8:00 AM ET NBA GAMBLERS HUNTING for angles have long eyed fatigue as an edge to be exploited. A brutal back-to-back set that finishes in Denver? A five-in-seven stretch capped by consecutive games and eastward flights across time zones? NBA squads on the wrong end of such games know they’ll likely be taking an L
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9:11 AM 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 are preparing for the strong possibility that five-time All-Star forward Kevin Love could miss more than a month with an injured toe in his left foot,
8:15 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN After his firing following an FBI probe at Louisville, Rick Pitino is planning to use the season to immerse himself in the NBA game and hopes to become a candidate for head-coaching openings in the spring. “I just want to be a part of an organization,” Pitino told ESPN. “I
3:49 AM ET LeBron James served up a tweet late Sunday night that, if the stars aligned, could serve as a flash point to one of the greatest, most-anticipated modern-day duels in history — one-on-one with Michael Jordan. Or maybe not. But James’ sarcastic reply to a tweeted NBC Sports promotional video featuring Jordan teasing
9:45 PM ET NEW YORK — Golden State Warriors superstars Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant are playing better together than at any other point in their three-year tenure, a fact that has become clear through the first two weeks of the NBA season. “The continuity of being together now for a while, winning back-to-back titles
8:17 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Steven Adams was a late scratch from the starting lineup for the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, after he experienced some tightness in his left calf during pregame warm-ups. Adams left the floor to get checked and treated, and his availability to return is in question. Nerlens Noel started
4:49 PM ET NEW YORK – Rehabbing Golden State Warriors big man DeMarcus Cousins apologized to head coach Steve Kerr on Saturday, one day after getting ejected from the bench during the Warriors win over the New York Knicks on Friday night. “We talked about it [Saturday] and he was great,” Kerr said prior to
5:17 PM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize our rosters. In this weekly series, we identify players available in at least half of ESPN leagues
11:32 AM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired coach Tyronn Lue after the team got off to an 0-6 start, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. After firing Lue, the Cavaliers are planning to promote Larry Drew to interim coach, sources told Wojnarowski. The Athletic first reported Lue’s dismissal. Lue, 41, had a 128-83
Oct 25, 2018 This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Oct. 29 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! It’s a Tuesday in late June, and all over Oklahoma City, email inboxes are about to catch fire. When the subject line “Russell Westbrook‘s Summer Hype House Party” hits the accounts of Thunder season-ticket holders, prominent local businesspeople