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ESPN News Services Jan 31, 2025, 10:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon during Friday night’s 118-116 loss to the Boston Celtics, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Murray drove into the lane and took a shot, then went to chase his miss. But

The NBA has suspended Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart without pay for one game after he picked up his sixth flagrant foul point of the season during Wednesday’s loss to the Indiana Pacers. Stewart was also fined $50,000 for making “inappropriate and objectionable gestures” after he was tossed. Midway through the second quarter, Stewart delivered

Each week during the 2024-25 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. Fact or Fiction: Domantas Sabonis is The Biggest Snub What is a snub? A snub is a guy that

Associated Press Jan 30, 2025, 12:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama has had enough. The San Antonio star charged after Ivica Zubac after the LA center shoved him to the court during the Clippers’ 128-116 victory over the Spurs on Wednesday night. The frustration with what Wembanyama preceives as a

The fantasy scenario of a De’Aaron Fox-Victor Wembanyama partnership may no longer be just a figment of our imagination, but rather a plausible scenario that could soon materialize. “De’Aaron Fox, driving to the hole, and he lobs it to Wembanyama for the slam!” It isn’t just fans who have tried willing those two players together.

There were only four games on Tuesday, which provided us with limited streaming options. There may be a few extra names on this list that are best for deep, deep leagues, while other names will be great in every league. Nobody likes injuries, but if we try to look at the bright side of situations,

Open Extended Reactions The Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler again on Monday, the third suspension for their disgruntled star over the past month but the one that appears to signal the end of his six-year tenure with the team. The Heat said the latest suspension — triggered by Butler walking out of practice after hearing

Mac McClung became the fifth person to win back-to-back slam dunk contests after winning the event in 2024. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) The field for the NBA slam dunk contest is set, with Mac McClung reportedly joining as the fourth and final participant, per ESPN’s Sham Charania. McClung will attempt to win the contest

All-Stars and Olympic gold medal teammates from the Paris Jewell Loyd and Kelsey Plum are changing WNBA teams in a massive three-team trade at the start of the league’s free agency. Loyd, who made it known she wanted out of Seattle, will head to Las Vegas and the Aces, where she teams up with MVP

Jan 26, 2025, 12:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Unhappy with his current status with the Phoenix Suns, center Jusuf Nurkic said he hasn’t spoken with head coach Mike Budenholzer in two months, going so far as to say the two “don’t have a relationship.” Nurkic, who started 23 games this season before being moved

Rip City Remix v South Bay Lakers With all due respect to Yves Missi, the dunk of the night came out of the G-League. Bronny James caught a body in the South Bay Lakers’ win over Rip City. There are moments when Bronny reminds you of his father. Bronny finished the game with a team-high

Bronny James is back with the G League’s South Bay Lakers, while the Los Angeles Lakers begin a six-game road trip on Saturday versus the Golden State Warriors. And he put on a show for the home fans on Friday night. Late in the third quarter of South Bay’s game versus the Rip City Remix,

Dave McMenaminJan 24, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions BARELY A MONTH into his first season with the Miami Heat, LeBron James‘ supernova trajectory, from

Nikola Jokić keeps getting triple-doubles and the Denver Nuggets keep winning. Named to the NBA All-Star team for the seventh time in his career earlier in the evening, Jokić then recorded his fifth consecutive triple-double and 20th of the season in Denver’s 132–123 win over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. He didn’t play the fourth

It appears the Golden State Warriors dynasty is coming to a close. The team has lost 19 of its last 28 games, many of those defeats coming with Stephen Curry in uniform, and now sits under .500. It’s an unthinkable collapse for a championship organization considering that Curry is still a top-10 player in the

Tim MacMahon Close Tim MacMahon ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Jan 22, 2025, 01:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dallas Mavericks starting center Dereck Lively II has sustained a small fracture in his right foot and is expected

Are the Suns stockpiling assets to upgrade their roster this season around Devin Booker and Kevin Durant? (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) The Phoenix Suns have turned one first-round draft pick into three. Per ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Suns have agreed to trade their 2031 first-round pick to the Utah Jazz in exchange for

It’s Tuesday, January 21, and the Washington Wizards (6-35) and the Los Angeles Lakers (22-18) are all set to square off from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Wizards are simply a bad basketball team. Losers of 10 straight, Washington is led by Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma. The Lakers lost Sunday to the Clippers