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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After two months of rehabilitation to attempt a return to the New York Knicks, All-NBA forward Julius Randle will undergo season-ending right shoulder surgery, the team announced Thursday. Randle, who has been out since dislocating his shoulder on Jan. 27, had been relentlessly rehabilitating

ESPN News Services Apr 3, 2024, 10:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Kristaps Porzingis had 27 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, helping the Boston Celtics power past the Oklahoma City Thunder 135-100 on Wednesday night to secure the best record in the NBA and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Boston, which won

Apr 3, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jerry West has been elected into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for a record third time, with his latest path coming as a contributor to the game, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. West, 85, has been previously inducted into the Hall of Fame

Apr 3, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re less than two weeks away from the conclusion of the 2023-24 NBA regular season, and a myriad of possibilities still remain in the West and East playoff seeding. In the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves have each locked up

ESPN News Services Apr 2, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rajon Rondo officially announced his retirement from the NBA after 16 seasons. During an appearance on the “All the Smoke” podcast, Rondo was quick with a response when asked by host Matt Barnes if the NBA has seen the last of him. “Absolutely,”

Apr 2, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is in the starting lineup for the first time since Jan. 30 for Tuesday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Embiid has been rehabbing from left meniscus surgery and returns with seven games left in the Sixers’ regular season. Philadelphia

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterApr 2, 2024, 08:12 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions JUST AFTER 9 A.M. on Feb. 9,

Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 2, 2024, 12:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — More than an hour after Monday’s game ended, Devin Booker‘s night still wasn’t done. With more than 40 friends and family on hand from Booker’s hometown of Moss Point, Mississippi, less than a two-hour drive from New Orleans, Booker stood near

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 10:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The return of Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is imminent and could come as soon as Tuesday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources told ESPN on Monday. Embiid, who has been out since Jan. 30, has been delivering the final preparations for his

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 1, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — In the days before having cake for her husband’s 49th birthday and a flight to Honolulu for the opening of training camp, Gina Zanik made her stand. Her husband, Justin, the general manager of the Utah Jazz, had gone eight

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 31, 2024, 11:38 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Few players have played basketball as long as LeBron James

ESPN News Services Mar 31, 2024, 01:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Victor Wembanyama‘s celebratory tossing of a basketball into the stands was costly. The NBA fined the San Antonio rookie $25,000 on Sunday for the act, which came at the end of Friday’s 130-126 overtime win for the Spurs over the

Open Extended Reactions Players around the NBA broke out a slate of unique footwear during Week 23. Editor’s Picks Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis wore a pair of Zoom Soldier 1 retros that were relaunched in 2018 to celebrate LeBron James’ 25 straight points against the Detroit Pistons in the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals.

Associated Press Mar 29, 2024, 08:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Jamal Murray has been ruled out for the Denver Nuggets‘ showdown against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night as he continues to deal with a sprained left ankle and a swollen right knee. The winner will hold the top seed in the

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMar 30, 2024, 06:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sacramento Kings guard Malik Monk — one of the frontrunners for NBA Sixth Man of the Year — has suffered a sprained right MCL and is expected to miss four-to-six weeks, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Monk, who was injured after Luka Doncic landed

ESPN News Services Mar 30, 2024, 12:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell looked different wearing a protective mask. With the All-Star guard finally back, so did the Cavaliers. Mitchell returned after missing six games with a broken nose and made two free throws with 12.8 seconds left as Cleveland edged the

Associated Press Mar 29, 2024, 11:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 40 points and added 20 rebounds and seven assists, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame Jalen Brunson’s career-best 61 points to beat the New York Knicks 130-126 in overtime on Friday night. Brunson finished one point

Mar 29, 2024, 01:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse and guard Kelly Oubre Jr. were each fined $50,000 by the NBA on Friday for their reactions to a missed call that cost Philadelphia in a one-point loss to the LA Clippers on Wednesday. After no foul call was made on

Field Level Media Mar 29, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cleveland Cavaliers signed forward Marcus Morris Sr. for the rest of the season, the team announced Friday. Morris signed a 10-day contract with the Cavaliers on March 18 in the wake of injuries to guard Donovan Mitchell (nasal fracture), forward Evan Mobley

Mar 28, 2024, 12:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State star Draymond Green on Thursday expressed regret for again being ejected — this time, less than four minutes into the game — in the Warriors’ victory against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night. “It just can’t happen,” Green said on “The Draymond Green Show”

Ramona Shelburne Close Ramona Shelburne ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Adrian Wojnarowski Mar 28, 2024, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is no longer selling his controlling stake in the franchise to minority owners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez,

Mar 28, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball will not play again this season as he continues to rehab a right ankle injury, the team announced Wednesday. Ball has been out since Jan. 27, when he did not play in the second game of a back-to-back. The 22-year-old missed

Kendra Andrews, ESPNMar 27, 2024, 07:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Since Draymond Green returned from his indefinite suspension in January, the Golden State Warriors have applauded the way he has maintained his fire while managing not to cross the line. He would bark at officials and play with physicality, but did

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMar 27, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Sixers coach Nick Nurse expressed optimism that reigning MVP Joel Embiid will be back on the court before the end of the regular season. “I think there’s a very good likelihood that he will return before the play-in, playoff,” Nurse said before

Mar 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re coming down to the wire of the 2023-24 NBA regular season, and the race to stay out of the play-in tournament is only getting tighter in the Eastern and Western Conferences. In the East, the Philadelphia 76ers have tumbled down the ranks since Joel Embiid’s

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 27, 2024, 01:57 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Exhausted from logging 52 minutes, 51 seconds — the most playing

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMar 26, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions USA Basketball announced its four-member 3×3 national team for the Paris Olympics Tuesday. Canyon Barry, former NBA player Jimmer Fredette, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis will

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMar 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Mar 25, 2024, 06:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter is under investigation by the NBA following multiple instances of betting irregularities over the past several months, multiple sources told ESPN on Monday. At issue are prop bets involving Porter from games on Jan. 26 and March 20, multiple sources told

Andrew Lopez, ESPNMar 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INSIDE THE VISITOR’S locker room at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, the Portland Trail Blazers are getting their belongings together, heading home after an exhausting four-game road trip in late January. As players head out to the bus, small pink backpacks can