7:20 AM ET The NBA’s play-in tournament adds a fascinating wrinkle to the end of the 2022-23 regular season and the start of the postseason. Teams were already less incentivized to tank games down the stretch because of the flattened lottery odds instituted in 2019. Now that the top 10 teams in the standings will

3:00 PM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. The best fantasy basketball managers make a habit of looking at the NBA schedule, examining box scores and scouring the news for

7:30 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Will this NBA season feature one of the closest Most Valuable Player votes in league history? If ESPN’s final MVP straw poll of 2022-23 is any indication, buckle up, as Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has overtaken Denver Nuggets center and two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic. By two points. Not

9:13 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Julius Randle, who has played in all 77 games for the New York Knicks this season, missed the second half of the 101-92 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night because of a sprained left ankle. Randle was hurt in the second quarter when he

9:51 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr remains hopeful that Andrew Wiggins will return this season after the veteran forward missed his 20th straight game because of a family matter. Wiggins has been working out on his own every day, but when and if he returns to the

7:30 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES center Karl-Anthony Towns called it. Three seconds before, down one with 18 seconds left against the Golden State Warriors, Kyle Anderson had intercepted a bad pass from Draymond Green. Anderson took two dribbles, spotted his big man sprinting down the floor to meet him, and dished it. Towns

8:42 PM ET Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki and coach Gregg Popovich are among the finalists elected into a starry Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2023, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. International stars Pau Gasol and Tony Parker and WNBA legend Becky Hammon also have been voted into the 2023 class, sources said.

9:43 AM ET Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal is under police investigation after a postgame incident with a fan in Orlando, Florida, who claimed to have lost a bet, according to police documents obtained by ESPN. After a 122-112 road loss to the Orlando Magic last Tuesday at Amway Center, Beal and the Wizards were

1:38 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Luka Doncic started Monday hopeful he would play at Indiana. A few hours later, NBA officials announced they had rescinded the All-Star’s most recent technical foul and the subsequent one-game suspension. Doncic responded to that news with the kind of dazzling performance the Dallas Mavericks desperately needed

Mar 26, 2023 LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t until LeBron James consulted with a doctor he referred to as “the LeBron James of feet” — preferring not to disclose the medical professional’s name — that the Los Angeles Lakers star was assured he’d be able to return this season from a torn tendon in his