Oct 28, 2022 The NBA is pursuing the implementation of an upper spending limit in its negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association, a systemic change that has been met with significant union resistance, sources told ESPN. In the wake of large-market contenders Golden State, Brooklyn and the LA

1:45 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Russell Westbrook came off the bench in a regular-season game for the first time since his rookie year in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 111-102 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and impressed his team by taking to the role. “He was great,” said LeBron James, who said Westbrook’s energy “catapulted” L.A.’s

11:05 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 44 points, carrying the Philadelphia 76ers without Joel Embiid to a 112-90 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Embiid sat out because of a sore right knee. A five-time All Star and the reigning NBA scoring champion, Embiid is averaging 27.6

Oct 27, 2022 ESPN News Services Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has a Grade 1 strain of his right calf and will be reevaluated in 1-2 weeks, the team announced Thursday. An MRI taken Thursday confirmed the strain. Lillard suffered the injury with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter of Wednesday’s loss

Oct 27, 2022 Washington Wizards guard Delon Wright, the team’s best perimeter defender, is expected to miss six to eight weeks with a right hamstring injury, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Wizards said Wright suffered a Grade 2 strain of his right hamstring during the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s victory against the Detroit Pistons.

3:11 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans coach Willie Green says Zion Williamson and Herb Jones will be questionable for Friday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, but Brandon Ingram will not be on the upcoming three-game road trip because of his concussion. Additionally, guard CJ McCollum (finger), Jose Alvarado (low back

6:46 PM ET ESPN news services NEW YORK — Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike Breen will receive the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting, becoming just the second Fordham alumnus to receive the honor given by the university’s media station. Breen, in his 30th year calling New York Knicks games and the lead

6:26 PM ET Russell Westbrook sat out the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 110-99 loss to the Nuggets in Denver on Wednesday night because of left hamstring soreness. Speaking before the game, coach Darvin Ham declined to say whether Westbrook would miss more games, saying only that the team would take it day by day. “We all

2:55 AM ET DENVER — With the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 0-4 start being the first time his team has lost four straight games to begin a season since he was a rookie nearly 20 years ago, LeBron James vowed to tweak his personal approach moving forward. “I wasn’t aggressive enough in a lot of my

Oct 25, 2022 Brian Windhorst and a team of ESPN’s Insiders sort out life and the news from in and around the NBA world. The Los Angeles Lakers are 0-3, have roster construction issues and eventually will have to make a trade — probably, but not certainly, involving Russell Westbrook. For now, let’s focus on