LeBron James will be out tonight

This story appears in SLAM Presents USA Basketball. Shop now. Let’s take it back to where it all started. Before you learned to play in a full-court setting, you had to get comfortable navigating the half-court. It’s the essence of basketball. From quick pickup games at famous courts like Rucker…

Using his signature mid-range shot in front of the San Antonio crowd, DeMar DeRozan can’t ask for a much better move and place to finally climb on another scoring feat. On Friday, DeRozan drained a perimeter jumper in the middle of the first frame of the Chicago Bulls’ road game…

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If not having LaMelo Ball out there for the first 13 games wasn’t enough, the Charlotte Hornets are set to prepare for worse circumstances. On Wednesday, in a 125-113 loss to the Indiana Pacers, Ball reaggravated the same ankle he hurt going into the season when falling on a fan….

Photo: Los Angeles Lakers/Twitter The Los Angeles Lakers re-signed guard D’Angelo Russell, it was announced today by Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob Pelinka.  After joining Los Angeles via trade from Minnesota on Feb. 9, Russell (6’4, 200) appeared in 17 games (all starts), posting averages of…

Photo: Washington Wizards/Twitter Free agent guard Jared Butler has agreed on a two-way contract with the Washington Wizards, agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports tells ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski. Butler has played with the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder in his first two NBA seasons. Free agent G Jared Butler…