1:54 PM ET Associated Press Garrett Temple of the Chicago Bulls says he’s recovering from COVID-19. The guard and forward said Sunday he tested positive for the coronavirus on Nov. 28 and is isolating in a Chicago hotel. He is mostly symptom-free after experiencing a headache and fatigue as well as some congestion, shortness of
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5:20 PM ET Russell Westbrook may be changing teams and jersey numbers, but the Washington Wizards‘ newest point guard said he isn’t going to change his demeanor on the court no matter what people think of him. Westbrook joined the Wizards on Saturday but did not practice due to paperwork from the trade having just
6:02 PM ET Michael Porter Jr. is ready to do more than just fill the void on the Denver Nuggets caused by the departures of key wing players like Jerami Grant and Torrey Craig. The second-year forward is prepared to not only be a full-time starter, but believes he’s ready to be the third star
2:50 PM ET The NBA has warned teams that protocol violations that lead to coronavirus spread impacting opposing teams and causing schedule derailments could result in “fines, suspensions, adjustment or loss of draft choices and game forfeitures,” according to a memo obtained by ESPN. For players violating safety protocols this season, the league warns that
2:33 PM ET San Antonio Spurs guard DeMar DeRozan said “everything is good” with him and his family after an intruder entered their house while they were home over two weeks ago. TMZ reported that on Nov. 19 that DeRozan heard a commotion in a part of the family’s Los Angeles-area house that included one
5:32 PM ET As he enters Year 18 of a storied Hall of Fame career, Carmelo Anthony said Friday that he’s fully committed to accepting a full-time bench role with the Portland Trail Blazers but admitted he had to “swallow that pill.” “It’s what works for this team, what we need for this team,” Anthony
2:39 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo is not shying away from the lofty goals he has set for his career after recently signing a five-year extension that could be worth almost $200 million. “I definitely want to be, long time down the road when my career ends, whenever somebody mentions a top-five
10:35 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis said he signed the lengthiest contract he possibly could to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers — inking a five-year, $190 million pact Thursday — in part as an insurance policy should he suffer a career-threatening injury. “That could have been a two-year, three-year deal,” Davis told
6:13 PM ET As Karl-Anthony Towns prepares to begin his sixth season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he said he also is continuing to process the death of his mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, and six other family members who died of complications from the coronavirus. “I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting out with my mom,” Towns
7:28 PM ET Kawhi Leonard said he loves the challenge of bouncing back from the LA Clippers‘ stunning 3-1 NBA playoff series collapse to the Denver Nuggets and will see “how strong” the Clippers are. As the Clippers prepare to start training camp Sunday, Leonard and Paul George discussed the team’s failure to live up
5:44 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal said it was “shocking” and a “tough pill to swallow” to see John Wall traded to the Houston Rockets for Russell Westbrook but believes he and Westbrook will “mesh well.” Wall and Beal were teammates for the past eight seasons, but Wall has not played in two
5:31 PM ET NEW YORK — In lieu of speaking to reporters as a part of media week, Nets guard Kyrie Irving elected to send out a written statement on Friday afternoon. “Instead of speaking to the media today, I am issuing this statement to ensure that my message is properly conveyed,” the statement said,
4:21 PM ET The NBA schedule has been released for the first half of the 2020-21 season. The regular season tips off on Dec. 22, 72 days after the Los Angeles Lakers hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy inside the NBA’s Orlando bubble. Since then, we’ve had the NBA draft, a flurry of coaching changes and
3:07 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA released the first half of its regular-season schedule Friday, as it continues to adjust to the new reality placed upon it by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than what typically happens — the NBA announcing its full 82-game schedule — the league instead unveiled only half of its
12:44 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons said Friday that the Sixers didn’t do a good enough job of holding themselves accountable last season, and it played a significant role in the team’s disappointing 2019-20 campaign. “One hundred percent,” Simmons said when asked whether former Sixer Josh Richardson‘s comments about the team’s
1:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have agreed not to conduct randomized tests for marijuana during the 2020-21 season. “Due to the unusual circumstances in conjunction with the pandemic, we have agreed with the NBPA to suspend random testing for marijuana for the 2020-21 season and focus our
7:46 AM ET Getting ready for the NBA preseason … in December. It’s an odd feeling. It feels like the draft was yesterday. That the Finals were just … the day before yesterday. After needing so long to cap off the 2019-20 season, just like that — last year’s rookies are young veterans; our new
12:56 AM ET Golden State Warriors associate coach Mike Brown took charge of the Nigeria national basketball team for the first time this past November, in the first round of the 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers, and got off to a 3 and 0 start. With no time to scrimmage, and only a handful of practice games