Latest on Wiseman return timeline for G League, Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea James Wiseman will not make his Golden State return Sunday against the San Antonio Spurs at Chase Center. He’ll be busy playing with the franchise’s G League affiliate in Santa Cruz against the Salt Lake City Stars. Santa Cruz plays home games this weekend on …

USATSI With first-round games taking place from early until late on Thursday and Friday, there’s wall-to-wall action of the NCAA Tournament.  As you know by now CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV are the exclusive carriers for March Madness. Since truTV does not carry basketball during the regular season, you might need a little help finding it when the games tip …

Detroit Pistons rookie Cade Cunningham was ruled out of playing Thursday on the road against the Orlando Magic due to a non-COVID 19 illness, the team announced. Pistons head coach Dwane Casey said prior to the game that Cunningham would be a game-time decision and was still congested. Cunningham started to feel sick on Monday night and was held out …

The madness is officially underway with a slate of 16 games in the men’s NCAA Tournament first round and two more First Four games in the women’s field tonight. The first slate of games has delivered with upsets. No. 11 Michigan, favored in the Vegas odds, “upset” Colorado State by overcoming a 15-point deficit for its own comfortable victory, 75-63. …

The Mavericks fired longtime general manager Donnie Nelson last year after a power struggle with fellow Dallas employee Haralabos Voulgaris. But Nelson claims that’s not why he got fired. Don Van Natta Jr. of ESPN: Former longtime Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson sued the team Thursday, alleging that owner Mark Cuban fired him last summer as retaliation for reporting …

For the second consecutive year, the Gonzaga Bulldogs earned the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, but they remain in search of their first men’s basketball championship in program history. The Bulldogs grabbed the top seed in the West Region and will begin their quest in the 2022 NCAA Tournament on Friday at 4:15 p.m. ET when they take …

Getty Images John Collins has played in four games since Feb. 11, and it’s unclear when the Atlanta Hawks big man will play in another one. Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said Thursday that Collins will get a second opinion on both his sprained right ring finger and his strained right foot, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution‘s Sarah K. Spencer.  “John is …

The madness really begins in the 2022 NCAA Tournament on Thursday, with 16 games scheduled for the First Round. As always, upsets could be the order of the day. Action gets going with the matchup between sixth-seeded Colorado State and No. 11 seed Michigan at 12:15 p.m. ET. The 6 vs. 11 games have been ripe for upsets, with 54 …

The Miami Heat likely will be without leading scorer Jimmy Butler when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night. Butler, who is averaging 21.1 points and a team-high 1.8 steals, turned his right ankle in Tuesday’s 105-98 win over the Detroit Pistons. It was the third time this season that Butler has sprained one of his ankles, and …

USATSI Iowa entered the NCAA Tournament on an epic heater, but its season came to an abrupt end Thursday in a 67-63 loss to No. 12 seed Richmond during the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes emerged as a trendy pick to make noise in this season’s Big Dance after their Big Ten Tournament title, but they ran …

Celtics Talk: Eddie House reacts to incident between Smart, Curry originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Boston Celtics earned an impressive 110-88 win over the Golden State Warriors on the road Wednesday night. But the main storyline from the game involves an incident that happened in the second quarter. Celtics guard Marcus Smart dove for a loose ball and …

USATSI Mississippi State has fired basketball coach Ben Howland according to multiple media reports and confirmed by CBS Sports. The development concludes a seven-year run for Howland, who amassed a 134-98 (59-67 SEC) record with one NCAA Tournament appearance.  Sources told Matt Norlander that Mississippi State has been working backchannels for weeks in setting up interviews for Howland’s successor, with initial …

The week before he held his nose and called Russell Westbrook “trash” during the Minnesota Timberwolves’ blowout win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Patrick Beverley said that Westbrook has directly damaged his career.  On “The Old Man and the Three” podcast with JJ Redick, Beverley said that people around the NBA, coaches and players included, “looked at me differently” after …

After another tremendous season, the Gonzaga Bulldogs enter the 2022 NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed. On Thursday, Mark Few’s team will begin its journey through the March Madness bracket with a matchup against the Georgia State Panthers. Georgia State is the No. 16 seed in the West Region, winning the final 10 games and earning a Sun …

Jason Dumas: Not an ideal situation regarding Stephen Curry and his left foot sprain, but the organization believes the results of his MRI and the time he will miss is the best case scenario that could’ve resulted from this. He should be ready to play by April 16th, the start of the playoffs.Source: Twitter @JDumasReports What’s the buzz on Twitter? …

No. 12 seed Indiana had to pick up an extra win to make it into the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, but the Hoosiers came through with a 66-58 win over Wyoming on Tuesday night. They will now get set for a matchup with No. 5 seed Saint Mary’s on Thursday. The Gaels are in their eighth NCAA …

Former Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson has sued the team, alleging that he was fired because he had reported sexual assault and harassment, per ESPN’s Don Van Natta Jr. The lawsuit alleges that Jason Lutin, owner Mark Cuban’s chief of staff, sexually assaulted Nelson’s nephew at NBA All-Star weekend in Chicago in 2020. From ESPN:  Nelson, in his lawsuit …

Thank you for opening this email. To be honest, if I were in your shoes, I wouldn’t have. Not because I wouldn’t want to when I saw it, but because the last thing I intend to do today is check my email. I’m not answering texts or phone calls (though, to be fair, I never answer phone calls, just text …

Former Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson sued the team on Thursday, saying that owner Mark Cuban fired him last year after he reported that a team executive sexually harassed and assaulted his nephew during a job interview, ESPN.com reported. The lawsuit, which was filed in Dallas County, Texas, also alleges that Cuban offered Nelson $52 million to withdraw a …

The 2022 NCAA Tournament continues on Thursday night with a 7 vs. 10 matchup in the East Region between the Murray State Racers and the San Francisco Dons. Murray State earned a No. 7 seed after going 30-2 on the season and winning the OVC while San Francisco went 24-9 and finished fourth in WCC. Murray State has been the …

USATSI Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has been known to trash talk fans on social media, but he brought the conversation to the court on Wednesday. The nine-time All-NBA selection cursed at a fan seated courtside at the Barclays Center during the Nets’ 113-111 loss to the Dallas Mavericks.  With Durant in earshot, the fan told the two-time NBA champion, …

After an impressive run through the Big 12 Tournament, the Kansas Jayhawks were awarded with the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region of the 2022 NCAA Tournament bracket. The Jayhawks will face No. 16 seed Texas Southern, who defeated fellow No. 16 seed Texas A&M-CC in a First Four matchup on Tuesday night. Texas Southern earned a spot in …

The App is Back! Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards. Get it here! Steve Alexander (@docktora) and Raphielle Johnson (@raphiellej) break down a busy Wednesday night in the NBA in Thursday’s edition of the Roundball …

The 2022 NCAA Tournament First Round tips off Thursday and there’s a matchup between the No. 4 UCLA Bruins and the No. 13 Akron Zips in the East Region late in the evening. UCLA (25-7) had a surprising Final Four run a year ago, and it finished runner-up both in the Pac-12 regular season and the conference tournament title game …

With 12 games left on the schedule, the Indiana Pacers have announced that T.J. Warren will miss the entire 2021-22 regular season. The forward last played on Dec. 29, 2020, and has since been sidelined after having surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. “T.J. Warren has worked incredibly hard over the past 14 months to get …