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Month: March 2019
6:18 PM ET After leading the Utah Jazz to a first-round upset of the Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs last year, it was inevitable Donovan Mitchell would return this season with a target on his back. But after struggling for much of the early season, Mitchell is now outperforming his rookie year and has
Here are all of the 2019 NBA Draft prospects to watch in the West region of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Tournament’s West Region gives you a lot of bang for your 2019 NBA Draft buck. It features the two teams with the most prospects outside of Duke in Gonzaga and Michigan; it has a
Welcome to The Whiteboard, your daily source for the previous day’s best NBA content from around the internet, plus an original column. Catch The Whiteboard here on The Step Back, and subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. The Eastern Conference was in a thrilling arms race on NBA trade
The 2018-19 Toronto Raptors will never be described as cowardly. In almost any other situation, the five-year stretch they enjoyed from 2013 to 2018 would be considered a massive success: two likable stars in Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, 51 wins per season, five consecutive playoff berths and an Eastern Conference Finals appearance, capped off
8:33 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The first player in Oklahoma City Thunder history to have his jersey retired isn’t Russell Westbrook or Kevin Durant. It’s someone who averaged 5.9 points per game, never made an All-Star team and started about 20 percent of the games he played in. But on Wednesday, the Thunder will
The East region figures to be one of the more fun corners of the NCAA Tournament bracket, with several powerhouse NBA Draft prospects. Viewers in South Carolina, California, Jacksonville and Des Moines will be in for a treat this weekend watching the East region of the NCAA Tournament, featuring Duke as well as the country’s
12:57 AM ET ESPN News Services SACRAMENTO, Calif. — D’Angelo Russell scored 27 of his career-high 44 points in the fourth quarter, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson made a layup with eight-tenths of a second remaining, and the Brooklyn Nets rallied from 28 points down in the second half to beat the Sacramento Kings 123-121 on Tuesday night
Things are starting to heat up on the NBA Draft front specifically for those teams already eliminated or facing playoff elimination this week. The 2019 March Madness Tournament kicks off next Tuesday with the “First Four,” and the major teams and players take the floor on March 21st and 22nd, which will ramp up draft
8:18 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Discomfort contorted Gregg Popovich’s face as he pondered a defensive demise nobody wanted to concede. With the San Antonio Spurs mired in a three-game skid at the time, and mere minutes before the Feb. 27 start of a league-best nine-game winning streak, Popovich seemed to have given up hope
“I was very good tonight,” Bradley Beal deadpanned, as he half-jokingly tried to hurry out the door of the Washington Wizards’ locker room in the wake of their 135-128 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. In a way, the understatement was fitting for the newly reigning Eastern Conference Player of the Week. On
12:01 AM ET New Orleans Pelicans guard Elfrid Payton joined an illustrious list of NBA greats Monday night by recording a triple-double in his fifth straight game. Payton, a sixth-year NBA veteran, joined the likes of Russell Westbrook, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan to accomplish the feat, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Westbrook
Can you believe that the NBA regular season is less than a month away from concluding? It’s March 18, and teams are gearing up for the final stretch run before the playoffs get here. Thus far, there have been three teams to solidify their spots—the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers—while the rest of
12:41 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry drained a 61-foot 3-pointer to close the first quarter of Monday night’s 111-105 road loss to the San Antonio Spurs. It is the longest shot anyone in the league has hit all season, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. The shot came
As the college basketball season enters its home stretch, analysts and fans alike will begin looking ahead to the draft and evaluating players within that framework (in addition to enjoying the chaos of March). This past weekend, fans, media, scouts and front office members converged in Chicago for the Big Ten Tournament, which lacked the
2:47 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Detroit Pistons will rest star forward Blake Griffin for at least one game this week to keep him as fresh as possible for their final postseason push. Griffin will sit out Monday’s game against the Cavaliers after scoring 25 points in 33 minutes in Sunday’s win over
There’s a reason why “Unorthodox” is the operative word here. There were several big winners from the trade deadline. Philadelphia got the perfect and relatively young scorer in Tobias Harris to put next to Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. Toronto added an experienced, jack-of-all-trades center in Marc Gasol to cement their status as a contender.
1:56 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After watching the Brooklyn Nets somehow erase a 10-point deficit in 57 seconds to tie the game late, Lou Williams did something that the super-scoring sub hadn’t done in his career before. Danilo Gallinari took an inbounds pass with 5.3 seconds left before passing to Williams, who drilled a
FanDuel daily picks for NBA fantasy basketball high salary players including Nikola Vucevic to add to your lineup on March 17, 2019. Sunday’s FanDuel slate: 6 p.m. ET: Atlanta at Orlando, Chicago at Sacramento9 p.m. ET: Minnesota at Houston, Brooklyn at LA Clippers My favorite plays of the day can be found on the following
8:16 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — When given a choice of who he would rather be defended by — Joel Embiid or Ben Simmons — Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t miss a beat before responding. “It’s easy,” Antetokounmpo said. “I would rather Ben guard me than Joel. It’s simple. If Joel’s been guarding me all night
It’s that time of year again, the NCAA tournament has arrived. For basketball fans, March and the NCAA tournament represents a three-week stretch of constant entertainment in a win-or-go-home format. High-major, blue-blood programs are pitted against each other, and those mid-major beasts looking to prove their worth set out to pull off the elusive “Cinderella
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 17: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts after a call during the second half of the game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on March 17, 2019 in New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and
10:56 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum suffered what the team is calling a left leg injury Saturday that forced him out of action against the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night. He did not return. McCollum will undergo an MRI on his left knee Sunday, the team announced. McCollum
The best high salary and value picks for FanDuel fantasy basketball on Saturday, March 16. Saturday’s FanDuel slate: 7 p.m. ET: Phoenix at New Orleans, Memphis at Washington8:30 p.m. ET: Cleveland at Dallas, Golden State at Oklahoma City, Portland at San Antonio9 p.m. ET: Indiana at Denver, Brooklyn at Utah My favorite plays of the
1:30 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr believes a loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns last week woke up his team from a recent malaise and got them to refocus heading into the final month of the season. “I think the loss to Phoenix opened our eyes a little
The Toronto Raptors continue to tussle with the Milwaukee Bucks for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. While they fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena on Monday, we have to remember the game was on the second night of a back-to-back and the third and final stint of a road trip.
11:16 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW ORLEANS — Josh Jackson hit a tying 3-pointer with 2 seconds left in overtime, the Pelicans were assessed a technical foul when they called a timeout they didn’t have and Devin Booker hit the free throw to give the Phoenix Suns the lead for good in a 138-136
The best high salary and value picks for DraftKings fantasy basketball on Saturday, March 16. Saturday’s DraftKings slate: 7 p.m. ET: Phoenix at New Orleans, Memphis at Washington8:30 p.m. ET: Cleveland at Dallas, Golden State at Oklahoma City, Portland at San Antonio9 p.m. ET: Indiana at Denver, Brooklyn at Utah My favorite plays of the
7:01 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN After his second preseason game with the Boston Celtics in 2017, Kyrie Irving walked off the court in Philadelphia and noticed a young fan along the sideline wearing his old No. 2 Cleveland Cavaliers jersey. On a whim, Irving kicked off his Nike Kyrie 3 signature sneakers and passed them
There’s a reason why “Unorthodox” is the operative word here. There were several big winners from the trade deadline. Philadelphia got the perfect and relatively young scorer in Tobias Harris to put next to Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. Toronto added an experienced, jack-of-all-trades center in Marc Gasol to cement their status as a contender.
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