7:35 PM ET The 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend is in full force as the league’s biggest stars meet in Cleveland. This year’s edition saw multiple events with new formats — starting with Rising Stars Challenge that took place on Friday night. Saturday’s action is headlined by three events: the 3-point contest, slam dunk contest and

7:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN CLEVELAND — San Antonio Spurs legend and four-time NBA champion Manu Ginobili and WNBA legends Swin Cash and Lindsay Whalen headlined the 11 finalists from the North American and Women’s Committees for the Naismith Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The other eight finalists were: former Los Angeles Laker Michael

8:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN CLEVELAND — ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel, Hall of Famer and longtime New York Knicks broadcaster Walt “Clyde” Frazier and longtime NBC executive Dick Ebersol were named the Naismith Hall of Fame’s Curt Gowdy Media Award winners Friday afternoon here during All-Star Weekend. “I am really appreciative of the honor because it

Feb 16, 2022 Andrew LopezESPN NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the New York City vaccination mandate preventing Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving from playing in home games “doesn’t quite make sense to me,” speaking during an appearance Wednesday morning on ESPN’s Get Up. As a player unvaccinated against COVID-19, Irving isn’t allowed to play at

Feb 16, 2022 The Pacers will waive Tristan Thompson on Thursday, and the veteran big man will sign a deal with the Chicago Bulls, Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said Wednesday night. In a surprising moment, Carlisle announced the news following the Pacers’ 113-108 win against the Washington Wizards in Indianapolis. Thompson had joined the Pacers

Feb 16, 2022 After missing two months due to an ankle injury, there’s optimism guard Derrick Rose will return to the New York Knicks‘ lineup out of the All-Star Break next week, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Rose has been progressing on the court for a return, and barring setbacks, there’s confidence he’ll be ready

Feb 16, 2022 As the dust from a seismic NBA trade deadline settles, tell yourself the season is nearly 3/4 done. And that the means to make meaningful changes to your fantasy franchises are narrowing. To strategically re-align for the stretch run, there’s only one place to start. Take an extended gander at the NBA

8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid battled for the right to be named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player all last season, it appears this year’s chase for the award could once again come down to the two All-Star big men. Embiid, after coming in second to Jokic in last year’s

7:31 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Zach LaVine‘s visit with a knee specialist in Los Angeles this week went “very well,” according to coach Billy Donovan, who said Wednesday LaVine is cleared to resume play for the team after the All-Star break. LaVine had fluid drained to relieve the swelling

12:34 PM ET Associated Press SALÉ, Morocco — Trailblazing basketball coach Liz Mills has become the first woman head coach of a men’s team in Morocco. Mills has been hired by AS Salé, which competes in Morocco’s top division, and she is set to be the first woman head coach in the Basketball Africa League