1:04 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Kevin Durant said he’d love to play in next month’s All-Star Game, but he won’t do anything to disrupt the healing process from his MCL sprain if it’s determined to be in his best interest to sit out until after the break. “I want to play tomorrow
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5:12 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman will likely make his return to the court Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies after missing the last 11 games with a left ankle sprain. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Wiseman was questionable for the game following practice on Tuesday, and
7:19 AM ET Brian Windhorst and a team of ESPN’s Insiders sort out life and the news from in and around the NBA world, including Mike Brown’s path of coaching maturation, the NBA’s major problem with contract extensions and the matchup between Philadelphia 76ers‘ Joel Embiid and Brooklyn Nets‘ Ben Simmons. Just before Mike Brown
11:58 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN ORLANDO, Fla. — Magic forward Jonathan Isaac stood at the scorer’s table, had a brief talk with coach Jamahl Mosley and calmly removed his shooting shirt. He turned to the court, stuck his mouthpiece in and walked onto an NBA floor to play his first game in over 900 days.
10:11 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 29 points in the first quarter, returning to the lineup after a five-game absence to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 150-130 win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday night. The two-time MVP had been out with a sore left knee and
1:07 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a deal to acquire Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura for Kendrick Nunn and three second-round picks, sources told ESPN on Monday. The deal includes a 2023 second-round pick via Chicago, the Lakers’ own in 2029 and the less favorable of the Wizards’ and Lakers’ 2028
3:56 PM ET Washington Wizards star Kristaps Porzingis has been sidelined with a sprained left ankle, but there’s optimism he can return to the court within two weeks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. Porzingis suffered the injury in the third quarter of Saturday’s win over the Orlando Magic. The Wizards on Monday officially
1:10 PM ET Montverde Academy (Florida) has won Geico Nationals in back-to-back years. With five players ranked in the 2023 ESPN 100 and four more ranked in the 2024 ESPN 60, can the Eagles make it a three-peat? We rank the best teams in the country for the 2022-23 season. Below is the ESPN High
7:22 AM ET Somewhere along his path toward becoming the NBA’s all-time scoring leader, LeBron James reached the ultimate state of being as an offensive force: unguardable. “Early on, it was a lot of just speed and jumping and then figuring it out,” James said in January, looking back at his career the day after
2:56 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — With his team down by 25 points at the half after being outscored 45-13 by the Trail Blazers in the second quarter, Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham kept his comments to the players brief during the break. “Darvin walked out of here and said, ‘Y’all figure this s—