With another week gone by, we’ve officially flipped the calendar over to August. Preseason football is starting up, as is Team USA Basketball practice, which signals that fall is right around the corner. It also means NBA Training Camps are somehow only a month or so away. Can you believe it? So what better way
Month: August 2019
8:27 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Kawhi Leonard reached out to Kyle Lowry to personally break the news that he was leaving Toronto to join the LA Clippers. And despite losing an All-Star partner for the second straight offseason, Lowry was thrilled for Leonard and his decision to return home to Los Angeles. While Leonard’s
Atlanta Hawks guard Kevin Huerter dazzled with high-level shot-making in his first season. To take the next step, he must address two key areas. Among the host of wings selected in the teens of last year’s NBA Draft, none was more impressive than Kevin Huerter this past season. Circumstances played a role in that —
4:17 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies have hired former Notre Dame women’s associate head coach Niele Ivey as one of the new assistants on Taylor Jenkins’ staff. There are now nine women working as coaches in the NBA. The Grizzlies also announced Monday the hiring of Brad Jones, David McClure,
Aug 3, 2019 With free agency looming next summer, three-time NBA champion and All-Star forward Draymond Green has agreed to a four-year, $100 million maximum contract extension with the Golden State Warriors, agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports told ESPN. The new deal, which starts with the 2020-21 season, brings the total length and value
Plenty of hubbub gets made over major markets attracting and retaining the game’s biggest stars. But does the popularity of a city translate to the most winning? Even with the world shrinking behind the constant evolution of digital platforms, social media and streaming NBA League Pass, big markets still have perceived advantages. The longstanding belief
The Nuggets have been steadily improving for the past four seasons, culminating in 54 wins and a No. 2 seed last season. And they’re just getting started. Michael Malone has been the head coach of the Nuggets for four seasons. Over that time, they’ve shown steady improvement with each passing season, raising their win total,
8:57 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said Sunday that he is not worried about the Americans’ chances as they begin preparations for the FIBA World Cup, even after a wildly unpredictable process was needed just to fill a training-camp roster for the tournament that starts in China
7:03 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN WHEN ZION WILLIAMSON arrived at the sold-out Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas for his prime-time debut at the NBA summer league in early July, his choice of footwear had the NBA buzzing. Could Puma actually pull this off? A year after Puma landed 2018 No. 1 overall pick
Jeremy Lin feels like the NBA has given up on him. Could unconscious bias be part of the equation? How would we know if it was? After scholars discovered that ancient texts from all over the world reference every color but blue — there’s literally no mention of blue anywhere but Egypt until modern times
10:40 AM ET Carmelo Anthony says the end of his tenure with the Houston Rockets made him question whether he wanted to still play in the NBA. “I felt like the game didn’t want me back at that point in time,” Anthony told ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on First Take, referring to a period in
7:40 PM ET What are the best NBA Christmas Day games this year? The 2019 slate will feature plenty of star power and revamped rosters, including Anthony Davis and LeBron James vs. Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. The five games: • Los Angeles Lakers vs. LA Clippers • Houston Rockets @ Golden State Warriors •
DENVER, CO – MAY 13: Nikola Jokic (15) of the Denver Nuggets meets with the media on Monday, May 13, 2019. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) Fantasy Football: Offensive coordinator breakdown – Atlanta Falcons by Jon DeBuchananne A brand new summer episode of Fastbreak Breakfast delves into some amusing NBA
11:15 AM ET With free agency looming next summer, three-time NBA champion and All-Star forward Draymond Green has agreed to a four-year, $100 million maximum contract extension with the Golden State Warriors, agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports told ESPN. The new deal, which starts with the 2020-21 season, brings the total length and value
The balance between Kyrie Irving and Caris LeVert may be the most salient information the Nets can take from the 2020 season and will answer some pressing long-term questions. The Nets stood at the epicenter of perhaps the most seismic offseason in NBA history before fading quickly from public consciousness. Such is the effect of
