8:51 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA on Tuesday night unveiled the rosters for this month’s Rising Stars Challenge, which featured the presence of G League Ignite players for the first time. Four top prospects playing for the Ignite — Jaden Hardy, Dyson Daniels, Scoot Henderson and MarJon Beauchamp — joined 12 players from each
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7:48 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal will miss at least his team’s next four games after being diagnosed with a ligament injury in his left wrist. The Wizards said Beal was diagnosed with an injury to the scapholunate ligament and would be reevaluated in one week. Beal will miss Tuesday night’s game against
1:26 PM ET PHOENIX — James Harden (right hand strain) went through all of the Brooklyn Nets‘ shootaround Tuesday and has been upgraded to probable for the game Tuesday night against the Phoenix Suns. “I think he’s feeling less irritation,” Nets coach Steve Nash said after the shootaround. “So the inflammation’s come down. Therefore, the
3:57 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN ANTONIO — The Golden State Warriors will be without more than half of their active roster, including Stephen Curry, when they face the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday in the second game of a back-to-back. After dropping 40 points against the Houston Rockets on Monday, Curry is listed as
2:22 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant will be recognized as one of the leading women in sports at an event during Super Bowl week. Bryant — the widow of Kobe Bryant — will be honored at the third annual Sports Power Brunch: Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Sports on Feb.
5:30 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. had surgery for the broken bone in his left foot on Tuesday, a week after suffering the injury. The Mavericks said Hardaway would be able to begin rehabilitation immediately, but that there was no timetable for his return to the lineup. Hardaway,
Jan 31, 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
12:56 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN HOUSTON — For the second time in 10 days, the Houston Rockets were giving the Golden State Warriors every inch of fight they had in them. And for about three quarters, it looked to be wearing the Warriors down. But then in the fourth, Stephen Curry erupted. He scored 21
7:25 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young was scratched from Monday’s lineup with a right shoulder contusion. Coach Nate McMillan said Young was a game-time decision. The Hawks host the Raptors on Monday. Young’s injury occurred in the first half of Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers when
2:41 PM ET After tests revealed a torn ACL in his left knee, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles will miss the rest of the season and need to rehabilitate into the start of the 2022-23 season, sources told ESPN. The Jazz revealed a torn ACL that included no other structural damage after an MRI on