5:22 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Sunday afternoon marked the return of two point guards for the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns. Boston’s Kemba Walker made his Orlando debut, but he wasn’t on the floor for long, while the Suns got Ricky Rubio back after he joined the team in the bubble just six days ago.
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10:55 AM ET The NBA has placed Lou Williams on 10-day quarantine after the LA Clippers guard was investigated by the league for what he did while on an excused absence from the Orlando, Florida, campus. The league announced Williams’ quarantine on Sunday, three days after Williams was photographed by the rapper Jack Harlow at
3:50 PM ET Associated Press The NBA is handing down one-day quarantines to players who forget to go to their designated locations for the daily coronavirus test — with Dallas‘ Kristaps Porzingis the latest to get that penalty. Porzingis missed Dallas’ scrimmage on Sunday because of his forgetfulness. Denver‘s Paul Millsap had to sit out
11:10 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid will sit out Sunday afternoon’s scrimmage against the Oklahoma City Thunder with right calf tightness. The Sixers said before the scrimmage that Embiid began feeling tightness in the calf during Friday’s 90-83 victory over Memphis in Philadelphia’s first action inside the NBA’s bubble at the
7:22 PM ET The NBA is investigating what LA Clippers guard Lou Williams did while on an excused absence from the Orlando, Florida, campus, so it can assess the length of his re-quarantining process, multiple sources told ESPN on Saturday. Williams was photographed at an Atlanta gentleman’s club on Thursday night by the rapper Jack
4:29 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Longtime NBA commissioner David Stern, who was instrumental in launching the WNBA in 1997, will be posthumously inducted into the Women’s
9:16 PM ET Associated Press Milwaukee Bucks reserve guard Pat Connaughton flew to Florida on Saturday after a positive coronavirus test had kept him from joining his teammates at Walt Disney World two weeks earlier. The Bucks tweeted a video of Connaughton sitting in an airplane and saying, “heading to Orlando to meet up with
1:45 PM ET Note: This article was originally published on December 12, 2019. It has been updated to reflect the selection of Tom Thibodeau on July 25, 2020. The New York Knicks have found their next sideline leader, and it’s someone who has plenty of history with the team. Sources tell ESPN that the Knicks
1:17 PM ET The New York Knicks and Tom Thibodeau are finalizing a five-year deal to make him the franchise’s next head coach, sources tell ESPN. Knicks president Leon Rose and agent Spencer Breecker of CAA Sports were working Saturday to complete contractual terms and a signed agreement is expected in the near future, sources
12:00 PM ET The NBA season is set to resume Thursday at Walt Disney World, but a little over 100 miles away at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, the WNBA season tipped off Saturday. Under normal circumstances, the NBA and WNBA seasons don’t overlap, which usually leads to many NBA players attending WNBA games