5:28 PM ET A day after openly criticizing LeBron James for some acts that he considers to be “embarrassing” and “beneath him” considering James’ stature in both the sport of basketball and society at large, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar issued an apology to the current Lakers star. “All I have to say is
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6:50 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — After another setback while ramping up the rehab of his left knee, there is increasing pessimism that Chicago Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball will return to the lineup this season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. No final decision has been made, but a meeting in the coming days
1:18 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Zion Williamson‘s stepfather, Lee Anderson, said he expects Williamson to return to play this season, but understands that it’s a decision that has to be made with the New Orleans Pelicans‘ medical staff with a look not only toward the present but the future as well. Anderson made the comments
12:52 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving has played in some of the most pressure-packed atmospheres the game can offer, but as his team prepares for next week’s play-in tournament and tries to solidify its playoff seeding with just four regular-season games left, Irving admits he has never felt this kind
11:22 AM ET Associated Press Gene Shue, a two-time NBA Coach of the Year who won 784 games with the Bullets, 76ers and Clippers, has died. He was 90. A five-time All-Star as a player for the Pistons, Shue went on to coach for more than two decades. He took the Baltimore Bullets to the
8:00 AM ET Could the NBA regular season’s final week decide the 2022 MVP? While Denver Nuggets center and reigning MVP Nikola Jokic has the inside track at the award, both he and Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid have plenty to play for down the stretch. (The Nuggets can still capture home-court advantage in the
8:01 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA on Monday fined Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff $15,000 after he was highly critical of the officiating in Sunday night’s 112-108 home loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. “That game was taken from us,” Bickerstaff said Sunday night. “We deserved to win it.” Bickerstaff was upset with what
7:37 PM ET Free-agent guard Luca Vildoza is expected to finalize a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks that’ll take him through the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN. Vildoza — MVP of the 2020 Spanish ACB League finals — has fully recovered from foot surgery and will be activated for the Bucks in the playoffs, sources
2:08 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons will not be making his season debut in the regular season as he continues to deal with a herniated disk issue in his back, Nets coach Steve Nash said after Monday’s practice. Nash added that while he remains hopeful that Simmons will return at
2:35 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant said he believes his team’s season got derailed when he injured the MCL in his left knee in mid January. “To be honest, I feel like our season was derailed by my injury,” Durant said after Monday’s practice. “So I’m not looking at it