1:25 PM ET Associated Press SWAC members Grambling State and Southern have been invited to play in the second NBA HBCU Classic at this season’s All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. The Feb. 18 game, which will precede All-Star Saturday night’s lineup featuring the NBA’s dunk contest, 3-point shootout and skills competition, will be shown
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11:30 PM ET Lakers guard Russell Westbrook will be reevaluated Saturday after exiting Los Angeles’ 133-86 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night with a left hamstring injury. Westbrook exited the court in the first quarter, but it was unclear how he suffered the injury. Coach Darvin Ham said after the game that Westbrook
9:04 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — “Hey, you’re the guy who guarded Zion, right?” Bryson Bishop has heard that a time or two since a video went viral of him in eighth grade guarding the high school version of New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson. 1 Related Williamson, then a 6-foot-6 junior, looked
11:29 AM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. The Los Angeles
9:13 AM ET Zion Williamson is ready to shock the world, Paul George is willing to cede the spotlight, and more from our NBA quotes of the week. “I’m gonna show the world things that I’ve had in my arsenal that I didn’t show before.” New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson, on returning from injury,
8:00 AM ET Ben Simmons looks and sounds like he’s in a very good place with the Brooklyn Nets. Sitting in the padded courtside seats of Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum during shootaround on Wednesday, the 26-year-old swingman says, after nearly a year and a half away from an NBA floor, he is embracing his new role
8:00 AM ET ESPN Fantasy The 2022-23 NBA season is less than a week away and fantasy basketball draft season is in full swing. Our fantasy basketball experts have been busy participating in a number of drafts across leagues as well as offering advice about strategy in different formats. However, there are always a few
8:51 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green returned to practice on Thursday following a week away from the team after the fallout from punching Jordan Poole last Wednesday. The Warriors opted not to suspend Green for the incident, and instead fined him. He will play in the Warriors’
9:50 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — After several videos went viral making it appear Russell Westbrook was intentionally distancing himself from teammates during the Los Angeles Lakers‘ preseason loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, the veteran guard offered context to debunk any signs of discord. In one video, shot on a phone by
4:54 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — With Lonzo Ball sidelined to begin the season, the Chicago Bulls are looking to second-year point guard Ayo Dosunmu to provide leadership while he’s in the starting lineup. “He has no problem leading,” coach Billy Donovan said Thursday. “If he thinks he’s got something to say to somebody