12:14 AM ET NEW YORK — A look of relief and happiness was etched across Devin Booker‘s face inside the Phoenix Suns‘ locker room after a 116-112 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night. After missing a month and a half while rehabbing a groin injury suffered during a Christmas night loss to the

6:48 PM ET LeBron James is getting incredibly close to passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Los Angeles Lakers star is 36 points behind the former Lakers star. Abdul-Jabbar scored 38,387 points in his 20-year career with the Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks. He became the league’s

4:30 PM ET Phoenix Suns president and CEO Jason Rowley, whom some employees placed at the center of allegations of verbal abuse, retaliation and intimidation in the workplace, has resigned, team sources told ESPN on Monday. Suns employees were notified in an internal email from Suns interim governor Sam Garvin. “I wanted to let you

12:34 PM ET As discussions on a new labor agreement continue, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association have extended an early opt-out deadline of Wednesday, allowing the league and union to continue negotiations on a new long-term collective bargaining deal, the league announced on Monday. As the sides pursue an early labor deal, a

9:26 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd brushed aside questions about newly acquired guard Kyrie Irving‘s past controversies and future contract negotiations, preferring to focus on his belief that pairing Irving with fellow All-Star starter Luka Doncic cracks open a championship window for the franchise. The Mavs pounced on the

7:52 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — THE BULLS had a golden opportunity. After starting the season 12-18, the Bulls were riding a season-high three-game winning streak, building momentum with a blowout win at home against the Golden State Warriors, a thrashing of the Detroit Pistons in Paris and a convincing victory over the Atlanta

Feb 4, 2023 Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Trey Murphy III hadn’t heard a certain song in quite some time. After every home victory, the New Orleans Pelicans play “Wipe Me Down” by Boosie as players and fans exit the building. With the team on a 10-game losing streak however, things had been quiet for

3:30 PM ET The 2023 NBA trade deadline is set for Thursday at 3 p.m. ET. Which teams will be making deals ahead of that deadline, and how will that impact the landscape of the NBA heading into the 2023 playoffs? There have been only three in-season trades to date, but after an offseason that

Feb 3, 2023 Andre SnellingsESPN Let’s play “What if?” What if Kyrie Irving — who has asked to be traded — gets his wish and is sent to a new team in exchange for a package of draft picks and veterans on expiring contracts? To me, that would signal that the Nets have decided to

10:29 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA suspended Orlando’s Mo Bamba for four games and Minnesota’s Austin Rivers for three games for their roles in an on-court altercation on Friday night. Jalen Suggs of the Magic will miss one game, the league said, for escalating the incident. The league announced the suspensions