11:26 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Doc Rivers might no longer be on the LA Clippers‘ sideline, but he still thinks the Western Conference will be decided by his old team and the Los Angeles Lakers. Rivers faced his former team on Saturday for the first time since being let go following the Clippers’ 3-1
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9:38 PM ET Evan Fournier‘s debut with the Boston Celtics will have to wait, as the newly acquired guard was placed in the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Saturday. “I don’t really want to get into the specifics of everything, because I don’t know all the answers,” coach Brad Stevens said before the Celtics
8:13 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers have emerged as strong front-runners to sign center Andre Drummond, sources told ESPN on Saturday night. Drummond clears waivers on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET but could finalize a commitment to join the Lakers earlier this weekend, sources said. The Lakers’ star players and front office have been
6:14 PM ET Free-agent veteran LaMarcus Aldridge will sign with the Brooklyn Nets, agent Jeff Schwartz told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. The Nets, loading up for a title run, have now secured Aldridge and Blake Griffin in the buyout market. Aldridge is expected to see a significant amount of his minutes at center for
6:26 PM ET As the Oklahoma City Thunder turn to younger players in the nightly rotation, five-time All-Star center Al Horford will no longer will be active for games this season, sources told ESPN. Horford, 34, plans to remain with his Oklahoma City teammates and train at the team facility, but he won’t play in
11:17 PM ET After dropping 44 points in a win over the Pistons on Friday night in Detroit, James Harden said that he doesn’t simply believe he belongs in the Most Valuable Player award conversation — he should sit atop the list. “Do I feel like I belong in it? I feel like I am
10:57 PM ET Team doctors cleared Anthony Davis to begin advancing his on-court work after an evaluation on Friday, nearly six weeks after Davis last played in a game because of a calf strain and tendinosis in his right leg, the Los Angeles Lakers announced. This advancement will include “increased volume and intensity in shooting,
8:41 PM ET DALLAS — A timetable for JJ Redick to join the Dallas Mavericks has not been determined, as the team intends to allow the veteran shooting guard to work out on his own while he recovers from a nonsurgical procedure on his right heel that has sidelined him since the All-Star break. The
5:43 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Center Andre Drummond is now a free agent and can sign with a contending team after reaching a buyout with the Cavaliers. Drummond, who hasn’t played since mid-February, began negotiating terms of the buyout with the Cavs on Thursday after the club didn’t trade the 27-year-old before the
7:49 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — All-Star guard Luka Doncic sat out the Dallas Mavericks‘ game against the Indiana Pacers on Friday night because of tightness in his lower back. “He’s getting treatment, working on it,” coach Rick Carlisle said. “He will travel. Hope he’s available [Saturday].” The Mavericks play the New Orleans Pelicans
5:29 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors GM Bob Myers is hopeful Kelly Oubre Jr. will decide to re-sign with the organization this summer after deciding against dealing the 25-year-old swingman prior to Thursday’s trade deadline, despite “high level” interest. “Kelly’s done a great job,” Myers said during a video conference call with
2:05 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies expect forward Jaren Jackson Jr. back in the lineup by the end of April, nearly nine months after he hurt his left knee in the NBA bubble. Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman updated Jackson’s status Friday after Memphis made no moves at the NBA
10:23 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said that the thinking behind the moves the team made prior to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline — and specifically acquiring Evan Fournier in a deal with the Orlando Magic — was to give a team lacking in confidence a reason to have
2:45 AM ET Golden State Warriors swingman Kelly Oubre Jr. did not get traded prior to Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, but his future with the organization remains cloudy at best. That has always been the case since the Warriors acquired Oubre prior to the season, but it became even more pronounced after the 25-year-old answered
12:28 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dwight Howard flashed a wide smile across his face before the Philadelphia 76ers faced the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, receiving his 2020 Lakers championship ring with fellow former Laker Danny Green. It didn’t take long for Howard’s expression to change from cheer to chagrin. Howard, making his return
11:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri said he wasn’t sure what would happen with Kyle Lowry when he woke up Thursday morning, but that he and the rest of Toronto’s front office would be comfortable either way. “Honestly, we didn’t know which way it was going to go,” Ujiri
5:35 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — The NBA trade deadline came and went. Andre Drummond didn’t move. Unable to find a trade partner Thursday for the benched center, the Cavaliers will try to structure a contract buyout for the two-time All-Star, coach J.B. Bickerstaff told reporters. Drummond hasn’t played since Feb. 12 and
6:17 PM ET Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren will not return this season as he continues to recover from a stress fracture in his left foot, the team announced Thursday. Warren, 27, played just four games this season before suffering the injury. He underwent surgery on Jan. 5. Warren has emerged as one of the