11:24 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Andrew Wiggins scored 24 points and had five steals in his debut for the Golden State Warriors during a 125-120 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night. The veteran swingman went 8-for-12 from the field in 31 minutes. The 24-year-old showed some of the offensive prowess the

1:07 PM ET The Charlotte Hornets are finalizing a buyout with forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Tim MacMahon. The Dallas Mavericks have emerged as a possible destination once Kidd-Gilchrist clears waivers, sources said. The 26-year-old Kidd-Gilchrist, who was the No. 2 overall pick by the then-Bobcats in the 2012 draft, has

2:45 AM ET Lawrence MurrayESPN.com The entire viewing audience that tuned into Friday night’s matchup between the Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz was looking for a show. What the people got was a controversial finish in a game the Jazz would win 117-114. The odds were already stacked against the Trail Blazers when Friday

11:51 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Almost exactly 21 years ago, Vince Carter’s Hall of Fame career began in an innocuous way: with a baseline jumper over fellow 1998 draftee Paul Pierce. Friday night, before Carter — now playing for the Atlanta Hawks in his 22nd NBA season — played his final game here

5:46 PM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Friday that the trade that sent D’Angelo Russell to the Minnesota Timberwolves and bought Andrew Wiggins to the Warriors came down to fit. “We know that Andrew is a better positional fit for us than what D’Angelo was, just given that Steph (Curry) and Klay

9:52 AM ET Several elite international prospects are slated to attend the sixth annual Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Global Camp in Chicago February 14-16, a joint venture of the NBA and FIBA held during All-Star Weekend. Despite only being conceived in 2015, the BWB Global Camp has quickly ascended to the top of NBA executives’

1:41 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Road games continue to be the Mount Everest the 76ers cannot summit. Days after Ben Simmons called the 76ers “soft” and Joel Embiid cited the team’s spacing issues, Philadelphia suffered its fourth consecutive road loss Thursday night in Milwaukee. “I think it puts a lot of things in perspective,” Al

3:30 PM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline has now passed, and the NBA saw marquee players switch teams ahead of the 3 p.m. ET cutoff. Players took to social media to share their reactions on being moved, along with others who commented on the flurry of activity across the league. Some of the leagues’

12:53 AM ET DALLAS — On the night he agreed to a three-year, $35 million contract extension, Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Dillon Brooks got another wish granted. The Grizzlies agreed to trade Andre Iguodala to the Miami Heat, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday, ending the 36-year-old former Finals MVP’s mutually agreed-upon absence

12:49 AM ET The skidding Philadelphia 76ers made a move Wednesday to fortify their bench, landing forward Glenn Robinson III and guard Alec Burks in a trade with the Golden State Warriors, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Philadelphia is sending Golden State a 2020 second-round pick via Dallas, a 2021 second-round pick via