10:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid will have an MRI after hyperextending his left knee in Friday night’s 127-101 win over the Washington Wizards, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Embiid was in the midst of the latest dominant performance of his MVP-caliber season, scoring 23 points on 8-for-11 shooting to
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8:39 PM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to trade guard Hamidou Diallo to the Detroit Pistons for guard Svi Mykhailiuk and a 2027 second-round pick, sources told ESPN on Friday. The emergence of second-year guard Lu Dort had made Diallo expendable, especially considering he will be a restricted free agent this summer. The
7:06 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will make his return to action on Friday night against the New Orleans Pelicans after missing all but two games this season. “His role tonight is going to be limited,” Cavs coach J. B. Bickerstaff said pregame. “We kind of have that number in mind.
3:49 PM ET The reeling Houston Rockets suffered another blow on Friday, losing guard Eric Gordon for four to six weeks with a strained groin, sources told ESPN. Gordon suffered the injury in a loss to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, the franchise’s 14th consecutive this season. He’s averaging 17.8 points a game for
11:32 AM ET Caris LeVert will make his long-awaited Indiana Pacers debut on Saturday, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The guard underwent surgery to remove a small mass on his left kidney in late January. The issue was discovered during a physical exam conducted after he was traded by the Brooklyn Nets as part of
9:00 AM ET The 2021 NBA trade deadline is on March 25 and teams will have to decide whether they are buyers or sellers in the next few weeks. Key names to watch include former All-Stars such as Andre Drummond, LaMarcus Aldridge and Kyle Lowry, as contending teams will look to add players to potentially
3:10 AM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr benched rookie center James Wiseman for the first half of Thursday’s 130-104 loss to the LA Clippers after Wiseman missed the first two COVID-19 tests he was scheduled for during the All-Star break. The missed tests caused Wiseman, 19, to miss Wednesday’s practice in Los Angeles.
12:21 AM 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 Houston Rockets forward P.J. Tucker, increasingly frustrated that he has yet to
12:49 AM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving tied his season high of 40 points on Thursday night against the Boston Celtics, notching his fifth game with 40 or more points since joining the Brooklyn Nets prior to the 2019-20 season. Only two players — Vince Carter and John Williamson — have had more such
12:29 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy lit into his team after a 135-105 drubbing at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night, calling its defensive performance “embarrassing.” “Look, I understand it’s on me and what we’re putting out there defensively is embarrassing, quite honestly,”
10:15 PM ET Indiana Pacers guard Caris LeVert could return from an extended absence during the team’s three-game road trip that begins Friday against the Los Angeles Lakers. LeVert, who was acquired in the four-team trade that sent James Harden to the Nets and Victor Oladipo to the Rockets, had been out since a post-trade
8:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — With the week and a half All-Star break behind him to rest his 36-year-old legs, LeBron James said he’s locked in for the home stretch as the Los Angeles Lakers attempt to defend their title. “It’s go time,” James told reporters on a video conference call Thursday before the
6:30 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick underwent a nonsurgical procedure on his right heel to relieve inflammation and soreness, the team announced Thursday. Redick will be away from the team while receiving follow-up treatment. His status will be updated in one week. Redick, 36, is averaging 8.7 points and shooting 36.4% on
6:57 PM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Devin Cannady scored 22 points and the Lakeland Magic won the NBA G League championship Thursday, beating the Delaware Blue Coats 97-78 at Walt Disney World Resort. Cannady, a point guard from Princeton, was 9 of 16 from the field, hitting 4 of 9 3-pointers
11:54 AM ET New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson was placed on Team USA’s prospective roster for the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday, one of 15 names added as the team prepares for roster uncertainty as it heads into an unprecedented summer. The New York Knicks‘ Julius Randle and Chicago Bulls‘ Zach LaVine, both first-time All-Stars
11:30 AM ET The NBA fined Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard $50,000 and suspended him from the team facility and all its activities for one week on Thursday after he used an anti-Semitic slur during a video game livestream earlier this week. Leonard will also be required to take part in a cultural diversity program,
11:00 AM ET Team USA enters the Olympics in Tokyo as the three-time defending gold medal winner, but is coming off a disappointing seventh-place finish at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the worst finish ever in a major international competition by a team from the United States. Despite finishing seventh in China, Team USA has
6:55 AM ET One of the many criticisms about New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau was that he would be unable to adapt his eat-breathe-sleep basketball ways to a new wave of young players. But after being fired by the Minnesota Timberwolves in January 2019, Thibodeau is at the start of a third basketball