5:38 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen says he’s recently learned that the non-Hodgkin lymphoma he was treated for in 2009 has returned. The 65-year-old Allen shared the news Monday, writing that his team of doctors has started treatment and that he plans on fighting the disease aggressively.
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5:49 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James will make his Staples Center debut as a Los Angeles Laker on Tuesday, but Lonzo Ball will continue to be held out. After making his Lakers preseason debut Sunday against the Nuggets in San Diego, James will play limited minutes, possibly in the same range as
2:47 AM ET SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Lakers ‘ much-anticipated first preseason game opened with a bang as JaVale McGee tapped the opening tip toward LeBron James, who watched Rajon Rondo take the ball and throw an alley-oop to a twisting McGee from near halfcourt for the Lakers’ first points. The start to
11:52 PM ET SAN DIEGO — LeBron James‘ first game with his third franchise opened up with a pair of highlight-worthy plays in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ preseason debut against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. True to form, James’ first tally in the stat book as a Laker was an assist off a no-look, wraparound
12:01 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Michael Beasley‘s debut with the Los Angeles Lakers lasted six minutes after he was forced out of Sunday’s preseason opener with a head laceration. Beasley came off the bench to score four points, including a 3-pointer, before leaving against the Denver Nuggets for good with 9 minutes, 2 seconds
10:36 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans center Jahlil Okafor left Sunday’s preseason game against the Chicago Bulls late in the fourth quarter with an injured right ankle. Okafor underwent an X-ray on his right ankle and will have an MRI on Monday, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Okafor was seen in the arena
11:17 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Pau Gasol hunched over to jam a foot into a grey Nike high-top sneaker and took a quick survey of the room, before leaning back, exhaling, and cracking a smile with both eyebrows raised. “Interesting.” No need for elaboration, here. The description more than sufficed Sunday for the new-look
4:58 PM ET TEMECULA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers have repeatedly praised Rajon Rondo for the level of communication he’s brought to training camp. At Sunday’s shootaround ahead of the Lakers’ preseason opener against the Denver Nuggets, Rondo offered up praise of his own — rather than instruction — for L.A. forward Brandon Ingram.
7:37 AM ET It’s time for our Seventh Annual League Pass Rankings. This is a watchability ranking based on a complex algorithm Bill Simmons and I unearthed while rifling through Dr. James Naismith’s archives. These are not power rankings. Louder: These are not power rankings. Teams are awarded between one and 10 points in five
2:31 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Tom Thibodeau’s summer from hell started in the back of a gym in Las Vegas. Long before Jimmy Butler demanded a trade from the Timberwolves, Thibodeau stood in a corner of the Cox Pavilion at the Vegas Summer League in mid-July answering questions from a small group of reporters.