10:38 AM ET After missing four games in the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols, Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams has been cleared and will join the team for Tuesday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Suns, at 28-8, have the second-best record in the league. Williams entered the league’s health and
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10:22 AM ET With Kyrie Irving on the verge of making his 2021-22 season debut, Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty owners Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai are looking forward to the star point guard joining the team on the court. “I’m glad that we were able to reach a decision together,” Wu Tsai
10:22 AM ET With Kyrie Irving on the verge of making his 2021-22 season debut, Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty owners Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai are looking forward to the star point guard joining the team on the court. “I’m glad that we were able to reach a decision together,” Wu Tsai
1:31 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Atlanta Hawks star point guard Trae Young scored an NBA season-best 56 points in a 136-131 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Young shot 17-for-26 from the field, 7-for-12 from 3-point distance and 15-for-15 from the line for his career-high scoring total, and
12:16 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Miami Heat ruled forward Jimmy Butler out with a right ankle injury not long after he needed help to get off the floor and into the locker room late in the third quarter against the Golden State Warriors on Monday. Butler sustained the injury when he went to
12:27 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane has heard the chatter about whether his backcourt mate, Ja Morant, should make his first All-Star Game this season. But after Morant’s latest dominant performance — 36 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and a game-high plus-24 in 33 minutes of a 118-104
7:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers valued roster flexibility in the moment over potential playoff contributions in the future when it came to trading Rajon Rondo, L.A. coach Frank Vogel explained Monday. L.A. sent out Rondo, a couple of players stashed overseas and $1.1 million, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, as part of
8:40 PM ET Jamal Collier CHICAGO — Bulls guard Javonte Green will miss two to four weeks with a strained groin, coach Billy Donovan said Monday before Chicago’s game against the Orlando Magic. Green has carved out a role for himself as a solid contributor to Chicago’s success this season. He was inserted into the
4:41 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Cavaliers forward Isaac Okoro could miss three weeks with a sprained left elbow suffered in Sunday’s win over the Indiana Pacers. Okoro, who was out earlier this season with a hamstring injury and recently in the league’s health and safety protocols, got hurt when he ran into
5:36 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Quin Snyder endorsed Draymond Green for MVP consideration, and the appreciative Golden State Warriors forward agreed with the Utah Jazz coach about the way he impacts winning. Green, who was cleared from the NBA’s health and safety protocols and will return to play against the Miami Heat on Monday,
6:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA announced Monday that 11 games have been rescheduled in response to the wave of postponements that have taken place over the past several weeks due to the recent surge of COVID-19. A total of 21 games were impacted: 11 that were previously postponed, another eight future games that
4:20 PM ET After a two-year layoff with significant injuries, there’s optimism that Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson will make his return against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, sources told ESPN. A final decision on Thompson’s debut is expected to be made once the Warriors return from back-to-back games on Wednesday and Thursday in
12:12 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM The Houston Rockets are suspending Kevin Porter Jr. and Christian Wood for
9:00 AM 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
10:34 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets are preparing for Kyrie Irving to make his NBA season debut Wednesday against the Indiana Pacers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Irving, who is not vaccinated for COVID-19, hasn’t played all season because of the Nets’ decision before the regular season not to allow him to participate because of
8:00 AM ET DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls ended 2021 with fireworks. They started 2022 with some too. The NBA’s leader in fourth-quarter scoring was at it again this past week, knocking down wild, buzzer-beating 3-pointers in back-to-back fashion to stun the Indiana Pacers and Washington Wizards. Thanks to DeRozan’s late-game heroics, the Bulls
3:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook hit a key fourth-quarter jump shot to push the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lead from four to six in an eventual 108-103 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night. He also had nine turnovers and shot 0-for-5 from 3, which helped allow the Wolves — missing two
11:11 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — For just under 44 minutes Sunday night at TD Garden, it appeared the Boston Celtics were going to start their new year off about as badly as they possibly could. But then Jaylen Brown decided that wouldn’t happen. And, as a result, what seemed destined to be one