6:02 PM ET Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Pau Gasol played his first game in two years on Friday after returning to Barcelona, the team where he started his career two decades ago. The former two-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers had not played since 2019, when he made his last appearance for
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5:02 PM ET Arkansas guard Moses Moody has hired an agent and will enter the 2021 NBA draft, he announced Friday on The Jump. The 6-foot-6 freshman is the No. 21 ranked prospect in ESPN’s latest best available list. Moody was one of three freshman in the country to average 15 points and five rebounds
10:42 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Trae Young scored 42 points to help the Atlanta Hawks overcome a sizzling performance by Zach LaVine to beat the Chicago Bulls 120-108 on Friday night. LaVine scored 39 of his career-high 50 points in the first half, and Nikola Vucevic had 25 points and 10 rebounds
2:31 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Earl Simmons, the rapper, songwriter and actor known as DMX, died Friday at the age of 50. DMX, who rose to fame in the early 1990s, died after having a heart attack earlier last week. “We are deeply saddened to announce today that our loved one, DMX, birth name of
1:12 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Patrick McCaw, a reserve who has played on three NBA championship teams, was waived Thursday by the Toronto Raptors. He has been limited to five games this season because of a knee injury. He played less than seven minutes a game. McCaw signed with the Raptors in January
3:02 AM ET The LA Clippers and Phoenix Suns have played twice this season, and there have been contentious moments resulting in technical fouls, flagrant fouls, ejections and plenty of “chirping.” After Paul George scored 33 points to help the Clippers take a 113-103 win over the Suns at Staples Center in a game that
8:58 PM ET Seven months after winning the franchise’s 17th title, the Los Angeles Lakers will finally unveil their 2020 NBA championship banner, the team announced. Prior to Thursday’s rematch against their 2020 Finals opponent, the Miami Heat, Lakers CEO and president Jeanie Buss revealed the team’s plans to display the banner at long last
12:31 PM ET Toronto Raptors guards Fred VanVleet and DeAndre’ Bembry and Los Angeles Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker have been suspended one game each without pay for leaving the bench area during an on-court altercation during the Lakers’ 110-101 win on Tuesday. Raptors forward OG Anunoby and Lakers big man Montrezl Harrell were fined for
12:13 PM ET Golden State Warriors president and chief operating officer Rick Welts, a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, will retire after the 2020-21 NBA season, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Welts has spent 46 years working in the NBA and, in 2011, became the most prominent sports executive
10:32 AM ET Center Khem Birch is finalizing a contract buyout with the Orlando Magic and plans to sign with the Toronto Raptors upon clearing waivers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. The 28-year-old Birch, a native of Montreal, is averaging 5.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 19.8 minutes per game for