12:33 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Baxter Holmes Close ESPN Senior Writer Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and
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12:06 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NBA trade time is here for the 2021-22 regular season. The Cleveland Cavaliers lost guard Ricky Rubio for the season Tuesday when he suffered an ACL tear in his left knee in a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. Rubio’s injury follows last month’s
11:20 AM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade Denzel Valentine to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Rajon Rondo, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. The Lakers are expected to waive Valentine’s partially guaranteed deal and create an open roster spot. Rondo is eager for the chance to play a bigger
10:42 AM ET ESPN News Services Sam Jones, a clutch scorer who won 10 titles with the Boston Celtics during their dynasty in the late 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 88. Jones died Thursday night in Florida, where he had been hospitalized in failing health, Celtics spokesperson Jeff Twiss said. The
9:30 AM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. In August 2014, Becky Hammon played her final game for the San Antonio Stars, and said goodbye to the WNBA to
12:33 AM ET San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon is finalizing a five-year deal with the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces that’ll make her the league’s highest-paid coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Hammon plans to finish the season with the Spurs, sources said. A six-time All-Star during her playing career in the WNBA, Hammon,
12:09 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Two weeks ago, Kevin Durant led a short-handed Brooklyn Nets team to a win over Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers and waved his opponents off the court inside Barclays Center. Thursday night, Embiid gave Durant a taste of his own medicine, waving him and the rest
11:35 PM ET NEW YORK — As the Brooklyn Nets prepare for the return of Kyrie Irving, they do so believing that Irving’s status as a part-time player, who only plays on the road, will not affect their continuity. “Have you watched him play?” Nets star Kevin Durant said after Thursday’s 110-102 loss to the
10:14 PM ET Jamal Collier The Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs will begin hosting home games without selling tickets to fans for the next three weeks starting Friday following a decision by the province of Ontario to limit venue capacities. Ontario’s government capped attendance at concert venues, arenas and theaters to 1,000 people or 50%,
7:22 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers are nearing a trade to acquire Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo, and an agreement is expected to be completed as soon as Friday, sources told ESPN. The sides are working out terms on a deal, but the Cavaliers need to create a roster spot to make room for
7:03 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Dan Burke, the acting head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, said before Thursday night’s game here at Barclays Center between the Sixers and the Brooklyn Nets that Sixers head coach Doc Rivers is feeling good and in good spirits after entering the NBA’s health and safety protocols
7:03 PM ET After one game with the Dallas Mavericks, former All-Star guard Isaiah Thomas entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Thursday. Thomas was signed to a 10-day hardship deal on Wednesday to replace Brandon Knight, another hardship-deal addition who entered the league’s protocols after testing positive for COVID-19. Thomas, whose 10-day deal
4:50 PM ET The NBA has postponed the Golden State–Denver game scheduled for Thursday night after COVID-related issues have left the Nuggets without the necessary eight players required to play. It is the 11th game to be postponed this season for COVID-related reasons. Nuggets coach Michael Malone entered the league’s health and safety protocols earlier
2:56 PM ET As the omicron variant rips through NBA players and coaches, it has reached a season-high among game officials: 36% of the league’s referees are in COVID-19 protocols, sources told ESPN on Thursday. With 25 of the league’s 70 active referees currently in quarantine, the league has been promoting G League referees to
1:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN New York Knicks All-Star forward Julius Randle has entered the league’s health and safety protocols and will not play against Oklahoma City on Friday, the team announced. Randle, who is averaging 19.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists and has played in every Knicks’ game this season, played in Wednesday’s 94-85
12:11 PM ET The Denver Nuggets are in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak among players, coaches and staff that has put their game Thursday night against the Golden State Warriors in jeopardy, sources told ESPN. Nuggets coach Michael Malone entered the league’s health and safety protocols Thursday, sources said, while the team said forwards
12:05 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiSenior NBA Insider Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers tested positive for COVID-19 and has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols, sources told ESPN. Assistant coach Dan Burke will serve as
8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders When the 2021-22 season began in October, it kicked off the first normal NBA schedule since the COVID-19 pandemic paused the league in March 2020. The 2021 playoffs were played in NBA arenas again after the 2020 postseason was held in the NBA’s Orlando, Florida, bubble. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the