5:31 PM ET Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is “making good progress” after missing the past five games because of a lower left leg injury, the team said Wednesday. Curry has started individual on-court workouts and will be reevaluated again in one week, the team said. Curry suffered partial tears to his superior tibiofibular
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6:37 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham opened up his team’s final stretch of the season after the All-Star break by stating Los Angeles’ goal loud and clear: The Lakers don’t want to just make the playoffs, they want to avoid the play-in tournament. “The goal is for us
9:25 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN LOS ANGELES — Gary Payton II didn’t really want to leave Golden State during the offseason. Following a six-year journey that saw him play in the G League and on numerous 10-day contracts and two-way assignments, he felt he’d finally found a home. So, when he found out he had
4:14 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Kevin Love got to know Bam Adebayo through time together with USA Basketball. He already is fond of Adebayo’s mother, Marilyn Blount. And Love and Adebayo already have exchanged some items, such as jerseys after a game and profane but hilarious comments on Instagram. Seems like a perfect
12:53 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — New Bulls guard Patrick Beverley already has a pair of games circled on his calendar for his new team — and both are against the Los Angeles Lakers, his former squad. While discussing his addition to the Bulls during “The Pat Bev Podcast” on Tuesday, Beverley made note
12:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Hawks general manager Landry Fields said Wednesday that former Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder is among those being considered to replace Nate McMillan. Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday — the day the Hawks fired McMillan — that Snyder was considered a leading candidate for the job.
8:00 AM ET Kyle SoppeESPN The second half of the NBA season tips off on Thursday after a lengthy All-Star break and each game will start to become drastically more important as we head toward April and the NBA playoffs. The Boston Celtics remain title favorites and used a huge turnaround in the second half
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN There has been little reason to take the Los Angeles Lakers seriously as a contending team this season. The Lakers sit 13th in the Western Conference, meaning they have to leapfrog at least three teams to get into the play-in tournament. But when LeBron James was asked whether his Lakers
10:59 PM ET Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. — Miles Bridges says he may be back in the NBA soon, returning to play for the Charlotte Hornets. “It’s been a long process,” Bridges told The Associated Press on Tuesday night at halftime of Michigan State’s home game against No. 17 Indiana. “I might be back
5:31 PM ET The Atlanta Hawks fired coach Nate McMillan on Tuesday, clearing the way for an immediate search that will start with leading candidate Quin Snyder, sources told ESPN. The Hawks made assistant Joe Prunty the interim coach of a team that’s 29-30 and in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, but new general