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ESPN News Services Jan 16, 2025, 12:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — The Pelicans outlasted the injury-depleted Dallas Mavericks 119-116 on Wednesday night after Trey Murphy III had a disputed block of Spencer Dinwiddie‘s layup for the lead with four seconds left. Murphy had 24 points and 10 rebounds, capped by game-sealing

ESPN News Services Jan 15, 2025, 10:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin was suspended for one game without pay by the NBA on Wednesday night for inappropriate contact and verbal abuse of a game official. Mathurin was penalized for his actions with 3:58 left in the Pacers’

Shams Charania, Senior NBA InsiderJan 15, 2025, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Charlotte Hornets traded center Nick Richards and a second-round draft pick to the Phoenix Suns for forward Josh Okogie and three second-round picks, it was announced Wednesday. The Hornets sent a 2025 Denver second-rounder to Phoenix, which trades a 2026 Nuggets

PHILADELPHIA — New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns has a bone chip in his right thumb to go along with the sprain he sustained in Monday’s loss to the Detroit Pistons, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday, though those same sources also said Towns was expected to play through the injury. Towns hurt his thumb

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 15, 2025, 08:43 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Associated Press Jan 15, 2025, 08:02 PM ET CHICAGO — Atlanta All-Star Trae Young is sidelined for the short-handed Hawks‘ game against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night due to a bruised right rib. Coach Quin Snyder said Young “took a pretty good shot” against Phoenix on Tuesday, when he scored a season-high 43 points

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 15, 2025, 06:30 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein will miss Thursday’s matchup of the two teams with the NBA’s best records because of a left soleus strain,

Shams Charania, Senior NBA InsiderJan 15, 2025, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Charlotte Hornets are trading center Nick Richards and a second-round draft pick to the Phoenix Suns for forward Josh Okogie and three second-round picks, sources told ESPN. The Hornets are sending a 2025 Denver second-rounder to Phoenix, which trades a 2026

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 15, 2025, 03:03 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving is listed as doubtful for Wednesday night’s road game against the New Orleans Pelicans, although his intention

Jan 15, 2025, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The three NBA games postponed last week — two by the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area and one by a winter storm in Atlanta — have caused a ripple effect in the league’s schedule, with nine games involving nine teams being rescheduled to make

NBA insiders Jan 15, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As the 2025 NBA trade deadline approaches (Feb. 6, 3 p.m. ET), several teams across both conferences will be reevaluating their rosters over the next three weeks. The Oklahoma City Thunder remain the dominant team in the West behind MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander but

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 15, 2025, 02:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — After Jamal Murray‘s best offensive performance of the season, Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone defended his star guard who admittedly

Associated Press Jan 14, 2025, 10:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Trae Young scored a season-high 43 points and the Atlanta Hawks overcame Devin Booker‘s 35 points to beat Phoenix 122-117 on Tuesday night and snap the Suns’ three-game winning streak. Kevin Durant scored 14 of his 31 points in the third quarter

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 14, 2025, 07:54 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving has been cleared to return for Tuesday night’s home game against the Denver Nuggets. Irving,

Shams Charania, Senior NBA InsiderJan 14, 2025, 12:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler reiterated to team president Pat Riley in a face-to-face meeting last week that he wants to be traded, league sources told ESPN. Butler told Riley that he will not sign a new deal in Miami and intends

ESPN News Services Jan 14, 2025, 08:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Knox and Kai Redick are two basketball-obsessed kids who had amassed a big collection of NBA jerseys, trading cards and autographs thanks to their dad’s careers as a shooting guard, a podcaster and the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Associated Press Jan 14, 2025, 07:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard is in no rush to break free of the minutes restriction he has been playing under since making his season debut recently. “I’m taking my time,” the LA Clippers superstar said. “I done that in the past and it

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 14, 2025, 12:41 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterJan 13, 2025, 11:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The New York Knicks scored 119 points and shot efficiently — 50% from the field and 40% from the three-point stripe. They even managed to get to the line 11 more times than the Detroit Pistons. But in the

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 13, 2025, 07:19 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Associated Press Jan 13, 2025, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Bulls forward Torrey Craig has a sprained right ankle and will be reevaluated in two weeks. The 34-year-old Craig hasn’t played since scoring a season-high 18 points in a 115-108 victory at Charlotte on Dec. 30. He has appeared in just nine

ESPN News Services Jan 13, 2025, 03:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves rookie guard Terrence Shannon Jr. is out 2-4 weeks with a foot injury, the team said Monday. Shannon injured his right foot during a game with NBA G League affiliate Iowa on Saturday. An MRI exam revealed a Grade 2 mid-foot

Shams Charania, Senior NBA InsiderJan 13, 2025, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LiAngelo Ball has signed a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative from his label Born2Ball Music Group says. Sources told ESPN the deal is worth as much as $13 million, with $8 million guaranteed, and gives Ball full

Associated Press Jan 13, 2025, 01:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia 76ers will partner with Comcast Spectacor, their current landlord, to build a new arena in South Philadelphia and abandon a deal with the city to move downtown. The stunning reversal comes as a relief to critics of the plan to put a

Jim McCormick, Special to ESPN.comJan 13, 2025, 01:32 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source

Field Level Media Jan 13, 2025, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA fined Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards $50,000 on Monday for “making obscene gestures toward a game official.” It marks the fifth time this season that Edwards has been fined, totaling $285,000. This latest incident occurred Saturday during the second quarter of

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJan 13, 2025, 11:46 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 A Las Vegas man was charged in connection to an illegal betting scheme involving Jontay Porter, the former Toronto Raptors player who admitted to manipulating his performance for gambling purposes and was banned from

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 13, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

ESPN News Services Jan 12, 2025, 09:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Andrew Nembhard scored 19 points, Pascal Siakam had 18 points and nine rebounds and the Indiana Pacers ended NBA-leading Cleveland’s winning streak at 12 games, defeating the Cavaliers 108-93 on Sunday night. The teams will complete the home-and-home set Tuesday night

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterJan 12, 2025, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After the Milwaukee Bucks were routed 140-106 on Sunday by the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden — a loss that dropped them to 0-8 in games against the top three teams in the East — two-time MVP