7:43 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets swingman Cody Martin will miss at least four weeks after having arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Friday. Martin injured his left quad in the team’s regular-season opener and has not played since. He had also been bothered by a left knee injury in the
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3:18 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard participated in a 5-on-5 workout on Friday for the first time since being sidelined with stiffness in his right knee last month. LA Clippers coach Ty Lue said Leonard will miss his 10th consecutive game on Saturday when the Clippers face the Brooklyn Nets at Crypto.com
6:43 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — USA Basketball still has some work to do before clinching a berth in next year’s World Cup. Bruno Caboclo scored 24 points, Georghino De Paula added 18 and Brazil greatly improved its chances of making the 32-team World Cup field by beating the U.S. 94-79 in a qualifying
12:56 PM ET Suspended Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has met with team, league and union officials on “several occasions” in recent days and there’s optimism for a resolution “very soon,” the National Basketball Players Association told its membership Friday in an email obtained by ESPN. Nets owner Joe Tsai and his wife, Clara, on
1:46 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO – The NBA fined Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic $15,000 on Friday for making an obscene gesture on the playing court during Wednesday’s 115-111 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Vucevic was called for a traveling violation with 4:32 remaining in the first quarter and as he turned to
9:14 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he has “no doubt” that Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving is not antisemitic after the two had what Silver called “a direct and candid conversation” earlier this week at the league’s headquarters in New York. Silver, who is Jewish, discussed Irving in an interview with the New
5:07 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James did not suffer a tear in his groin late in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ loss to the LA Clippers on Wednesday, an MRI revealed Thursday. Lakers coach Darvin Ham said James is day-to-day going forward. The team is officially listing him as doubtful for Friday’s game
3:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane $15,000 on Thursday for kicking a ball into the stands. Joe Dumars, the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the fine. Bane kicked the ball into the stands with 54.7 seconds left in the fourth
8:00 AM ET Matt Ryan hit the biggest shot of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ season for free. Well, kind of. The training camp invitee, who earned a partially-guaranteed contract and a spot in coach Darvin Ham’s early-season rotation, is waiting on the first direct deposit to hit his account. “I haven’t even gotten a paycheck
10:33 AM ET Associated Press The relationship between Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving and Nike is likely severed for good, the shoe giant’s co-founder told CNBC. “I would doubt that we go back,” co-founder Phil Knight said in an interview that aired Thursday. “But I don’t know for sure.” Nike announced last Friday that it