12:10 AM ET NEW YORK — As Kyrie Irving watches Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James continue to rise up the NBA record books at age 38, he does so with admiration, but not surprise. Irving, the Brooklyn Nets All-Star guard, spent three years playing with James as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and
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12:16 AM ET NEW YORK — LeBron James isn’t the only Los Angeles Lakers player making remarkable moves in the record books while the team remains pedestrian in the standings. Guard Russell Westbrook (8,972) passed Gary Payton (8,966) for No. 10 on the NBA’s all-time assists list during the Lakers’ 121-104 loss to the Brooklyn
8:08 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner grew tired of the semiannual trade rumors. Each February and each summer in recent years, the 6-foot-11 former Texas star would hear and see his name linked to a new deal. Virtually every time, Turner explained his preference was to stay with the
8:30 PM ET Toronto Raptors wing O.G. Anunoby has been ruled out for at least the next four games with a left wrist injury, the team announced Monday. The Raptors were on the road against the Phoenix Suns on Monday night, losing 114-106. They’re set to visit the Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies
6:00 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN Here are a few Monday thoughts from the Hoops Lab, as we prepare for Week 16 of the fantasy basketball season. Keep in mind, the fantasy basketball rest-of-season rankings also update on Mondays, so check those out as your prepare for this week’s games. Between the rankings and this article,
10:49 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo saw it coming. The Milwaukee Bucks star was about to start a postgame on-court interview when out of the corner of his eye, he saw his teammates standing in the tunnel. He knew exactly what they were plotting, too. As more teammates emerged, Antetokounmpo slowly started
11:40 PM ET ESPN News Services The Memphis Grizzlies held a moment of silence Sunday for Tyre Nichols before they played the Indiana Pacers, the club’s first home game since footage was released of Memphis police officers beating Nichols to death after a traffic stop Jan. 7. Nichols, 29, died three days after the beating
5:51 PM ET The fallout from the Los Angeles Lakers‘ overtime loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday continued Sunday with a statement from the National Basketball Referees Association on its official Twitter account. “Like everyone else, referees make mistakes,” the union wrote in its tweet. “We made one at the end of last night’s
5:07 PM ET NEW YORK — LeBron James and Anthony Davis were both ruled out of Monday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, the Los Angeles Lakers announced Sunday. On the front end of back-to-back games in New York, James will be held out with left ankle soreness. Editor’s Picks Davis is resting with a right
Jan 27, 2023 Steve Alexander Our new weekly fantasy column — Risers and Fallers — is back, taking a look at players you should be targeting, as well as players you should think about moving. Let’s take a trip around the league, beginning in Detroit with a young center making a lot of noise. Risers