1:56 PM ET Detroit Pistons guard Luke Kennard has a sprain in the AC joint in his right shoulder, the team announced Friday. Kennard will begin rehabilitation and will be re-evaluated again in two weeks. Sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Kennard is expected to miss three to four weeks. Kennard left Thursday’s game against
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4:18 AM ET LOS ANGELES — As LeBron James walked to the free-throw line with 12.9 seconds left, an approving Kobe Bryant clapped and pumped both of his fists, encouraging his old team and its new superstar to close out their best win of the early season. Seated at the corner of the baseline, Bryant
1:45 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Coming off their first win of the season over Phoenix‘s desert island of misfit toys, the Lakers sparked their first winning streak of the season, topping the Denver Nuggets 121-114 on Thursday. The game was a seesaw affair throughout, but the Lakers wrested control of the game in the
1:38 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — What was already the worst start to a season in the Oklahoma City era of the Thunder, got a little bit worse with a deflating 101-95 loss to the Boston Celtics on Thursday. The Thunder led by 16 at halftime, holding the Celtics to only 34 points, but with
8:08 AM ET We’re two weeks into the NBA season and the last two unbeaten teams (Toronto and Milwaukee) are matched up on Monday night. There also has been plenty of movement up and down our Power Rankings. Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz, Tim MacMahon and Andre’ Snellings, The Undefeated’s Marc
6:47 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Houston Rockets are making a renewed bid to acquire Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler, including four future first-round draft picks in their most recent offer, league sources told ESPN. The Timberwolves have continued to solicit offers on Butler since the start of the regular season, the sources said. Houston’s
9:32 PM ET Detroit Pistons guard Luke Kennard probably sustained a right shoulder separation and will undergo an MRI on Friday, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Kennard left Thursday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers after running into a Tristan Thompson screen. Kennard is in his second season with the Pistons after being taken 12th
8:06 AM ET A new season, and a new batch of 10 Things: 1. The Raptors, everywhere you look Toronto looks like the most complete team outside whatever basketball hedonism Stephen Curry oversees in the Bay. They have the versatility to mimic small-ball without actually being small, which is the best way to win in
3:34 PM ET Chicago Bulls forward Bobby Portis is expected to miss four to six weeks with an MCL sprain in his right knee, the team annnounced. Portis suffered the injury Wednesday in the Bulls’ 112-110 win over the Charlotte Hornets — Chicago’s first win of the season — when he collided with Hornets guard
3:01 PM ET Free agency may be more than eight months away, but the public courting of Kevin Durant has already started. With Durant and the Golden State Warriors in New York to play the New York Knicks on Friday, a marketing company has put up a billboard near Madison Square Garden recruiting Durant to