The San Antonio Spurs have “mutually agreed” with LaMarcus Aldridge to try to find a new NBA home for the veteran forward, coach Gregg Popovich said on Thursday (AEDT). Popovich confirmed that Aldridge was healthy but not with the team as they began the second half of the NBA season with a game against the Mavericks in Dallas. Watch Live […]

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The Miami Heat have placed Meyers Leonard on indefinite leave, hours after a video surfaced of the reserve centre using an anti-Jewish slur during a video game livestream. Leonard called an opposing player “k***,” in between other vulgarities, while playing Call of Duty: Warzone on Monday. Watch Live coverage every week of the NBA Regular Season with ESPN on Kayo. […]

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NBA writer for ESPN.com since 2008 Former contributor and editor at NPR A COUPLE OF WEEKS back, the Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves squared off in a game that only a few years ago would have been historic but in 2021 is just another Tuesday night. In a sparsely filled Fiserv Forum, the two teams attempted 96 3-point shots — […]

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The NBA’s mini-bubble in Atlanta for the All-Star Game apparently worked. No players, coaches or game officials tested positive for COVID-19 while in Atlanta, the NBA said Monday after the final tests were processed and results were returned to the league and the teams involved. That includes Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, a pair of All-Stars who had to […]

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The 2021 NBA All-Star experience was as close to typical as you could reasonably expect, but much like every other sporting event that has taken place in the last year, things just felt a little off. Instead of a high level of excitement, multiple players expressed apprehension about gathering in Atlanta. The skills competitions and All-Star Game occurred over the course of a few hours […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry won his second 3-point contest, while Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis outdueled the Orlando Magic’s Nikola Vucevic in the final round of the skills challenge prior to Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game. Curry scored 28 points in the final round of the 3-point contest, nailing his last money ball shot (worth two points) to beat […]