7:08 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Hawks guard Trae Young is sidelined with a non-COVID-19 illness and will not play Wednesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said Young woke up not feeling well. “We decided to allow him to rest,” McMillan said. Rookie guard AJ Griffin is likely to start
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12:13 PM ET ESPN Fantasy The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 9, which means there is less than a month for trade rumors to heat up and for key fantasy players to change teams. Which players would be most impacted — either in a good or bad way — if they were to be dealt?
3:58 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN Nikola Jokic is doing it again. The two-time reigning MVP is battling for the top spot in both fantasy basketball and NBA impact. Here’s the question: how? In writing this article, I went back through my history of analysis of Jokic. He is a posterchild for a player that showed
3:24 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic was drilling big fourth-quarter shots in the midst of yet another 40-point explosion against the LA Clippers. But Kawhi Leonard made sure the Clippers’ longest losing streak of his era with Paul George didn’t continue. Leonard answered two long 3-pointers by Doncic with a
7:50 AM ET Since the turn of the new year the Denver Nuggets have beaten the Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers and LA Clippers, and have taken over the top spot in the Western Conference alongside the Memphis Grizzlies. Two-time defending MVP Nikola Jokic is putting together his third legitimate campaign for the award and is
9:26 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The short-handed Miami Heat became even more depleted in the second quarter of their game Tuesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, when backup center Dewayne Dedmon was ejected. The Heat had only nine players available for the game and Dedmon was one of eight they used in
1:01 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Heading into Tuesday night’s game, the Golden State Warriors were confident Stephen Curry‘s return would be just what they needed to build on the momentum they had established during their homestand without him. Instead, the Warriors looked like a similar version of the team they were when
10:59 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Jimmy Butler took the last free throw of the night, then bent his knees a bit and almost seemed unsure what would happen as the ball made its way to the rim. Turns out, it was perfect — and so were the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. They
12:10 AM ET ESPN News Services SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell had 46 points in his return to Utah, but the Jazz rallied late behind Jordan Clarkson to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-114 on Tuesday night. Clarkson scored 32 points, including five 3-pointers, and poured in nine straight down the stretch to fuel a
5:00 PM ET Phoenix Suns president and CEO Jason Rowley told a group of team employees that a recent story placing him at the center of allegations of verbal abuse, retaliation and intimidation in the workplace misrepresented him, and that he would not be resigning from his role, multiple current employees told ESPN. Rowley made