12:48 PM ET Chicago Bulls swingman Otto Porter Jr. will miss at least two more weeks as he continues to deal with a foot injury, the team announced Friday. Porter had an MRI on his left foot Wednesday, and it revealed what the team called “continued bone edema.” The Bulls said Porter will be briefly

11:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Things didn’t get any better for the New York Knicks and embattled coach David Fizdale on Thursday night as they dropped a 129-92 decision to the Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden. It was the eighth straight loss for the 4-18 Knicks. The Knicks trailed by 43 points in

10:34 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — When Zion Williamson finally does take the floor for his season debut with the New Orleans Pelicans, expect the team to be mindful of the workload for this year’s No. 1 overall pick. David Griffin, the Pelicans’ vice president of basketball operations, said Williamson’s return to the

1:09 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James took to social media on Thursday to shrug off criticism made by Utah Jazz television announcers and defend his actions for coming onto the court in socks to cheer his teammates in the closing minutes of Wednesday night’s blowout win. James, who had already exited the

1:44 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — LeBron James broke a personal seven-game road losing streak to the Utah Jazz, dating back to December 2010, in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 121-96 win Wednesday, but there was one sequence he would like to get back. As James was bringing the ball past half court in the

9:56 PM ET The Houston Rockets will likely file an official protest regarding James Harden’s dunk that wasn’t counted in Tuesday’s 135-133 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, sources told ESPN. Houston had been optimistic in the wake of the loss that the NBA office would take action without a protest being necessary. However, sources

7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA season reaches its quarter pole this week, and a new world order has begun to establish itself. The Golden State Warriors are no longer juggernauts. The Los Angeles Lakers might be. The Zion Williamson Era … is on hold. But amid all the tumult that has defined the

3:37 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Paul George doesn’t hide how he feels about Carmelo Anthony. In fact, the LA Clippers All-Star is quick to point out how he wears a chain that Anthony gave to him when the two played together on the Thunder. “He was the big brother, he was the mentor, he

9:13 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — It has been just over six weeks since New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson had surgery to repair the injured meniscus in his right knee. The Pelicans initially put a six-to-eight-week timetable on Williamson’s return, and a source told ESPN that the No. 1 overall pick has

1:50 PM ET NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets will continue to play without All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving for at least the next two games, coach Kenny Atkinson said after practice on Tuesday. Atkinson said Irving, who has missed the past nine games because of a right shoulder impingement, will stay behind and continue