10:38 PM ET Sacramento Kings guard Tyrese Haliburton has no ligament damage to his left knee, an MRI revealed, but likely will miss the rest of the season. Haliburton won’t require surgery and is expected to make a full recovery, the team said Tuesday night. Haliburton needed help leaving the court after sustaining the injury
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4:30 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday approved a $750,000 settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Bucks NBA player Sterling Brown over his 2018 arrest in which he was taken to the ground and shocked with a Taser. The incident started when Brown was approached by police over
11:31 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Anderson Varejao is back with the Cleveland Cavaliers, signing a 10-day contract Tuesday to begin a stint to celebrate his 12-year run with the team. The 38-year-old center hasn’t played in the NBA since 2017 with the Golden State Warriors. The Brazilian agreed to come back and finish
12:41 PM ET Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has entered into the league’s health and safety protocols and there’s a current expectation that he could miss multiple games, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The third-year player is averaging 21.6 points over his past six games. For the season, he’s averaging 12.4 points and career highs
4:13 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is expected to miss back-to-back games against the LA Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday and Friday to rest his injured right ankle, sources told ESPN. It is possible James could miss more games, sources said, as he works through discomfort in a right ankle
9:02 AM ET University of Michigan sophomore forward Franz Wagner — the ninth-rated draft prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 — told ESPN he is entering the 2021 NBA draft. Wagner, who plans to hire an agent, was the highest-rated player on ESPN’s board still unannounced for the July draft. The 6-foot-9 Wagner led the Wolverines
12:42 AM ET Stephen Curry has set the bar so high for himself that nobody seems surprised anymore when he puts up eye-popping numbers on a nightly basis. The latest example came Monday night during a 123-104 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, as the Golden State Warriors star guard poured in 41 points. The
10:34 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Russell Westbrook became the only player with multiple 20-assist, 20-rebound games in NBA history — Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player with one — and the surging Washington Wizards moved closer to Indiana in the Eastern Conference playoff standings by beating the Pacers 154-141 on Monday
8:53 PM ET On an and-1 3-pointer, the Portland Trail Blazers‘ Carmelo Anthony moved into the top 10 all time in NBA scoring Monday night, passing Elvin Hayes. With 11:09 left in the second quarter against the Hawks in Atlanta, Anthony isolated on the right wing and pulled up from 3, plus the foul. After
2:44 PM ET LeBron James will sit out the Los Angeles Lakers‘ game against the Denver Nuggets on Monday night at Staples Center to rest his right ankle, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne. James aggravated the ankle in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 121-114 loss to the Toronto Raptors at Staples Center.