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9:52 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge is seriously considering his future with the franchise and could make a decision to step down, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ainge is scheduled to speak to the media later Wednesday, a day after Boston’s disappointing season came to an end in

10:32 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Danny Ainge is stepping down as the Boston Celtics president of basketball operations and the franchise is elevating coach Brad Stevens to run basketball operations, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics will start a search to hire a head coach to replace Stevens, sources said. Celtics staff were informed

12:30 AM ET Dame Time. You know what that means. On Tuesday night, Damian Lillard put on an electric 55-point performance, becoming the first player in NBA history with at least 50 points, 10 assists and 10 three-pointers in a game, regular season or playoffs. With his twelfth 3-pointer, the pride of the Portland Trail

1:31 AM ET PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ repeat title hopes are on life support after Tuesday’s 115-85 shellacking by the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series, putting L.A. one loss away from elimination. “We’ll find out what we’re made of and we’ll find out how bad we want

1:24 AM ET NEW YORK — After a dominant 34-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist performance to help close out the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, Brooklyn Nets star James Harden was already looking ahead to the Milwaukee Bucks, the team’s second-round opponent, by the time he sat down for his postgame news conference after the 123-109 Game

1:34 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After a disappointing season for Kemba Walker saw him sit out the final two games of the Boston Celtics‘ first-round playoff loss to the Brooklyn Nets with a bone bruise in his left knee, the All-Star guard says this offseason is all about getting himself healthy and back to the

May 31, 2021 It was no accident that LeBron James waited until he had won his third NBA title to reveal that he’d always wanted to chase Michael Jordan’s six championships. James might have historic aspirations, but he also is a savvy cultivator of his own legacy and wise enough to know you don’t even

12:39 AM ET In one of the most electrifying postseason performances ever, Damian Lillard had 55 points and an NBA playoff record 12 3-pointers in the Portland Trail Blazers‘ double-overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 on Tuesday night. Lillard broke the record of 11 set by Klay Thompson in 2016 in Game

9:32 PM ET PHOENIX — Los Angeles Lakers star forward Anthony Davis is out for Tuesday’s pivotal Game 5 in L.A.’s first-round series with the Phoenix Suns because of a strained groin. Markieff Morris started in Davis’ place. Davis hurt his groin late in the second quarter of Game 4 and did not play after

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6:17 PM ET NEW YORK — Guard Kemba Walker and center Robert Williams have been ruled out of Tuesday’s Game 5 of the Boston Celtics‘ first-round series with the Brooklyn Nets, coach Brad Stevens said. Stevens told reporters in his pregame availability that Walker continues to be sore but that Williams has showed slight improvements.

5:07 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers‘ Joel Embiid will be doubtful for Game 5 against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Embiid had an MRI on his right knee Tuesday and is expected to be evaluated further Wednesday. He suffered the knee injury after a hard fall that knocked him

2:59 PM ET One of the top players in the NBA’s 2022 draft class — French guard-forward Ousmane Dieng — has committed to become the first European prospect to join the New Zealand Breakers as part of the NBL’s Next Stars program, he told ESPN on Tuesday. Dieng, a 6-foot-9 playmaker, plans to join the

1:35 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Atlanta Hawks center Clint Capela didn’t mince words Tuesday when asked about the physical nature of his team’s first-round matchup against the New York Knicks. Things got chippy in Game 4 in Atlanta on Sunday, with John Collins needing four stitches in his lip because of an errant elbow from

12:45 PM ET Washington Wizards forward Davis Bertans has a Grade 2 calf strain and will be out four to six weeks, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. An MRI done Tuesday revealed the extent of the injury, which Bertans suffered in the the Wizards’ Game 4 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. He will be

7:02 AM ET NBA Insiders The Milwaukee Bucks have taken care of business, blitzing past the Miami Heat in four games. The Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks are each one win away from joining them in the Eastern Conference semifinals. What happens next in the Western Conference playoffs, though, is anyone’s guess. Outside

2:24 AM ET Donovan Mitchell is confident that his team has learned from its past playoff mistakes and will use last season’s 3-1 meltdown at the hands of the Denver Nuggets as “fuel” to close out the Memphis Grizzlies. After taking another commanding 3-1 series lead for the second year in a row in the

2:24 AM ET Donovan Mitchell is confident that his Utah Jazz have learned from their past playoff mistakes and will use last season’s 3-1 meltdown at the hands of the Denver Nuggets as “fuel” to close out the Memphis Grizzlies this time around. After taking a commanding 3-1 series lead for the second year in