3:42 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A troubling loss to the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night led to an uneasy admission within the Los Angeles Lakers‘ locker room: The roster is not working, and something must be done to get the team back on course with Thursday’s trade deadline fast approaching. The suspicion

8:50 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN The NBA announced the participants for the three events that will take place on All-Star Saturday Night in Cleveland — the 3-point contest, slam dunk contest and a revamped skills challenge that will feature three teams of three players. The new skills challenge format will allow Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis

5:25 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman participated in contact drills on Tuesday afternoon for the first time in 10 months, taking part in a three-on-three scrimmage after practice in Salt Lake City. This marks the clearing of a major hurdle for Wiseman, who has been out

7:45 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — While much of the discourse about this season’s Los Angeles Lakers has centered around the acquisition of Russell Westbrook and how the point guard has not been an ideal fit, LeBron James insists there is no one player responsible for the team still scuffling along below .500 as

Feb 3, 2022 NBA Insiders The 2021-22 NBA All-Star player pool is set after the NBA announced the Eastern and Western Conference reserves on Thursday night. The West reserves were led by two sets of teammates — Phoenix’s Chris Paul and Devin Booker and Utah’s Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell — with Luka Doncic (Dallas

6:35 AM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News When Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey reached out to Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks

1:56 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Norman Powell had just had his new furniture delivered and was still getting settled into his Portland home when he found out he was being traded to the LA Clippers. In his LA debut on Sunday, Powell showed he could very well be a nice multi-purpose addition to the

Feb 6, 2022 LOS ANGELES — For the second time this season, Russell Westbrook was benched by Lakers coach Frank Vogel to close out a game. Only this time, the Lakers won, beating the New York Knicks 122-115 in overtime on Saturday. And the result made all the difference to Westbrook in accepting the decision.

8:57 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Nikola Jokic, inching closer to tying Wilt Chamberlain on the career triple-doubles list, joined the Hall of Famer as the only players with multiple 25-point triple-doubles on 80% shooting in NBA history on Sunday. Jokic had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists while shooting 12-of-15 from

Feb 5, 2022 PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Before the LA Clippers began their practice Saturday morning, Paul George was on one end of the gym taking shots with his left hand. The star guard has been out since Dec. 22 with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right shooting elbow, missing 22 straight games.