Jan 25, 2022 As the NBA nears the fourth month of its investigation into the Phoenix Suns and majority owner Robert Sarver, the team is working toward creating a confidential internal hotline in the coming weeks for employees to report complaints, team sources told ESPN. On Monday, a Suns executive explained to colleagues that the

8:19 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets won’t listen to trade-deadline overtures for All-NBA guard James Harden, a resolve rooted in Harden’s repeated insistences to ownership and management that he’s committed to staying and winning a championship with the franchise, sources told ESPN. Nets owner Joe Tsai and general manager Sean Marks are buoyed not only

11:51 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN Chicago Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr. fractured his right index finger while working out at their practice facility, and he is expected to miss six to eight weeks, the team said Tuesday. Jones’ finger will be placed in a splint, and the team left open the possibility that he could

4:27 PM ET The NBA issued a correction Tuesday after bettors pointed out an assist erroneously credited to Chris Paul in the Utah Jazz–Phoenix Suns game earlier this week, the latest stat-keeping error to cause controversy in the sports betting community. Paul was credited with an assist on a Devin Booker basket in the first

Jan 24, 2022 Jamal CollierESPN Even though the Chicago Bulls had initially ruled guard Zach LaVine out of action until sometime later this week because of his left knee injury, after watching the past five games from the sidelines, LaVine had had enough. “I got tired of just sitting at home watching,” LaVine said during

4:53 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN The NBA on Sunday suspended the Milwaukee Bucks‘ Grayson Allen for one game for his flagrant 2 foul on Alex Caruso that caused a fractured wrist for the Chicago Bulls guard. The league punished Allen, who was ejected from the Bucks’ 94-90 victory over the Bulls on Friday night after

11:39 PM ET MIAMI — Anthony Davis‘ left knee injury coincided with an offensive explosion from LeBron James, as his 33 points in Sunday night’s 113-107 loss to the Miami Heat marked the 17th straight game that the Los Angeles Lakers star has scored 25 points or more. All with Davis out. With Davis potentially

Jan 23, 2022 Associated Press WASHINGTON — This was quite a way for Jayson Tatum to break out of his shooting slump. Tatum scored 51 points — 48 in the first three quarters — to help the Boston Celtics breeze to a 116-87 victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Tatum made nine 3-pointers and

8:00 AM ET The race atop the Eastern Conference is shaping up to be a wild one in the NBA’s second half. The Miami Heat are the current leaders after their win over the Los Angeles Lakers combined with the Brooklyn Nets‘ loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, but plenty of contenders are right

Jan 22, 2022 ESPN News Services During the Tokyo Olympics last summer, when Damian Lillard‘s abdominal injury flared up, Jrue Holiday suggested it was time for surgery. Lillard finally took his fellow Olympian’s advice and had the procedure Jan. 13. The Portland Trail Blazers‘ star point guard spoke to reporters Saturday for the first time