9:33 AM ET LOS ANGELES — There were no shortage of events for sports fans in Los Angeles to be excited about on Saturday. From the Dodgers’ Game 7 to USC and UCLA football to the Kings’ day game at Staples Center, there was something for everybody in the city. Los Angeles, however, is a
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12:21 PM ET The Chicago Bulls are walking away from oft-injured Omer Asik, announced they had waived the center on Sunday. Asik hadn’t played for the Bulls this season after he was ruled out indefinitely with inflammatory arthritis in September. Asik’s $11.3 million salary for 2018-19 was fully guaranteed, and he is owed $3 million
5:34 AM ET Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that,
8:00 AM ET This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! Last season’s Houston Rockets came within one Chris Paul hamstring (well, and 27 straight missed 3s) of toppling Golden State and going to the NBA Finals. It was odd, then, when Daryl Morey signed 34-year-old Carmelo Anthony to a one-year,
7:34 AM ET Marc J. Spears LOS ANGELES – Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul and Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo and forward Brandon Ingram could receive multiple game suspensions and fines for their involvement in an altercation during Saturday night’s game. The last time the NBA had a major fight was almost 12 years
3:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — “Laker fans, the wait is over.” So said Ice Cube as he concluded the opening invocation that greeted fans on the video screen as they filed in from the buzzy concourse into the bowl at Staples Center. Among the promises offered to those in attendance were “the dawn of
7:34 AM ET DALLAS — “Welcome to the Future,” read the slogan on the blue T-shirts waiting for fans at the American Airlines Center on Saturday night. The Dallas Mavericks certainly envision their home opener as a sign of things to come for a franchise that is preparing for the post-Dirk era. Luka Doncic and
1:51 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN CHICAGO — The Bulls were one stop and one basket away from winning their home opener, but they didn’t get either. Instead, Detroit Pistons guard Ish Smith slid by Zach LaVine and split two Bulls defenders to hit a game-winning layup with five seconds left in a 118-116 win. LaVine
12:44 AM ET NEW YORK — All-Star guard Kyrie Irving said that before he committed to re-signing with the Boston Celtics, he strongly considered the New York Knicks as a potential free-agent destination. Knicks rookie Kevin Knox had to be helped off the court after suffering a sprained left ankle Saturday against the Celtics. X-rays
11:59 PM ET The Denver Nuggets say Will Barton suffered a right hip injury and will not return to Saturday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns. Barton scored on a reverse layup with just under nine minutes left in the third quarter and immediately went down to the court, holding his groin area. He remained