3:56 PM ET DENVER — The Brooklyn Nets do not plan to trade James Harden prior to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. Nets coach Steve Nash made that clear before Sunday’s game against the Denver Nuggets as Harden’s name continues to pop up in trade speculation. “Yes,” Nash said. “That’s correct.” Nash also said Harden has
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6:41 PM ET Miami’s Erik Spoelstra will coach Team Durant in the NBA All-Star Game after the Heat clinched the best record in the Eastern Conference through Sunday, which was the cutoff. This will be Spoelstra’s second stint as a head coach in the All-Star Game, having also coached the Eastern Conference in 2013. The
3:48 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan said there’s a “very strong possibility” forward Patrick Williams will play again this season. Williams started the first five games this season before suffering a left wrist injury, which required surgery in October to repair torn ligaments. The Bulls did not rule him out from
4:40 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have acquired Indiana Pacers guard Caris LeVert in a trade, sources told ESPN on Sunday, a significant addition to one of the most promising young rosters in the Eastern Conference. LeVert goes to the Cavaliers with a 2022 second-round pick via Miami for Ricky Rubio‘s expiring contract, a lottery-protected
2:30 AM ET LOS ANGELES — For the second time this season, Russell Westbrook was benched by Lakers coach Frank Vogel to close out a game. Only this time, the Lakers won, beating the New York Knicks 122-115 in overtime on Saturday. And the result made all the difference to Westbrook in accepting the decision.
4:13 PM ET ESPN News Services LeBron James, who has missed the Los Angeles Lakers‘ past five games with swelling in his left knee, returned to the starting lineup against the New York Knicks on Saturday night. Prior to the game, coach Frank Vogel said James would be a gametime decision. He was officially listed
4:13 PM ET ESPN News Services LeBron James, who has missed the Los Angeles Lakers‘ past five games with swelling in his left knee, could return tonight against the New York Knicks (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC), sources told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. James will go through a pregame warmup to determine if he is ready to
4:34 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Before the LA Clippers began their practice Saturday morning, Paul George was on one end of the gym taking shots with his left hand. The star guard has been out since Dec. 22 with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right shooting elbow, missing 22 straight games.
4:13 PM ET ESPN News Services LeBron James, who has missed the Los Angeles Lakers‘ past five games with swelling in his left knee, could return tonight against the New York Knicks (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC), coach Frank Vogel said. James will go through a pregame warmup to determine if he is ready to return.
2:17 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Veteran center Greg Monroe is back with the Milwaukee Bucks on a 10-day contract. Monroe, 31, played 165 games for the Bucks from 2015 to 2017. He played five games earlier this season with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Washington Wizards while on 10-day contracts with each of those
1:47 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving doesn’t want his team getting too down on itself despite the fact it has now dropped a season-high seven straight games after an embarrassing 125-102 loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday night. As the losses pile up, skepticism around the league grows
5:12 PM ET Sashi Brown is leaving Monumental Sports and the NBA’s Washington Wizards to return to the NFL as an executive with the Baltimore Ravens, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Adam Schefter on Friday. The Ravens haven’t announced the news, but team officials confirmed the hiring to ESPN. Brown had just been promoted
2:29 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden will not play in Friday night’s game against the Utah Jazz because of left hamstring tightness, the team announced. Harden missed a Jan. 26 loss to the Denver Nuggets because of the same injury. Nets coach Steve Nash said after Wednesday’s loss to
2:56 PM ET The LA Clippers are trading Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson and a future second-round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers for Norman Powell and Robert Covington, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The pick the Clippers are sending out is a 2025 second-round pick via the Detroit Pistons, sources tell ESPN. The
10:40 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Ingles appreciates all the well-wishes and support he has received in the days following his serious knee injury, but the Utah Jazz forward wants to make one thing clear: His NBA career is not over. The 34-year-old Ingles, who will soon undergo surgery to repair the torn
3:00 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Ahead of the Golden State Warriors‘ 126-114 win over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, Warriors general manager Bob Myers said that Klay Thompson was ahead of schedule physically since returning from a two-and-a-half-year hiatus. Thompson’s shot, Myers said, would come with time. Thompson said he didn’t
3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The LA Clippers might find out more about whether Paul George will play again this season when he undergoes an MRI on his right elbow on Feb. 24, but head coach Ty Lue did not sound optimistic about a potential Kawhi Leonard return this season. After the Clippers squeezed
12:03 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers forward Carmelo Anthony suffered a strained right hamstring in the second quarter of Thursday night’s game against the LA Clippers and was ruled out of the remainder of the game. Anthony missed a 13-foot jump shot with 1 minute, 40 seconds remaining in the first half and winced