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6:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Nuggets guard Will Barton will have surgery Tuesday on his right hip area to repair the adductor muscle and is expected to be out five to six weeks, a source told ESPN’s Marc Spears. Barton was carted off the court Saturday after he said he felt something pop when
9:00 AM ET Jackie MacMullan Close ESPN Senior Writer Award-winning columnist and author Recipient of Basketball Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award Joined ESPNBoston.com in 2010 Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The Toronto Raptors won 59 games last
8:21 AM ET Who are the biggest risers and fallers after the first week of real NBA basketball? Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz, Tim MacMahon and Andre’ Snellings, The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears and FiveThirtyEight’s Chris Herring) ranks the league’s 30 teams from top to bottom. Previous rankings: Week 1 |
1:17 AM ET DENVER — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has carved out an All-Star career for himself based largely on his defensive prowess. As he watches scores skyrocket all over the NBA during the first week of the season, Green articulated what many around the league believe. “It’s been called pretty tight,” Green
9:21 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Trae Young had 35 points with 11 assists — the best line for an NBA rookie in eight years — and Kent Bazemore scored 23 as the Atlanta Hawks rolled to an easy 133-111 win on Sunday over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who lost their home opener and fell
10:21 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The NBA suspended Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram (four games), guard Rajon Rondo (three games) and Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul (two games), all without pay, for their roles in a fourth-quarter fight on Saturday night in Los Angeles. “Ingram has been suspended for aggressively returning to and escalating
5:49 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — After missing the opening two games, Thunder star Russell Westbrook will make his return on Sunday against the Sacramento Kings. Westbrook will be in his standard starting spot and has no minutes restriction, Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. Westbrook underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Sept. 12 and has been
3:28 PM ET New York Knicks rookie Kevin Knox will be sidelined for at least one week due to a left ankle sprain. An MRI on Sunday confirmed that Knox suffered a sprained ankle in the first quarter of the Knicks’ loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday, the team said. Knox will not travel
2:15 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The NBA is evaluating a video shot courtside that appears to capture Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo spitting into the face of All-Star Chris Paul on Saturday night at Staples Center, league sources told ESPN. With 4:13 remaining in the game and the Rockets ahead 109-108, a fight occurred