9:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Willie Reed was the No. 1 pick Saturday in the G League draft, his rights going to the Salt Lake City Stars. The 28-year-old Reed has spent parts of three seasons in the NBA, appearing in 152 games with the Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, LA Clippers and
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9:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Knicks rookie Kevin Knox suffered a sprained left ankle in the first quarter of Saturday’s game against the Boston Celtics. The severity of Knox’s injury is unclear. The Knicks said X-rays for Knox are negative. Knox, 19, turned his ankle on a hard drive to the basket. It was
6:39 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Memphis Grizzlies power forward JaMychal Green will likely be lost for four to six weeks after surgery to repair a fractured jaw, league sources told ESPN. Green isn’t expected to be cleared for contact activities for a month, league sources said. Green was elbowed in the Grizzlies’ opener on Friday
4:55 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As much as Saturday will be a brand-new experience for LeBron James, playing his first official home game with the Los Angeles Lakers, he’ll have a friend in the building making things seem mighty familiar. Rap star Kendrick Lamar visited the Lakers on Friday as part of their
8:00 AM ET Pablo S. Torre This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Oct. 29 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! “I really feel like a zoo animal. That’s where life’s gone for me.”— Odell Beckham Jr., to LeBron James, on “The Shop” MEDIA EXECUTIVES DO not categorize sports as reality television, but this is a
8:17 PM ET DALLAS — Disgruntled Minnesota Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler will not play Saturday night against the Dallas Mavericks due to precautionary rest, the team announced. Jimmy Butler received a mixture of boos and MVP chants during the Wolves’ 131-123 win in their home opener Friday and said afterward, “I think people kind of
10:53 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are struggling to reach an agreement on lowering the age limit to 18, differing on the league’s desire to attach two conditions to ending the one-and-done NBA draft era, league sources told ESPN. Commissioner Adam Silver is pressing NBPA executive director Michele Roberts
4:40 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Jonas Jerebko‘s game-winning tip-in with 0.3 seconds left in Friday’s 124-123 decision over the Utah Jazz didn’t just give the Golden State Warriors a victory, it solidified the veteran forward’s place on his new team. “That’s the moment where he’s one of us,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said
2:46 AM ET Chris Herring TORONTO — Between the multiple MVP chants that rained down from the crowd and the 31 points and 10 rebounds he jammed Friday’s box score with in the Raptors‘ impressive 113-101 win over the Celtics, it’d be easy to assume that this, already, is Kawhi Leonard at his best. Kawhi
2:21 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — The Bucks couldn’t have hoped for a better debut in their new home. Giannis Antetokounmpo picked up where he left off last season, coach Mike Budenholzer‘s offense displayed a firepower the team lacked last year, and Milwaukee blew out the visiting Indiana Pacers 118-101 in the first regular-season