8:21 PM ET ESPN staff The 2022-23 NBA season is finally here, and that means players will show off their style on the pregame runway. 1 Related Tuesday night saw some of the league’s brightest stars rock outstanding attire. Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James channeled his 2003 draft-day look with modern updates. Golden State
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1:31 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine missed the team’s regular-season opener against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night with left knee injury management, according to Bulls public relations. LaVine told reporters after shootaround on Wednesday morning in Miami that his absence was not tied to a setback but rather load management
12:29 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons couldn’t hold back his excitement as he prepared to play in his first regular-season NBA game in almost a year and a half. “Ready to go,” Simmons said after Wednesday’s shootaround, in advance of the Nets’ season opener against the New Orleans Pelicans. “Very
1:44 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight was found intoxicated and unconscious and holding a gun with his vehicle in drive before he was arrested on Sunday morning on DWI charges, according to Charlotte Mecklenburg County Police. Police released the new details on Bouknight’s arrest on Wednesday. Police said
4:21 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Russell Westbrook said he “absolutely” believes that Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham’s decision to bring him off the bench in L.A.’s preseason finale could have caused the hamstring strain he suffered that night. “I’ve been doing the same thing for 14 years straight,” Westbrook said following the Lakers’
8:00 AM ET God Shammgod springs to his feet in front of the Dallas Mavericks‘ bench, a big smile on his face, as he discusses one of his favorite subjects: dribbling. Specifically, in this instance a couple of hours before an Oct. 7 home preseason game, Luka Doncic‘s dribbling. Shammgod, a Mavericks player development coach
11:14 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors unveiled their 2021-22 NBA championship banner and rings Tuesday night ahead of the season-opening 123-109 win against the Los Angeles Lakers. “It takes resiliency to win a title, and resiliency is what defines this Warriors team,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said during the
1:49 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — After Celtics interim head coach Joe Mazzulla entered the locker room for the first time as a winning coach following Boston’s season-opening 126-117 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night, he gave his players a few moments of praise and encouragement for a comprehensive performance against one
8:15 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Ahead of the Celtics opening the 2022-23 NBA season against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night at TD Garden, the franchise celebrated the life and legacy of Bill Russell, the 11-time NBA champion and civil rights icon whose No. 6 was permanently retired by the NBA in the
10:00 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — As the Golden State Warriors wrapped up their Western Conference finals series against the Dallas Mavericks, stamping their ticket back to the NBA Finals, a man by the name of Jason Arasheben started receiving text messages from a few Warriors players. The texts were simple — and