2:34 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM DALLAS — Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic will miss Saturday’s Game 1
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2:07 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star center Jarrett Allen plans to go through pregame warm-ups with the intention of playing against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday but will make a final decision at game time, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Allen has not played since breaking his left middle finger March 6 against the Toronto
3:36 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls will be without two assistant coaches for at least their playoff opener against the Milwaukee Bucks after Chris Fleming and Damian Cotter tested positive for COVID-19, coach Billy Donovan said. Donovan said the team found out Friday morning that Fleming — Chicago’s lead assistant —
4:13 PM ET France’s Ousmane Dieng, a 6-foot-10 projected lottery pick, will enter the 2022 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Friday. He’s the first European star to make the leap to Australia as part of the NBL’s Next Stars program, and is ranked No. 12 in the ESPN 100 rankings of draft prospects. Dieng,
4:36 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving says he does not care what the outside world thinks about his decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccination — and is steadfast in his belief that he made the “right decision for me.” “I can really say that I stood firm on what
9:51 AM ET Baylor freshman Jeremy Sochan will enter the 2022 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring agents, he told ESPN on Friday. “I am fortunate enough to be declaring for the 2022 NBA draft,” Sochan, the No. 14 prospect in the ESPN 100, told ESPN. He said he would sign
8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN THE LINE WAS wrapped around the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. It was July 5, 2019, and the debut of Zion Williamson was here. After waiting through the first three games, fans were eager to see the main event: Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans taking on the
1:01 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are back in the playoffs for the first time in two years. And unlike the last time they were in the postseason — and the four times before that — there aren’t many expectations surrounding them. Sure, they are expected to make it
4:38 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry participated in the team’s scrimmage Thursday, marking another benchmark in his return from a left foot strain that has kept him out since March 16. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said both he and Curry are optimistic that the guard will be
6:49 PM ET Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Thursday, one day after he struck a young fan with his mouthpiece after he was ejected from the team’s play-in loss to the host Atlanta Hawks. The incident occurred after Bridges was whistled for a goaltending call midway through the