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11:18 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rui Hachimura doesn’t seem too disturbed by the idea he could be traded. “I just want to be somewhere that wants me as a basketball player, and I want to be somewhere that likes my game,” the Washington Wizards forward said Saturday night. When asked if Washington is

7:49 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Charlotte point guard LaMelo Ball missed the Hornets’ 122-118 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday with a sore left ankle and sore right knee. Ball, the third overall draft pick of 2020, is also dealing with right wrist soreness. It’s the third time this season that Ball

6:47 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Boston guard Marcus Smart and center Robert Williams both missed the second half of the Celtics’ 106-104 win at Toronto on Saturday because of injuries. Smart injured his right ankle in the final minute of the first half and had to be helped to the locker room.

1:17 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — The most impressive part of Kyrie Irving‘s 48-point performance Friday night actually came about an hour after he carried the Brooklyn Nets to a much-needed 117-106 win over the Utah Jazz. In the midst of describing the most defining game of Irving’s season, a reporter prefaced a question

12:06 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Tempers flared just after the second-quarter buzzer sounded in Friday night’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers when several members of the Grizzlies engaged in a shouting match with Pro Football Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe, who was seated near the court. Referees and security intervened

5:40 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Anthony Davis continues to make pain-free progress on his right foot and there’s optimism for a return to the lineup as soon as late next week, sources told ESPN on Friday. The Lakers start a five-game trip Jan. 28 in Boston. Davis, who has been out with a

1:05 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The Golden State Warriors returned here Thursday night for the first time since they beat the Celtics in Game 6 to claim the 2022 NBA championship. For much of the 53 minutes of basketball that followed, it felt like a repeat of how that series played out: lots

12:38 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN BOSTON — For the first three quarters of the Golden State Warriors‘ game against the Boston Celtics on Thursday, Stephen Curry and company looked like themselves. Coach Steve Kerr went as far as to say they looked like a championship team. But then, in the fourth quarter and through overtime,

Jan 18, 2023 For as much as Luka Doncic does for his team on the court, his team does that much less when he’s not on the court. The Dallas Mavericks have recentered themselves in the Western Conference playoff picture courtesy of their young superstar, but they have failed to gain momentum despite Doncic’s nightly

10:07 PM ET William E. Ricks NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama continues to captivate the basketball world. The 7-foot-4 forward with an 8-foot wingspan showed during his latest game why he is projected to go No. 1 overall in the upcoming draft. Editor’s Picks Wembanyama’s Metropolitans 92 team faced Fos-sur-Mer in LNB Betclic Elite action,

12:05 AM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Desmond Bane scored 25 points, Ja Morant had 24 and the Memphis Grizzlies won their 11th straight game to match the franchise record, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-114 on Wednesday night. Steven Adams tipped in the winner with 16 seconds left. Adams was in position to tip

7:20 AM ET THE ATLANTA HAWKS were on the clock with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 draft when owner Mark Cuban stepped into the hallway outside the Dallas Mavericks‘ draft room and made a phone call. Cuban reached out to Tony Ressler, the Hawks’ principal owner. Donnie Nelson and Travis Schlenk, who

9:08 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Paul George returned to the lineup in the LA Clippers‘ 120-110 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night. George had missed five straight games after tweaking a right hamstring injury that kept him out of seven straight games earlier this season. George scored 13 points and added eight

6:17 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN WASHINGTON — In June, the Golden State Warriors became just the second team in NBA history to clinch a title on the parquet floor of the TD Garden. Now, seven months later, the Warriors are one day away from returning to Boston since that day. “It was such a beautiful

5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden celebrated the NBA champion Golden State Warriors at the White House on Tuesday. The Warriors have won four championships in eight years, but they didn’t visit the White House while Donald Trump was president. He publicly disinvited them after Stephen Curry, the team’s star,

3:57 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Twenty years after LeBron James was the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, the No. 3 selection in the league’s most recent draft — Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. — told the Los Angeles Lakers star something to make him feel his age. “Hey,” Smith said

6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jayson Tatum knew he was sitting on 48 points entering the final minute of the Boston Celtics‘ Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee against the Charlotte Hornets on Monday and briefly thought about backing the ball out and letting the clock run down with the outcome

4:31 PM ET Hours after the NBA released its Last Two Minute Report for the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 113-112 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, determining that Russell Westbrook was not fouled by Joel Embiid on L.A.’s final offensive possession, LeBron James took to Twitter to share his frustration with the league’s officiating. Quote