5:11 PM ET Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell needed to be helped off the floor and into the locker room by teammates during the third quarter of Friday’s game against the Indiana Pacers due to a right ankle injury. He did not return. X-rays were negative on Mitchell’s ankle, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Sources
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12:19 PM ET Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade has purchased an ownership stake in the Utah Jazz, joining majority owner and governor Ryan Smith with plans to take an active role in the franchise and region. Wade, an eight-time All-NBA player with the Miami Heat, is the latest of several Hall of Fame-level players with
12:01 PM ET USC Trojans 7-footer Evan Mobley – the No. 2 prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 – has declared for the 2021 NBA draft via an NFT. “LEAGUE BOUND!” he said in a post on Twitter. “I’ve dreamed about turning pro since I was a kid. Come along for the journey.” Mobley was named
9:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis has been cleared for full-contact practice and his return to game action is imminent, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said Thursday. It’s been a while since Vogel has had a reason to smile when asked about the health of his players — the latest
8:36 PM ET Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman had surgery to fix the meniscus injury in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season, the team announced Thursday. The Warriors called the surgery successful. Coach Steve Kerr said before Thursday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers that he spoke to Wiseman after
2:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the list of Hall of Famers scheduled to present the 2020 class of honorees — led by Michael Jordan honoring Kobe Bryant. Jordan, who spoke at Bryant’s memorial service in February 2020, will also introduce Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey, making
11:10 AM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets center LaMarcus Aldridge announced on Thursday that he is retiring from the NBA after 15 seasons. “For 15 years I’ve put basketball first,” Aldridge wrote. “And now, it is time to put my health and family first.” Aldridge said that he experienced an irregular heartbeat during the
2:52 PM ET Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Zach LaVine is expected to miss several games after entering into the NBA’s health and safety protocol, sources told ESPN. The Bulls called off practice Thursday because of health and safety protocol concerns, the team said. Chicago’s playoff hopes have been dampened lately, as the Bulls have dropped
11:59 AM ET Only a few weeks after signing with the Brooklyn Nets, seven-time NBA All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement on social media. 1 Related “My last game I played while dealing with an irregular heartbeat,” Aldridge wrote. “Later on that night, my rhythm got even worse which really worried me even more. The
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Two months ago, this year’s race for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award looked as competitive as any in recent memory. But injuries have laid waste to the deep field of contenders, leaving Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic clearly standing above the rest of the field. Jokic, who has not