6:39 PM ET Nets star Kevin Durant will miss Brooklyn’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday as he continues to deal with a left thigh contusion. Nets big men Nic Claxton and Reggie Perry have been placed in the league’s health and safety protocols and will also miss Tuesday’s game in New Orleans.
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6:15 PM ET Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is out indefinitely due to a partial tear of his plantar plate in the big toe of his right foot. An MRI on Monday revealed the injury, according to a statement from the team. Turner, 25, averaged 12.6 points and led the league with 3.4 blocks per
3:19 PM ET Gonzaga freshman guard Jalen Suggs — the third-rated player in ESPN’s Top 100 prospects — is entering the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday. Suggs made the announcement Monday afternoon on The Jump from his Minneapolis home. Suggs, a 6-foot-4 point guard, led Gonzaga to a sensational season as the
3:49 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NBA free agency ahead of the 2021-22 season will begin on Monday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. ET, with contracts allowed to be officially signed on Friday, Aug. 6, at 12:01 p.m., the league said. Monday’s announcement comes in the wake of the league saying last month that the NBA
3:23 PM ET ESPN News Services Antron Pippen, the oldest child of Scottie Pippen and a former player himself, has died, the longtime NBA great said Monday. Pippen shared the news in an Instagram post accompanied by several photos of the two from over the years. “The two of us shared a love for basketball
7:00 AM ET A few quality wins have propelled the Philadelphia 76ers back into our No. 1 spot. Joel Embiid and the 76ers have won four straight, with the past three coming against playoff teams in the LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Dallas Mavericks. The Utah Jazz, meanwhile, have dropped two of their past four
7:56 PM ET Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo pulled out his phone, looking to see who had texted him after his game-winning baseline jumper to beat the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, 109-107. “Let’s check,” he said, scrolling through a pile of messages. “My mommy. Juwan Howard. And all my friends and homeboys. Closest people.”
4:07 PM ET Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant suffered a left thigh contusion in the first quarter Sunday against the Miami Heat and has been ruled out for the remainder of the game. Durant appeared to get tangled with Miami’s Trevor Ariza when he drove toward the basket for a layup in the first quarter.
11:54 AM ET The NBA has instructed teams to be vigilant about the impact of a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial for the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis this week, including the possibility of game postponements, sources told ESPN. The looming specter of possible protests, civil unrest and team reactions in the aftermath
6:22 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy said his team “deserved to lose” after two mistakes at the end of regulation led to a 122-112 overtime loss to the New York Knicks on Sunday afternoon. The Pelicans led by three with 7.8 seconds to go at the end of regulation,