6:44 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Snow-capped mountains will be the setting for NBA All-Star Weekend in 2023. The league announced Wednesday that Salt Lake City, Utah, will be its upcoming host. Utah last hosted NBA All-Star Weekend on Feb. 21, 1993, where hometown heroes John Stockton and Karl Malone shared co-MVP honors. Returning in 2023

8:29 AM ET How wild was this NBA offseason? The LA Clippers are suddenly the title favorites. Now that’s a sentence I didn’t think I’d be writing six months ago when the Golden State Warriors owned the league and the Clips were just overachieving underdogs. Then July happened, superstars changed teams and suddenly the NBA

1:36 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Three months after a heated recruiting battle that pitted Los Angeles’ two NBA teams against one another for the services of Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers and Lakers took the fight to the floor, where talent acquisitions are transformed into stardom. Years of planning, posturing, billboards and flight-tracking finally translated

7:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Retired NBA star Dwyane Wade is getting into the media business. Wade will be a regular analyst for TNT’s studio coverage of the NBA on Tuesday nights alongside former Miami Heat teammate Shaquille O’Neal and Candace Parker this season. His agreement with WarnerMedia also includes other projects

10:04 AM ET The Lake Show has been playing non-stop at U.S. sportsbooks, leaving bookmakers staring at sizable liabilities on the Los Angeles Lakers to win the NBA championship. As the season tips off, more money has been bet on the Lakers to win the title than has been bet on any other team at

4:47 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Zion Williamson‘s first dance with the New Orleans Pelicans will have to wait. The team announced on Monday afternoon that Williamson had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to treat a torn meniscus. The Pelicans expect Williamson will miss six to eight weeks. Williamson would miss approximately 20 games on

5:37 PM ET PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — After being cautious and playing in just two preseason games, Kawhi Leonard will have no limitations on him when he makes his LA Clippers‘ debut on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Lakers. Coach Doc Rivers said there will be no playing time cap on his new star forward

3:44 AM ET Associated Press About a dozen NBA players gathered for a teleconference with officials in the league office this summer, making their case about what they believe is one of the biggest problems in the game. Fan behavior, they said, is getting worse. The numbers show they’re right, and if that isn’t troubling

6:05 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma has been ruled out of the season opener against the LA Clippers, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said Sunday. It is unknown just how much of the start to the regular season that Kuzma, who was cleared for non-contact practice last week after

12:06 AM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Shooting guard Dion Waiters has been suspended by the Miami Heat for their season opener against Memphis on Wednesday night for what was described as “conduct detrimental to the team.” “There were a number of unacceptable incidents this week, culminating with his unprofessional conduct on the bench