4:04 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers swingman Dylan Windler underwent surgery on his left knee and will be sidelined indefinitely — another blow for the rookie. A first-round draft pick in 2019, Windler has been slowed by injuries in his young career. His first NBA season was wiped out by a stress fracture
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12:32 PM ET Indiana Pacers forward JaKarr Sampson has been suspended for one game for head-butting San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills on Monday night, the NBA announced. Mills was fined $25,000 for his role in the altercation, and Spurs forward Rudy Gay was fined $20,000 for escalating the incident by shoving Sampson. The incident
11:30 AM ET Brazilian forward Gui Santos has submitted paperwork to the league office to make himself eligible for the 2021 NBA draft, his agent Aylton Tesch of A11 Sports Management told ESPN. Santos, the No. 33 prospect in the ESPN 2022 mock draft, is having a productive season as a starter in the Brazilian
11:40 AM ET Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff will miss Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Bulls due to personal reasons, the team announced. Assistant coach Greg Buckner will serve as head coach vs. the Bulls. The Cavs said Bickerstaff is expected to return for Friday’s game at Charlotte. Bickerstaff was disappointed with his players’ effort
3:31 AM ET The Minnesota Timberwolves dedicated their game ball to George Floyd’s family after defeating the Sacramento Kings 134-120 on Tuesday night. The win came hours after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the murder of Floyd in Minneapolis last May.
8:40 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy called Tuesday’s guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin “an important day for our country” but said it was hard to find reasons to celebrate and recognized there was more work to do. Van Gundy
7:39 PM ET The LA Clippers‘ injury woes continue, as Kawhi Leonard will be out until at least next week while managing right foot soreness. The All-Star was ruled out of Tuesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers, and the Clippers said he will be evaluated next week. Leonard missed four consecutive games last
6:26 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden has suffered a setback in his rehab from a hamstring injury, the team announced on Tuesday. Harden was conducting an “on-court rehab session” on Monday when the setback occurred, according to a team statement. The Nets say Harden had an MRI on Tuesday and will remain out
5:13 PM ET Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter by a jury Tuesday for his role in the murder of George Floyd last May outside of a local convenience store. Floyd’s death, and the video which showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about
12:19 PM ET Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder said Tuesday that Chesapeake Energy Corp. has terminated its arena naming rights agreement. The move was effective immediately, though the team said the name will remain until a new partner is found. The original 12-year agreement was announced in 2011, but the Thunder said the
11:49 AM ET ESPN News Services The Denver Nuggets have signed veteran guard Austin Rivers to a 10-day contract, the team announced Tuesday. Rivers, 28, began the season on the New York Knicks but was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of a three-team deal that also involved Philadelphia at the trade deadline.
1:05 AM ET Right before Devin Booker stood up to finish his postgame videoconference Monday, he had one more thing he wanted to say. He first had to call for the ball. Someone off camera flipped it over to him, and as Booker caught it, he unleashed a megawatt grin. “Yessir, here it is, y’all!”
Apr 20, 2021 Nick DePaulaESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 23, 2017. More than 20 years ago, when the term “signature sneaker” was synonymous with Michael Jordan, Adidas signed a quartet of young phenoms in an attempt to jump-start its fledgling basketball line. The face of that movement was Kobe Bryant,
1:09 AM ET Stephen Curry‘s recent shooting streak has left everyone around him in awe. Teammates, coaches, opponents — it’s hard for everybody to wrap their minds around exactly what they’ve been seeing as the Golden State Warriors star continues to set new records on a nightly basis. For his latest feat, Curry poured in
11:01 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis is days away from making his return from a nearly nine-week absence and LeBron James has progressed to “light work” on the court, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said before his team’s game against the Utah Jazz on Monday. Vogel said that Davis, who has been sidelined since
11:13 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN With Kobe Bryant’s five-year, post-retirement endorsement extension with Nike having expired this month, Vanessa Bryant and the Kobe Bryant estate elected not to renew the partnership, she confirmed to ESPN in a statement Monday night. “Kobe’s Nike contract expired on 4/13/21,” Vanessa Bryant, widow of the Lakers legend, told ESPN.
11:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Jayson Tatum recorded the first triple-double of his NBA career Monday night, but it coincided with both his worst shooting night of the season and the end of Boston’s six-game winning streak. While Tatum finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a 102-96 loss to
9:16 PM ET Dallas Mavericks director of player personnel Tony Ronzone has been fired after the organization learned new information pertaining to a sexual assault allegation made public last summer, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon on Monday. Sports Illustrated reported in July that a woman said Ronzone had forced himself on her in