7:45 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — While much of the discourse about this season’s Los Angeles Lakers has centered around the acquisition of Russell Westbrook and how the point guard has not been an ideal fit, LeBron James insists there is no one player responsible for the team still scuffling along below .500 as
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4:41 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray will make their NBA All-Star Game debuts after being named as injury replacements by commissioner Adam Silver on Monday. Ball will take the spot of Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, while Murray will sub for Golden State Warriors
6:35 AM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News When Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey reached out to Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks
11:03 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The inaugural NBA HBCU Classic between Howard and Morgan State will be televised nationally as part of All-Star weekend festivities as the league expands support of historically Black colleges and universities. The Feb. 19 game will be broadcast on TNT and ESPN2 from Wolstein Center, Cleveland State’s home
Feb 6, 2022 Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster
8:00 AM ET With the NBA trade deadline just days away (Thursday, 3 p.m. ET), teams around the league are looking to make deals. Sunday saw Caris LeVert traded from the Indiana Pacers to the Cleveland Cavaliers, as LeVert joins a team in Cleveland that has continued to defy expectations this season despite significant guard
8:57 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Nikola Jokic, inching closer to tying Wilt Chamberlain on the career triple-doubles list, joined the Hall of Famer as the only players with multiple 25-point triple-doubles on 80% shooting in NBA history on Sunday. Jokic had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists while shooting 12-of-15 from
1:56 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Norman Powell had just had his new furniture delivered and was still getting settled into his Portland home when he found out he was being traded to the LA Clippers. In his LA debut on Sunday, Powell showed he could very well be a nice multi-purpose addition to the
4:40 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired Indiana Pacers guard Caris LeVert in a trade, sources told ESPN on Sunday, a significant addition to one of the most promising young rosters in the Eastern Conference. LeVert goes to the Cavaliers with a 2022 second-round pick via Miami for Ricky Rubio‘s expiring contract, a lottery-protected
3:56 PM ET DENVER — The Brooklyn Nets do not plan to trade James Harden prior to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. Nets coach Steve Nash made that clear before Sunday’s game against the Denver Nuggets as Harden’s name continues to pop up in trade speculation. “Yes,” Nash said. “That’s correct.” Nash also said Harden has