Mar 4, 2022 LOS ANGELES — After the Los Angeles Lakers were crushed by the rival Clippers on Thursday night, Russell Westbrook said he is still trying to figure out his role with the team, which he said has “changed every single night.” The Clippers embarrassed their hallway neighbors 132-111 to sweep the season series

12:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff was fined $20,000 by the NBA on Friday for his behavior while being ejected from a game this week. Bickerstaff received two technical fouls and was tossed — for the first time as Cleveland’s coach — by referee Natalie Sago in the

10:42 PM ET After scoring 100 points combined in back-to-back G League games, guard Nik Stauskas has agreed to a two-year contract with the Boston Celtics, his agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman told ESPN on Thursday night. Stauskas, who had 57 and 43 points in consecutive games for the Grand Rapids Gold, joins the

3:16 PM ET Center DeAndre Jordan signed with the Philadelphia 76ers for the rest of the season after he cleared waivers on Thursday, the team announced. Teams had until 5 p.m. ET on Thursday to make a claim on Jordan The Los Angeles Lakers waived Jordan on Tuesday, using the roster spot to sign veteran

10:16 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant spent part of his morning brushing off the notion that he was going to be a “savior” for his struggling team, then he almost did just that in a 113-107 loss to the Miami Heat on Thursday night. After missing a month and

1:40 PM ET Eric MoodyESPN Who is trending up? Which rotations are changing? What’s the latest with the notable injuries around the NBA? Here’s a look around the league at the most fantasy relevant news and notes for all 30 teams: Atlanta Hawks Bogdan Bogdanovic leads the Hawks’ second unit and over the last six

4:33 AM ET Lindsay du Plessis The second edition of the BAL sees 12 teams from around the continent compete in a very different format from 2021, across three months instead of a two-week COVID-induced bubble. The tournament is divided into three stints, with the Sahara Conference taking place in Dakar, Senegal from March 5-15,

Mar 1, 2022 Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics coach Ime Udoka said after Boston’s 107-98 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at TD Garden on Tuesday night that he is optimistic Jaylen Brown‘s right ankle sprain won’t keep him out long term. “[He] rolled it,” Udoka said. “Got some swelling and soreness, obviously. He tried to

1:01 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MINNEAPOLIS — After stringing together their worst stretch of the season through the month of February, the Golden State Warriors were looking to turn the page when they came out of the All-Star break and the calendar flipped to March. But instead, it was more of the same — perhaps

3:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — As bleak as things might seem for the Lakers after Tuesday’s 109-104 loss to the Dallas Mavericks — the 10th defeat in the Lakers’ past 13 games — dropped Los Angeles just two games away from falling out of the play-in tournament altogether, LeBron James insisted he won’t give