6:01 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson was born in Los Angeles, watched his father, Mychal, play for the Lakers and spent his high school years in the Southern California area. He understands more than most just how much passion for the game there is in the area. As his Golden State Warriors get
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4:59 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Lonzo Ball will return to the court and play alongside LeBron James for the first time this preseason on Wednesday night against Golden State. Ball, who has been eased back into action after undergoing surgery for a torn left meniscus, said he will come off the bench. Ball
2:59 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver is leaning toward the eventual hiring of interim general manager James Jones as the franchise’s full-time GM, league sources told ESPN. Sarver fired GM Ryan McDonough on Sunday night and issued a statement on Monday that assigned Jones and assistant GM Trevor Bukstein to share
3:53 PM ET Alexander Lee On Monday night, over 891,000 viewers tuned in for the first-ever Riot Games-sanctioned friendly match between two professional international teams: Clutch Gaming and Bilibili Gaming. To celebrate Clutch Gaming’s new friendship with Chinese video sharing site Bilibili, the two squads faced off in one serious match, followed by a trio
1:21 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks sold a team record 10,000th season ticket Tuesday, 10 days before they open the season in their new arena. The previous record came 30 years ago when they sold 8,985 season tickets for the 1988-89 season when the team opened the Bradley Center. “This is such a major moment
12:47 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was ejected early in the third quarter of Monday night’s preseason game against the Phoenix Suns. The incident came just 9 seconds into the period after Warriors guard Stephen Curry was called for his second offensive foul of the game and the Warriors’
1:48 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry admits that talk of a potential three-peat is something he and his teammates have discussed as they get set to open the 2018-19 season. “We talk about the three-peat just because it’s in front of us,” Curry said. “I don’t think that’s something
1:35 PM ET SHENZHEN, China — Coach Brett Brown remains committed to keeping guard Markelle Fultz in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ starting lineup but is considering bringing last year’s No. 1 overall pick off the bench to begin the second half of games. Brown experimented with that rotation during the 76ers’ 115-112 loss to the Dallas
1:23 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks have fired a longtime team photographer who allegedly sexually harassed former female team employees, a source confirmed to ESPN. The firing of photographer Danny Bollinger was first reported by the Dallas Morning News on Monday. The Mavs’ decision came three days after NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that the
1:15 PM ET San Antonio Spurs point guard Dejounte Murray has a torn right ACL, the team announced Monday. Murray was injured in the second quarter of Sunday’s preseason loss to the Houston Rockets. Driving to the basket with James Harden guarding him on a fast break, Murray winced in pain just as he planted