10:40 AM ET After completing a contract buyout, nine-time All-Star guard Russell Westbrook plans to sign with the LA Clippers, his agent, Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports, told ESPN. Once Westbrook and the Utah Jazz complete the buyout on the remaining $47 million owed on his expiring deal, the former NBA MVP will clear waivers
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11:00 AM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster
11:10 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Team Giannis had Giannis Antetokounmpo for only one play because of his sprained right wrist. Team LeBron only had LeBron James for one half because of a right hand contusion and a plan to save the 20-year veteran’s legs for the Los Angeles Lakers‘ post-break playoff push. And
12:20 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will travel to New York on Monday to undergo further testing on his injured right wrist, sources told ESPN. Antetokounmpo, who captained Team Giannis to a 184-175 victory against Team LeBron in Sunday night’s All-Star Game, played 20 seconds to begin
7:46 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Twenty years into his heralded time in the NBA, LeBron James didn’t mince words when asked about the challenge ahead for the Los Angeles Lakers in order to secure a postseason spot. “It’s 23 of the most important games of my career, for a regular season,” James said
12:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Kevin Love plans to sign with the Miami Heat after clearing waivers, his agent, Jeff Schwartz, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Love’s expectation is that he can play a sizable role in the Heat’s frontcourt rotation as they push into the Eastern Conference playoffs. Love also talked with the Philadelphia
11:08 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — It’s safe to say people know who Mac McClung is now. Once the poster boy for the NBA All-Star slam dunk contest’s path toward irrelevance, sporting a field of obscure participants rather than the certified stars of the past, McClung stole the show as if he were Michael
11:06 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — As the final shots ticked down in Saturday’s 3-point contest for Damian Lillard, he thought he had to make them to tie Buddy Hield in order to win it. Then, when he looked up at the video board after knocking down his final few shots, he
9:49 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — The hometown team had the sharpest skills on Saturday night. The Utah Jazz group of Jordan Clarkson, Walker Kessler and Collin Sexton beat out Team Antetokounmpo and Team Rookies to win the All-Star skills challenge. “Doing it for Utah, man,” Clarkson said during the on-court trophy ceremony afterward.
9:33 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — NBA commissioner Adam Silver pushed back on the notion that load management is a problem in today’s NBA, saying “I don’t buy into” the idea that players should simply just be playing more. “I hesitate to weigh in on an issue as to whether players are