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NEW YORK -- The Chicago Bulls lost Game 5 - but you can't blame the replacements. With Derrick Rose continuing to sit, and fellow starting guard Kirk Hinrich joining him on the sideline with a calf injury, coach Tom Thibodeau gave Nate Robinson a ...

Rutgers has zeroed in on Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan as a replacement for the fired Mike Rice now that Rhode Island Rams coach Danny Hurley has turned down the school, multiple sources told ESPN.com.

Brad Doolittle says the Denver Nuggets' loss of Danilo Gallinari is big, but the team's depth can withstand it.

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Taking the suspense out of the equation early, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has selected Chris Bosh as a replacement starter for the East team in Sunday's All-Star Game.

Magic rookie forward Andrew Nicholson has been chosen as a replacement for the Rising Stars Challenge game at the All-Star weekend in Houston.

NBA commissioner David Stern has selected Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez to replace Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo on the Eastern Conference All-Star roster, the league announced Wednesday.

CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau stopped short of saying All-Star forward Luol Deng would return to the lineup Monday night against the Charlotte Bobcats after missing the last five games with a hamstring injury. But Deng's replacement in...

Can any of the rumored teams in the mix for DeMarcus Cousins make a better offer than the Mavericks? Not according to the numbers crunched by ESPN Insider Kevin Pelton, who ranked potential trade packages based on Wins Above Replacement Players (W...

Brooklyn Nets general manager Billy King says he has "not contacted anybody" about becoming the permanent replacement for recently fired head coach Avery Johnson.

Josh Whitling highlights players to get off the waiver wire, including a handful of names who are replacing injured stars.

Even at 34, Kobe Bryant's reinvigorated lack of remorse about flexing his power can make him seem like the most fascinating, even dangerous, player in the NBA.

LOS ANGELES -- Mike D'Antoni doesn't like to linger much during news conferences these days. Considering he's less than a month removed from knee-replacement surgery, it's understandable he has taken an approach in which he'll expend energy only if i...

James Harden and Jeremy Lin on video, talking about "Ron" Jeremy, Harden as a cranky video game player, and Lin's perfect math test. Malcolm Lee, you're working hard, trying to get up to speed as a Timberwolves injury replacement in this toughest o...

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni will not coach Sunday's game against the Houston Rockets. D'Antoni is delaying his debut as the 24th coach in Lakers franchise history because he is not fully recovered from a recent knee replacement surgery.

Mike D'Antoni and Steve Nash will be reunited when D'Antoni flies into Los Angeles on Wednesday, but they'll have to wait a bit before D'Antoni coaches his former point guard in a game again.

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