7:10 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Magic Johnson says he doesn’t want LeBron James to be so overworked by the Los Angeles Lakers that it becomes “Cleveland all over again.” Kobe Bryant says James has been “doing everything” and noted that “that’s not the recipe for winning championship by no means.” What does James
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6:01 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James Jr.’s basketball debut in Los Angeles went better than his dad’s did. The 14-year-old, who goes by Bronny, scored 27 points in his first game for Santa Monica Crossroads’ eighth-grade basketball team in a win over Culver City Middle School on Monday. Bronny, who wore No.
9:39 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz is expected to miss three to six weeks to undergo rehabilitation on his right shoulder, league sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Fultz, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft, has been diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, his attorney/agent Raymond Brothers and the
2:51 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Chicago Bulls players have had 24 hours, one practice and a shootaround to digest the dismissal of Fred Hoiberg as head coach and Jim Boylen’s promotion from associate head coach. “It’s tough,” Zach LaVine said after shootaround on Tuesday morning. “I texted [Hoiberg] right afterwards and let him
3:30 PM ET Patrick Beverley was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for throwing a ball at a fan on Sunday. The LA Clippers guard accused a Dallas Mavericks fan sitting courtside of cursing his mother, prompting him to throw a crisp bounce pass at the man during a break in play early in
12:56 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Even on a night off, Florida Panthers star Aleksander Barkov got hit. No penalty was called. No foul was called either. Barkov had courtside seats to watch the Miami Heat on Sunday night against the Jazz — and got a closer view of Dwyane Wade than he expected.
12:51 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN After undergoing a physical, free agent center Joakim Noah is signing a one-year, veteran’s minimum contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday worth a prorated $1.73 million, league sources told ESPN. Noah, 33, will serve as a backup center for the Grizzlies. He will join the team for Tuesday’s practice,
2:20 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant says the growing pains LeBron James and the Lakers have endured for much of this season are a necessary evil but that they will square things away soon enough. “They have a determination to figure it out,” Bryant told Lakers play-by-play announcer Bill MacDonald at the team’s
1:26 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — After the Denver Nuggets pulled off yet another impressive win on Monday, beating the Toronto Raptors 106-103 to stretch their win streak to six games, Nuggets guard Jamal Murray was asked about the latest sensational performance from Denver’s star center, Nikola Jokic. Before Murray could answer the question,
11:58 PM ET ATLANTA — In just his second game since returning from a strained left groin injury, Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry scored 30 points in 29 minutes during Monday night’s 128-111 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. Curry outscored the Hawks by himself in the first quarter 18-17, going 6-of-7