5:36 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Quin Snyder endorsed Draymond Green for MVP consideration, and the appreciative Golden State Warriors forward agreed with the Utah Jazz coach about the way he impacts winning. Green, who was cleared from the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will return to play against the Miami Heat on Monday,
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7:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers valued roster flexibility in the moment over potential playoff contributions in the future when it came to trading Rajon Rondo, L.A. coach Frank Vogel explained Monday. L.A. sent out Rondo, a couple of players stashed overseas and $1.1 million, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, as part of
6:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA announced Monday that 11 games have been rescheduled in response to the wave of postponements that have taken place over the past several weeks due to the recent surge of COVID-19. A total of 21 games were impacted: 11 that were previously postponed, another eight future games that
4:41 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Cavaliers forward Isaac Okoro could miss three weeks with a sprained left elbow suffered in Sunday’s win over the Indiana Pacers. Okoro, who was out earlier this season with a hamstring injury and recently in the league’s health and safety protocols, got hurt when he ran into
10:34 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets are preparing for Kyrie Irving to make his NBA season debut Wednesday against the Indiana Pacers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Irving, who is not vaccinated for COVID-19, hasn’t played all season because of the Nets’ decision before the regular season not to allow him to participate because of
9:00 AM ET 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 DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls ended 2021 with fireworks. They started 2022 with some too. The NBA’s leader in fourth-quarter scoring was at it again this past week, knocking down wild, buzzer-beating 3-pointers in back-to-back fashion to stun the Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards. Thanks to DeRozan’s late-game heroics, the Bulls
11:08 PM ET ESPN News Services OKLAHOMA CITY — Luka Doncic had 14 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in his return from a 10-game absence and Marquese Chriss came off the bench to score a season-high 15 points, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 95-86 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.
10:03 PM ET ESPN News Services OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder rookie guard Josh Giddey, back after missing three games while in the NBA’s health and safety protocols, became the youngest player in league history to record a triple-double during Sunday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. Giddey finished with 17 points, 14 assists
11:11 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — For just under 44 minutes Sunday night at TD Garden, it appeared the Boston Celtics were going to start their new year off about as badly as they possibly could. But then Jaylen Brown decided that wouldn’t happen. And, as a result, what seemed destined to be one