Thomas Bryant has gone from project to productive starter in the blink of an eye, using size and skill to make an impact for the Washington Wizards. Thomas Bryant is big, skilled, versatile, tenacious, aggressive, and seemingly a joy to play with based on the huge smile you see flashed across his face in the
4:52 PM ET Charlotte Hornets rookie PJ Washington is expected to be sidelined through Christmas with a fractured finger, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Hornets play five games in that stretch. The injury occurred in the fourth quarter of Charlotte’s 83-73 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday, the team said in a
It’s Dec. 12, and we’re over a quarter of the way through the 2019-20 NBA season. More importantly, we’re three days away from the 15th – the day much of the league because trade-eligible. By now, teams have a good idea of who they are and where they want to be in four months when
12:41 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will pack up their bags in Miami on Saturday and fly to Atlanta for the third leg of their five-game road trip Sunday, but the team plane will be missing some precious cargo. LeBron James chartered a flight of his own on L.A.’s off day in between games
Josh Okogie’s game is hard to describe and even harder to categorize. But he’s made himself essential to the up-and-coming Timberwolves. Pull out a thesaurus before you watch Josh Okogie. The Minnesota Timberwolves wing demands a better vocabulary. Few basketball players are more fascinating than those that teeter on the edge of chaos and brilliance.
2:29 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — With Lou Williams out, LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers wanted Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to be even more aggressive in their staggered minutes Friday night in Minnesota. What Rivers got in return was the first pair of teammates in franchise history to score at least 40 points each in
It’s Dec. 12, and we’re over a quarter of the way through the 2019-20 NBA season. More importantly, we’re three days away from the 15th – the day much of the league because trade-eligible. By now, teams have a good idea of who they are and where they want to be in four months when
6:53 PM ET Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo returned Friday night against the Grizzlies after initially being listed as questionable with a right quad tendon injury. The reigning MVP and candidate to repeat missed Wednesday’s 127-112 win over the Pelicans with the injury, the first game he had missed this season. He was upgraded to probable
Jabari Parker’s career has been derailed by two devastating knee injuries. Know, with the Atlanta Hawks, he’s finally found his footing. Most of Parker’s past failures can’t be put on just him. When drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the No. 2 overall pick, he was supposed to be the key piece to the core
7:51 AM ET Let’s plant ourselves in the lane for 10 NBA things: 1. Jimmy Butler and the Heat, cutting you to pieces The post-LeBron James Miami Heat adapted to their superstar void by crafting a whirring motion offense designed to add up to more than the sum of its parts. They cut and screened
It’s Dec. 12, and we’re over a quarter of the way through the 2019-20 NBA season. More importantly, we’re three days away from the 15th – the day much of the league because trade-eligible. By now, teams have a good idea of who they are and where they want to be in four months when
1:21 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Joel Embiid declared Thursday morning that Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal were right: He needed to start looking to dominate games. He didn’t waste time taking their advice to heart. In a spectacular performance at TD Garden on Thursday night, Embiid had 38 points, 13 rebounds, six assists
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8:18 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Al Horford sat out what was supposed to be his first game back at TD Garden against the Boston Celtics on Thursday night with left knee soreness and left hamstring tightness. “I won’t be able to go tonight,” Horford said shortly before his Philadelphia 76ers faced the Celtics.
LaMelo Ball and RJ Hampton, two highly touted NBA prospects, each suffered injuries over the last week that will sideline them for at least a month. One of the main storylines that has developed over the course of the first 20 games of the 2019-20 NBA season is the uptick of injuries. According to Jeff
The holidays are a joyous time — but particularly so for NBA junkies. Christmas Day is one of the most highly-anticipated events for basketball fans everywhere. Not only do we get to see the best teams in the league face-off — but the best players in the league show themselves off on national television. Needless
11:14 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer MEXICO CITY — Through 14 seasons, the unlikely journey of the Dallas Mavericks‘ J.J. Barea has seen the 5-foot-10 guard scrap his way onto an NBA roster as an undrafted free agent, transform into a key contributor on a championship team and seize the attention of budding superstars. “No
With LeBron James and Anthony Davis in tow, the Los Angeles Lakers have made their way back to the top of basketball fandom on the 2019 FanSided 250. Los Angeles Lakers fans have been Photoshopping NBA stars in gold and purple for years now, but when Anthony Davis essentially forced his way to Hollywood to
12:03 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The Los Angeles Lakers were perplexed as to why Jared Dudley‘s role in a fourth-quarter shoving match in the team’s 96-87 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night warranted an ejection. However, they were impressed he stuck up for teammate Dwight Howard nonetheless. “I mean, that’s all it
The holidays are a joyous time — but particularly so for NBA junkies. Christmas Day is one of the most highly-anticipated events for basketball fans everywhere. Not only do we get to see the best teams in the league face-off — but the best players in the league show themselves off on national television. Needless
7:46 PM ET TORONTO — With the entire arena standing on its feet and chanting “MVP,” Kawhi Leonard returned to Toronto and was celebrated as a champion as he received his championship ring on Wednesday night. Leonard left the Raptors after one season to join the LA Clippers in free agency. But the Toronto fans
Year after year the Knicks release a new album, but they’re just full of the greatest hits. “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, a French critic and writer, said that in 1848, probably in reference to something French and philosophical. He also probably said it in reference to
May 12, 2019 The last time the Toronto Raptors played a Game 7, it was a 27-point blowout over the Miami Heat in 2016 that sent the Raptors to their first conference finals berth in franchise history. After a disheartening loss in Game 6 against the Philadelphia 76ers, the two teams engaged in a seesaw
The holidays are a joyous time — but particularly so for NBA junkies. Christmas Day is one of the most highly-anticipated events for basketball fans everywhere. Not only do we get to see the best teams in the league face-off — but the best players in the league show themselves off on national television. Needless
What you are about to read is overwrought with sympathy, and it shouldn’t be — Mike Conley, Jr., after all, was once the highest-paid basketball player in all the land. And yet, when Mike Conley, Jr. returned to Memphis earlier this season, I cried. I had not expected to cry, and I’m sure I wasn’t
10:54 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Trae Young figured the game was over. Turns out, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat were just getting started — on one of the craziest stat nights in team history. Duncan Robinson tied a franchise record with 10 3-pointers, Butler and Bam Adebayo each had triple-doubles and the
Paul George recently alluded to the possibility of him writing a tell-all book. What revelations would such a work contain? We have some ideas. On Monday night, Paul George returned to Indianapolis, where he spent the first seven years of his career as a member of the Pacers. Even though he has not been a
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Bulls swingman Otto Porter Jr. will miss at least another month after a foot and ankle specialist confirmed a small fracture in his left foot, the team announced Tuesday. Porter was evaluated Monday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, by Dr. Bob Anderson, who confirmed the bone injury. The injury
The NBA season is now a quarter of the way through and the sample size is nearly large enough to make meaningful assessments of players and teams. This sample size is especially important when evaluating the Most Improved Player, as an early-season hot streak could prove to be fool’s gold by Christmas. Two weeks ago,
12:23 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Just a few minutes after draining the game-winning jumper with 0.3 seconds left on Monday night, Derrick Rose took time to think for a second when asked on the Detroit Pistons‘ television broadcast about having the ball in his hands for the last shot of the game.