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The second day of the NBA in-season tournament saw LeBron James and Kevin Durant nearly combine to score their ages, with the Los Angeles Lakers pulling out a much-needed 122-119 comeback win in a battle between two future Hall of Famers. The Lakers entered Friday on a three-game losing streak and responded by swapping out

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderNov 9, 2023, 03:34 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Open Extended Reactions After less than two years on the job, National Basketball Players Association executive director Tamika Tremaglio has stepped down, clearing the way for Andre Iguodala to become the union’s acting executive director.

It may be too early to make grand proclamations about some of the NBA’s early surprises. The Minnesota Timberwolves seem like a legitimate threat in the Western Conference. The Indiana Pacers, Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic could all disrupt the Eastern Conference playoff field. Even the Houston Rockets have won four straight games convincingly. These

Yahoo Sports Do the Giants want a QB? & the death of the Patriot Way | Inside Coverage Jason Fitz is joined by Senior NFL Reporters Charles Robinson and Jori Epstein to pull back the curtain on the latest storylines around the NFL. Daniel Jones is out for the season with an ACL injury, and

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterNov 7, 2023, 01:58 PM 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 The Los Angeles Lakers contacted the NBA league office Tuesday about what they

Yahoo Sports QB breakdowns & Caleb Williams vs. Drake Maye with Theo Ash | The Exempt List Charles McDonald is joined by Theo Ash of TikTok fame to break down some quarterback play and finally get to the bottom of Caleb Williams vs. Drake Maye as we look ahead to the 2024 NFL Draft. But

NEW YORK — James Harden was not in regular-season form. After a summer-long standoff with the Philadelphia 76ers, an unwavering trade request to join the Los Angeles Clippers, during which Harden did not play an exhibition game or even significant five-on-five during Sixers practices, he took to the Madison Square Garden court for his 2023-24

Andrew Lopez, ESPNNov 5, 2023, 05:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New Orleans Pelicans announced that guard CJ McCollum has a small pneumothorax in his right lung after an imaging was performed Sunday morning. According to the Mayo Clinic, a pneumothorax “occurs when air leaks into the space between your lung and chest wall.

Devin Booker has now missed five of the Suns’ first seven games of the season due to various injuries. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) (Christian Petersen via Getty Images) Devin Booker missed yet another game for the Phoenix Suns due to injury on Sunday afternoon. Booker didn’t play in the Suns’ matchup with the Detroit Pistons on

Tim Bontemps, ESPNNov 3, 2023, 10:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Myles Turner will go into the NBA’s history books. Turner’s dunk off a pass from Indiana Pacers All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton 19 seconds into Friday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers became the first basket scored in the history of the NBA’s in-season tournament,

The first NBA in-season tournament tips off Friday with group play and concludes Dec. 9 with the championship game. All 30 teams will participate in the group stage in three groups of five teams within each conference. The groups were decided by a random draw in July. Here are the groups: Eastern Conference Group A

Yahoo Sports 2023 F1 drivers’ and constructors’ standings After his record-setting 10th consecutive victory, two-time defending F1 world drivers champion Max Verstappen holds a 145-point lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez with eight of 23 rounds remaining.

It might actually be time to wonder if Victor Wembanyama was underhyped. Let’s add a few facts together: 1. The San Antonio Spurs went 22-60 last season. 2. They added nothing of significance beyond the No. 1 overall pick. 3. The Suns were undefeated in the regular season with Kevin Durant last season. 4. The

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterNov 1, 2023, 11:20 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Player empowerment was allegedly dead, with the pendulum swinging all the way back to teams — the way sports was “intended” to function. The Damian Lillard saga was only a reprieve, perhaps not even a fair one considering him being the good soldier while James Harden heads to his fourth team in 22 months, the

We might never know precisely why Philadelphia 76ers team president Daryl Morey chose this specific moment to fulfill James Harden’s months-long trade request, granting his wish and sending him to the Los Angeles Clippers early Tuesday. Maybe Morey succumbed to the creeping pressure that a fully ramped up and back-in-the-fold Harden would corrode the still-gestating

Oct 31, 2023, 02:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed on a trade to send guard James Harden to the LA Clippers, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Clippers are sending Marcus Morris, Nic Batum, Robert Covington, KJ Martin, multiple draft picks and a pick swap to Philadelphia, according to sources.

Victor Wembanyama has been hailed as the most-hyped NBA prospect since LeBron James. In his most recent outing, the San Antonio Spurs rookie finished with 11 points (4-of-10 from the field, 0-of-2 from 3), five rebounds, two assists, one block and one steal but had five turnovers as the Spurs took a 123-83 blowout loss