adrian Wojnarowski The Cleveland Cavaliers and assistant coach Larry Drew have no traction in contract talks, and the sides could be headed for an unprecedented stalemate over an interim coaching position,
9:02 PM ET Kobe Bryant has been named the global ambassador for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The former Lakers star, who won five NBA titles with Los Angeles as well as two Olympic gold medals as a member of Team USA, joins Yao Ming as an ambassador for the event, which tips off
9:41 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Kevin Love doesn’t know when he’ll be able to help the struggling Cavaliers. The All-Star forward said Tuesday night that he will miss at least several weeks with a painful big toe injury on his left foot that has bothered him since the preseason and recently got so
8:10 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Coming off his worst two-game stretch of the young season, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball said he’s “not doing [his] job” and needs to get more “engaged.” A day after his worst game of the season, when he finished with four points, one rebound and one
9:01 AM ET David Fizdale had just arrived to the small port city on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It’s not a vacation, but it might be the most important trip of the summer for the New York Knicks head coach. It’s late July, and Fizdale and his wife, Natasha Sen-Fizdale, are in
6:44 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Dragan Bender had been one of the most scouted European prospects in years, a 7-foot Croatian inspiring lofty comparisons. He was drafted No. 4 overall by the Phoenix Suns, the youngest player in the NBA, and yet he never evolved into the centerpiece of a franchise renaissance. Coaches were hired
1:29 PM ET The Cavaliers will host the 2022 NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland, league sources confirmed to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. The news was first reported by Crain’s Cleveland Business. The Cavs were in contention to host the 2021 festivities (which eventually went to Indianapolis), but their bid was postponed due to delays in renovations
1:13 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN The Bulls have exercised their third-year option on forward Lauri Markkanen and the fourth-year options on guards Kris Dunn and Denzel Valentine. Dunn, Valentine and Markkanen have all missed extended time this season due to injury. Markkanen, who management has labeled as a franchise building block, injured his elbow during
1:40 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan popped up from the floor in front of the Dallas Mavericks bench determined he wouldn’t blow another opportunity, after misfiring on what could have been the game winner at the end of regulation. “I got a great look,” DeRozan said. “I was mad