6:51 AM ET FOR ANDRE ROBERSON, it’s been two and a half years. It’s been 30 months of rehab and recovery. It’s been 180 games since he went down with a devastating left knee injury, and 180 games since he last played. He knows. “I get it. I get it,” he said from inside the

Jul 22, 2020 In the first NBA game played in more than four months, LA Clippers guard Lou Williams sat in the team’s socially distanced bench area Wednesday and noticed the new atmosphere around him. The 2019-20 season is on again, as the Clippers and Orlando Magic got the season restart underway with the first

Jul 22, 2020 Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma spoke to the media for 6½ minutes Wednesday — addressing some reporters in person in Orlando, Florida, while others logged in on Zoom — and was asked 10 questions. Only one of the questions was geared toward social justice, and not long after the session finished,

6:06 PM ET MILWAUKEE BUCKS COACH Mike Budenholzer would like to know what constitutes the antonym of asterisk. If such a word exists, he says, that’s what should be attached to whichever team wins the 2020 NBA championship under such unusual circumstances. It’s also, he argues, what should be affixed to the 1999 San Antonio

6:42 AM ET NBA Insiders How many championships will Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James finish his career with? Can he catch Michael Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time? James and the Lakers enter the NBA restart in Orlando, Florida, as one of the top title contenders, though this will be unlike

4:10 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Although a return to the Orlando bubble is not set in stone yet, the New Orleans Pelicans did provide some clarity on rookie forward Zion Williamson‘s situation Wednesday. The team announced Wednesday afternoon that Williamson has been getting tested daily for the coronavirus since he has been away from the

9:35 PM ET The Sacramento Kings will be without Marvin Bagley III for the remainder of the season after an MRI revealed a lateral right foot sprain. The second-year forward out of Duke was hurt during an intrasquad scrimmage on Sunday, landing on a teammate’s foot after going up for a rebound. The team says

12:30 AM ET NBA Insiders Glen Taylor bought the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1994, saving the team from a potential move to New Orleans. He announced Tuesday that he is looking into a potential sale of the franchise, which has made just one playoff appearance since 2004, and has hired bankers to help identify bidders. ESPN’s

6:46 PM ET The NBA has made the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, its temporary home to finish the season, but Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis is approaching the games as if they were part of an extended road trip. “Just kind of treat it as an away-game routine,” Davis

12:14 PM ET Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban declared that the “National Anthem Police in this country are out of control,” leading to a tense exchange on Twitter with Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican who represents Texas. Cuban initially tweeted “Bye” on Sunday evening in response to a tweet from Mark Davis in which the