6:48 PM ET Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets each have been fined $35,000 for violating the NBA’s media access rules, the league announced on Wednesday. “The fines result from Irving’s repeated refusal to participate in postgame media availability,” the league said in a statement. The NBA requires that healthy players be made available upon
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1:55 PM ET Luca Vildoza, an Argentinian guard with Baskonia of the Spanish ACB League, has agreed in principle to a four-year, $13.6 million deal with the New York Knicks, his agent, Alex Saratsis of Octagon Sports, told ESPN. Vildoza, one of the premier playmakers in Europe, will fly to New York once he clears
6:33 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram avoided a major ankle injury on Tuesday night but will miss Friday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. The team said Ingram has a left low ankle sprain; an MRI on Wednesday confirmed the injury, and his status is day-to-day. Ingram was injured just before
5:12 PM ET A series of recent big bets on an NBA long shot have showed at sportsbooks in multiple states. DraftKings reported that a bettor in Colorado on Tuesday placed a $20,000 bet on the Atlanta Hawks to win the NBA title at 100-1 odds. According to DraftKings, the same bettor placed another $20,000
6:00 PM ET Who is trending up? Which rotations are changing? And what’s the latest with the notable injuries around the NBA? Here’s a list of the most fantasy relevant news and notes for all 30 teams: Atlanta Hawks: The Hawks went after Bogdan Bogdanovic over the offseason to upgrade their perimeter shooting, and the
7:00 AM ET DURING OCCASIONAL SCROLLS through his Twitter mentions, Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles saw enough references to a particular stat to pique his curiosity. “I honestly Googled it one time to try to figure out what they’re talking about, and I had f—ing no idea still after reading it,” Ingles says. “I didn’t
10:48 PM ET Amid a year of difficulties with players and staff, Indiana Pacers coach Nate Bjorkgren’s future with the franchise is uncertain as the regular season nears an end, sources tell ESPN. Bjorkgren has significant work to do with his relationships among players throughout the team and with some members of the organization, but
12:39 AM ET The New Orleans Pelicans finally found a way to slow down Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry — all they needed was a lighting failure inside Smoothie King Center on Tuesday night. With 3:58 remaining in the third quarter and the Warriors leading 77-71, Curry set up for another 3-pointer when
12:43 AM ET After dropping consecutive games to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Brooklyn Nets are reexamining a theme that has been recurring this season: making up for a lack of the continuity that many of their Eastern Conference counterparts have going for them. The Nets fell to the Bucks 124-118 despite 32 points from Kevin
12:43 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — After a difficult loss Monday night to the Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson said he received a text message from his point guard, Lonzo Ball. Ball was coming off a 3-of-18 shooting performance in a game that had play-in implications for New Orleans.