10:40 PM ET James Harden left the Houston Rockets‘ 100-89 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz on Wednesday night with tightness in his hamstring, coach Mike D’Antoni said. The team is not certain about the severity of the injury. Harden will be re-evaluated Thursday. Harden was subbed out at 5:19 of the fourth quarter and
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9:03 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons, who missed one game against Detroit with back tightness, will play Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks, the team announced. Simmons will start and will not have any minute restrictions in the Eastern Conference matchup. The reigning rookie of the year sustained the
7:35 PM ET Former NBA commissioner David Stern, reflecting on a 2011 proposed Chris Paul trade that he vetoed when the league was the interim owner of the then-New Orleans Pelicans, said it has stood the test of time and that general manager Dell Demps was “lousy” and was poised to lose star Pelicans center
7:04 PM ET ESPN News Services NBA agent and Klutch Sports co-founder Rich Paul called the choice of top prospect Darius Bazley to forgo college and opt for a $1 million shoe-company internship the product of a broken system, saying Wednesday the on-court component of the next seven months was “the one thing that we
5:33 PM ET Joel Embiid was issued a warning for flopping during the Philadelphia 76ers‘ overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday, the NBA announced. The warning doesn’t carry a monetary fine, but if Embiid violates the NBA’s anti-flopping rules again, he will be fined $5,000. The league also rescinded a technical foul issued
3:29 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton was fined $15,000 on Wednesday for publicly criticizing the officiating following Monday’s 143-142 overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Walton, clearly frustrated with the Lakers’ 0-3 start, opened his postgame news conference by saying several missed calls on LeBron James and his teammates were “not
11:28 AM ET A group of five-star prospects and their inner circles, as well as one NBA general manager, offered reactions to the NBA G League initiative announced Thursday, expressing a mixture of skepticism and a desire for more details before reaching any conclusions. Five of the 13 players in the 2019 ESPN 100 still
10:59 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Dewayne Dedmon is expected to play in the Atlanta Hawks‘ home opener after missing the first three games recovering from a fractured left ankle. The 7-foot center participated in his first full practice and was cleared for Wednesday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. The Hawks are still
12:21 AM ET DETROIT — Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid may have lost to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday night, but there is a place he might have won. In Pistons center Andre Drummond‘s head. “I think I own a lot of real estate in his head,” Embiid told reporters after the Sixers’ 133-132 loss
9:10 AM ET AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Andre Drummond grabs the rebound, stops, turns and momentarily freezes. For years, he had been used to the same routine: Pass the ball to a specific player, or turn to Stan Van Gundy to pick up the next play. Now, there is none of that. For a second