6:01 PM ET After missing three months with an elbow injury, LA Clippers All-Star guard Paul George is expected to return to the lineup against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night, sources told ESPN. George, who hasn’t played since Dec. 22, completed rehab on a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, was upgraded
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8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Last season, the Denver Nuggets‘ Nikola Jokic surpassed Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid in the closing weeks of the NBA’s regular season to win the Most Valuable Player award, as injuries to Embiid and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James cleared the path for Jokic to become the first
10:23 PM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will sit out the rest of the season following an ankle injury. Gilgeous-Alexander has missed three of Oklahoma City’s last four games with right ankle soreness. Coach Mark Daigneault said Monday night there was no reason to bring Gilgeous-Alexander back
10:23 PM ET ESPN News Services The Cleveland Cavaliers lost rookie big man Evan Mobley to a sprained left ankle in Monday night’s 107-101 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic. X-rays on Mobley’s ankle were negative, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Mobley, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft, landed on the
8:19 PM ET Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant will miss the remainder of the season with a left calf strain, the team announced on Monday. Grant suffered the injury in the first quarter of Friday’s loss to the Washington Wizards. Grant left that game after playing 7:30 minutes and did not play in Detroit’s game
4:42 PM ET LeBron James and Anthony Davis will both be listed as doubtful for Tuesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel said after practice Monday. Davis went through a full, live practice for the first time since suffering a mid-foot sprain on Feb. 16 against the Utah Jazz. James
4:02 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New Orleans Pelicans converted point guard Jose Alvarado‘s two-way contract to a multiyear deal on Monday. Sources told ESPN the contract is for four years with guarantees for the rest of this season and 2022-23, a non-guaranteed season in 2023-24 and a team option for 2024-25. Alvarado becomes extension
2:26 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers forward Dean Wade will miss the rest of the season following knee surgery, the latest medical setback for a Cleveland team bitten by major injuries for months. Wade, who made 28 starts this season, underwent a procedure Monday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee,
2:00 PM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster
12:01 PM ET Boston Celtics center Robert Williams III — an anchor of the league’s best defense — suffered a meniscus tear in his left knee, the team announced Monday. He will miss several weeks, minimally, sources told ESPN on Monday. An MRI on Monday revealed the tear, and further evaluation Monday will help provide
10:46 AM ET Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner will miss the rest of the season, sources told ESPN, after being out since mid-January with a left foot stress reaction. Turner, 25, has made good progress in his recovery, sources said, but both the organization and Turner’s representatives decided that it didn’t make sense to push
8:00 AM ET As the Brooklyn Nets continue to fight for playoff seeding, Kyrie Irving is now able to play in home games. New York City Mayor Eric Adams lifted the mandate for unvaccinated players and performers on Thursday, clearing the way for Irving to play in home games at Barclays Center. He made his
1:38 AM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving made his home debut Sunday night during a 119-110 loss to the Charlotte Hornets — making it clear that he believes his presence on the floor represents something much larger than a basketball player. “I was just trying to ground myself as much as
12:51 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — LeBron James said his left ankle felt “horrible” after turning it in the first half of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 116-108 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday, and his availability to play Tuesday in Dallas is in question as L.A. faces a crucial final stretch to try
10:06 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka said center Robert Williams will get imaging done Monday morning after sustaining a left knee sprain in the second half of Sunday night’s 134-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at TD Garden. “Don’t know exactly what happened,” Udoka said after the game. “He
12:12 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — What started as a promising weekend for the New Orleans Pelicans slowly was turning into a nightmare. In a pivotal back-to-back set against the two teams they’re battling in the Western Conference play-in race, the Pelicans lost by four points to the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday,
10:27 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN WASHINGTON — When Draymond Green returned from his back injury on March 14 that sidelined him for 11 weeks, the hope was that the Warriors were getting back a major puzzle piece to their success. In the second half of his return game, Stephen Curry sprained his foot, making Green’s
8:16 PM ET Associated Press The story of Lusia Harris only gets better: It’s now won an Oscar. And just like his longtime Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant did four years ago in another category, Shaquille O’Neal can say he’s an Oscar winner, as well. “The Queen of Basketball” — with a pair of