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Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 20, 2024, 11:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Knicks and their fans went out of their way to celebrate the returns of Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett, who each played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night for the first time since being traded to the Toronto Raptors

Associated Press Jan 20, 2024, 01:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PORTLAND, Ore. — Jerami Grant scored 37 points and the Portland Trail Blazers spoiled Pascal Siakam‘s debut with the Indiana Pacers with a 118-115 victory Friday night. Malcolm Brogdon added a season-high 30 points for the Blazers, who led by as many as 13

ESPN News Services Jan 19, 2024, 10:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — As Devin Booker‘s hit his sixth 3-pointer of the night to eclipse the 50-point plateau, he turned and looked up about 15 rows behind the Phoenix Suns‘ bench, where his father and grandfather were sitting. Booker scored a season-high 52

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 20, 2024, 12:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic spent the two days leading up to Friday night’s clash with the Boston Celtics grieving the death of Golden State Warriors assistant Dejan Milojevic. He then went out and collected 34 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists

Jamal Collier, ESPNJan 19, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Bulls guard Zach LaVine will miss at least one week with a sprained right ankle, the team announced Friday. LaVine injured his ankle in the third quarter of Thursday’s win over the Toronto Raptors and immediately removed himself from the game. In

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 09:37 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Police in Newport Beach, California, will not pursue charges against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey after closing an investigation into allegations that he had

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 18, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As they have from the start of All-Star voting earlier this month, Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James led their respective conferences ahead of next month’s All-Star Game, as the third and final set of fan results were announced Thursday afternoon. Voting wraps up Saturday,

Associated Press Jan 18, 2024, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Raptors president Masai Ujiri said Thursday that the health status of former Toronto center Christian Koloko “is in the hands of the NBA.” Later Thursday, The Athletic reported that Koloko is suffering from a blood clot issue and has been referred to

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJan 18, 2024, 07:17 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions Few can do a stolid face better than Frank Vogel. The set jaw, mouth turned down at the corners giving off both impassivity and resolve. The

Jan 17, 2024, 02:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Indiana Pacers have acquired All-Star forward Pascal Siakam in a three-team deal that sends Bruce Brown, Jordan Nwora and three first-round picks to the Toronto Raptors, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. The New Orleans Pelicans are the third team in the deal, sending

Jan 17, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic has died after suffering a heart attack at a private team dinner. He was 46. The Warriors said Milojevic died Wednesday morning in Salt Lake City after being hospitalized the previous night. “We are absolutely devastated by Dejan’s sudden passing,” Warriors head

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions THERE ARE EXACTLY 124 courtside seats inside Crypto.com Arena for every Los Angeles Lakers home game. Securing a pair of them for any game is no easy task.

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 17, 2024, 01:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Before Tuesday night’s showdown between the Philadelphia 76ers and the defending champion Denver Nuggets, 76ers coach Nick Nurse was asked about the head-to-head battle between the top two finishers in the past three MVP races: 76ers center Joel Embiid and Nuggets counterpart

Jan 16, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TWO WEEKS AGO, Joel Embiid returned from a four-game absence caused by a sore ankle, an injury that kept him out of the Philadelphia 76ers‘ marquee Christmas Day matchup with the Miami Heat. After that Jan. 2 win against the Chicago Bulls, during which Embiid recorded

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJan 16, 2024, 03:30 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 LOS ANGELES — The Lakers hit the halfway mark of the season with

Kendra Andrews, ESPNJan 15, 2024, 10:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green made his return from his indefinite suspension but he wasn’t able to lift the Warriors past a depleted Memphis Grizzlies team, falling 116-107. Green, whose absence spanned 16 games, came off the bench in the

ESPN News Services Jan 15, 2024, 07:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Reigning league MVP Joel Embiid returned from his latest injury to score 41 points and grab 10 rebounds in leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 124-115 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday. Embiid’s 17 straight games with 30 points are

Andrew Lopez, ESPNJan 15, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VICTOR WEMBANYAMA SAW the play developing before he even crossed half court. He had Tre Jones and Julian Champagnie to his right. On his left, Jeremy Sochan controlled the ball while Devin Vassell ran to the wing. Once he entered the frontcourt, Sochan dribbled

ESPN News Services Jan 15, 2024, 12:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown used a laptop to highlight multiple calls that he found frustrating after his team lost an overtime thriller, 143-142, to the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. Brown was ejected early in the fourth quarter after storming on the

Kendra Andrews, ESPNJan 14, 2024, 04:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is planning to make his return against the Memphis Grizzlies on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. He isn’t listed on the team’s injury report for Monday’s game. Green has missed 13 games while

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJan 14, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Detroit Pistons have traded forwards Marvin Bagley III and Isaiah Livers and two future second-round draft picks to the Washington Wizards for Danilo Gallinari and Mike Muscala, sources told ESPN on Sunday morning. The deal unloads $12.5 million in Bagley’s guaranteed money for

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJan 13, 2024, 06:07 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 SALT LAKE CITY — LeBron James will not play against the Utah Jazz

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 13, 2024, 06:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Ime Udoka said before coaching his first game in Boston since being suspended for the 2022-23 season for multiple violations of team rules, and ultimately being removed as the Celtics‘ coach, that he never completed the job he was hired to do.

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJan 12, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As Charlotte Hornets All-Star guard LaMelo Ball returns from a six-week absence, the NBA will allow him to keep uncovered a tattoo below his left ear that previously had been considered a violation of league rules against commercial logos, sources told ESPN on Friday.

Jamal Collier, ESPNJan 12, 2024, 10:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls celebrated their inaugural class for the organization’s new Ring of Honor during halftime of Friday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors. The first class included 13 men and the entire 1995-96 team, which went 72-10 and won the

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 12, 2024, 06:09 PM 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

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 11, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA disseminated an analytic report to its teams and select media members this week that said there is no correlation between players being load managed and having a reduced risk of injury. The report, the latest step in what has been a long

ESPN News Services Jan 11, 2024, 11:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Portland Trail Blazers 139-77 on Thursday night, a 62-point victory that matched the fifth-largest rout in NBA history. “It was almost like

Jan 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA trade deadline is Feb. 8, and expect to see plenty of movement as teams look to shake up their rosters. Which moves will impact the landscape of the NBA heading into the 2024 playoffs? And what deals will affect teams looking to rebuild

ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2024, 11:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Victor Wembanyama looked like the biggest playmaker in the world, setting up teammates with slick passes on the break and in the post. The 7-foot-3 French rookie phenom had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his first NBA triple-double,