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NBA restart: Rosters, schedules and standings projections for every team

With scrimmages tipping off Wednesday, here’s our breakdown of every team in Orlando, Florida, including: current seed and most likely playoff seeds (via simulations using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index), remaining strength of schedule (ranked from hardest to easiest), seeding-game schedules (with win projections using BPI), full rosters and projected rotations. We’ve also included the number […]

Ben Simmons hears the talk, but his process is not a public experiment

The first sprung high off the rim, then the ball descended straight back down to the iron, where it bandied about two, three, four times before finally nestling through the strings, coronating Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors as the Game 7 clutch winners, and the Philadelphia 76ers as the disappointing, hard-luck losers of the […]

The longest flight in Los Angeles Lakers history: When the team learned of Kobe Bryant’s death

Awaiting the Los Angeles Lakers at the end of their 10-day, five-game road trip was a cross-country trek back to L.A., with an 11 a.m. ET departure time allowing for a 2:05 p.m. PT scheduled arrival time. This meant their Sunday was supposed to be salvaged by some semblance of an off day in Southern […]

LeBron James caps Kobe ‘celebration’ at Staples with stirring speech

There were two moving and powerful video tributes, and performances by R&B artists Usher and Boyz II Men and cellist Ben Hong, followed by an emotional LeBron James addressing a crowd for the first time since Bryant’s death Sunday. Then the Los Angeles Lakers’ entire starting five were introduced one by one as “Kobe Bryant” […]

How Frank Vogel won over the Lakers and their superstars

Last May, alongside general manager Rob Pelinka, Vogel took the podium on the team’s practice court. Just hours earlier, Magic Johnson had accused Pelinka of backstabbing him during his rocky tenure as the Lakers’ president, a post Johnson had relinquished the previous month during an impromptu hallway resignation. Johnson’s departure was soon followed by the […]

Lakers’ Anthony Davis questionable for game against Rockets

Anthony Davis, out the past four games after taking a hard foul on his backside against the New York Knicks, did not practice with the team on Friday and is listed as questionable for the Rockets game. Davis did go through an individual workout on the court after practice, however, mixing in light sprinting and […]

Kyrie Irving’s injury, Spencer Dinwiddie’s dominance and the biggest Brooklyn Nets questions

What is the update on Kyrie Irving? It was Sunday, one hour and 45 minutes before opening tip between the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers, and by this point in the season, the Nets head coach was on auto-pilot when it came to responses about his All-Star point guard. “No update, no timetable,” Atkinson said. […]

Anthony Davis sits with ankle sprain in Lakers’ loss to Pacers

It was the second game Davis has missed this season. He is leading the team in points (27.4), rebounds (9.3) and blocks (2.6) per game. In Davis’ absence, Jared Dudley made his first start of the season for the Lakers (24-4), who are tied with the Milwaukee Bucks for the NBA’s best record. Davis tweaked […]