3:23 PM ET A marquee matchup of two new dynamic duos created this offseason will headline the NBA’s Christmas slate this year. The LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers will play at Staples Center on Dec. 25, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The meeting will pit LeBron James and new teammate Anthony Davis against reigning
While auctions are not what most people think of around NBA general managers, some principles of auction theory could be used in governing negotiations of superstar trades. When the general public thinks of an auction, basketball is not at all the first thing that comes to their mind. Shows like A&E’s Storage Wars, in which
3:38 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin clarified comments he made about the challenges of building a title contender around LeBron James during their three seasons in Cleveland together, saying Friday that he maintains a “positive relationship” with James. In a Sports Illustrated story published Thursday, the former Cavaliers general manager
Despite the frequency to which players experience downtrending performance, it seems as if there is still no clear cut consensus answer as to why players go through slumps, or a trusted way to systematically and repeatedly break players out of shooting slumps once they occur. In the second installment of High-Performance Mindfulness, we will dissect
3:38 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president David Griffin clarified comments he made about the challenges of building a title contender around LeBron James during their three seasons in Cleveland together, saying Friday that he maintains a “positive relationship” with James. In a Sports Illustrated story published Thursday, the former Cavaliers general manager
Teaira McCowan was a dominating defender in college at Mississippi State. She’s helped the Fever improve dramatically at that end but she’s still just scratching the surface of her potential. When the Fever selected Teaira McCowan with the No. 3 pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft, it was a play to improve their defense. Her
7:22 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies haven’t called Vancouver home since 2000. That’s not stopping them from tapping their Canadian roots to celebrate the NBA franchise’s 25th season. Memphis unveiled two throwback uniforms Thursday in a video posted to Twitter. 🔥🔥🔥 The #ThrowbackThursday you’ve been waiting for 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/xK0QMwNosQ —
Entering their fifth season together with brand new contract extensions, Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum will continue to torch defenses as arguably the most dynamic starting backcourt duo in the NBA. The Portland Trail Blazers’ All-Star-caliber pairing scarily knows each other’s tendencies. When one is having an off night, the other will pick it up.
7:28 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — While the Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors gear up for next season, Scotiabank Arena is getting a multimillion-dollar face-lift. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment president and CEO Michael Friisdahl calls it a “reimagination” of the venue that opened in February 1999. “We’ve got to keep getting better, we’ve
Carmelo Anthony is still available, but that might not be the case if things had played out differently in free agency. There’s a famous quote that goes “if ‘if’ was a fifth, we’d all be drunk.” With NBA free agency behind us, the New York Knicks are surely pondering a lot of said “ifs.” According
1:36 PM ET Oklahoma City and forward Patrick Patterson have agreed to a buyout on the final season of his contract, allowing him to become a free agent, league sources tell ESPN. Once his $5.7 million deal clear waivers this week, Patterson’s intention is to sign with the LA Clippers, league sources tell ESPN. The
Entering their fifth season together with brand new contract extensions, Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum will continue to torch defenses as arguably the most dynamic starting backcourt duo in the NBA. The Portland Trail Blazers’ All-Star-caliber pairing scarily knows each other’s tendencies. When one is having an off night, the other will pick it up.
11:33 PM ET In the weeks leading up to the NBA season last October, a bettor at the SuperBook at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas placed a $67,000 wager on the Golden State Warriors to make the playoffs at minus-10,000 odds. The bettor was rewarded with a $670 profit when the Warriors
ESPN’s series of 30 for 30 documentaries are required viewing for sports fans, but what are the very best films that have been released to this point? Sports fans love stories. Whether they’re anecdotes, contained mythology, detailed accounts or something that combines those three, there’s nothing that gets lovers of sport quite as enthralled as
The Sacramento Kings have been mired in a playoff drought but made real progress last season. Is this the year they finally make the leap back to relevance? 33, 38, 17, 25, 24, 22, 28, 28, 29, 33, 32, 27, 39. This is not a LOST-esque sequence of numbers that holds some opaque, secret meaning.