12:57 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics guard Kemba Walker will return to the lineup Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks after missing the prior three games with left knee soreness. “I feel pretty good,” Walker said Friday morning following the team’s morning shootaround. “It’s much improved. I’m going to try to give it
Month: February 2020
After the final whistle sounded on the NFL season Sunday night, a new sound arose: The sound of trade buzz throughout the NBA universe. With just mere days until the trade deadline, the rumors are swirling at gale force as teams try to get an edge on their competition. Certain teams will be making calls
1:41 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Road games continue to be the Mount Everest the 76ers cannot summit. Days after Ben Simmons called the 76ers “soft” and Joel Embiid cited the team’s spacing issues, Philadelphia suffered its fourth consecutive road loss Thursday night in Milwaukee. “I think it puts a lot of things in perspective,” Al
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JANUARY 2: D’Angelo Russell #0 of the Golden State Warriors talks with Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves after the game on January 2, 2020 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to
After a draft between LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the full rosters for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game are officially set. In the wake of trade deadline madness, the rosters for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game are officially all set. The lead vote-getters in each conference, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo, were designated as team
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 03: General Manager Scott Perry and President Steve Mills of the New York Knicks before the preseason game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on October 3, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – FEBRUARY 1: Marcus Morris Sr. #13 of the New York Knicks gets interviewed after a game against the Indiana Pacers on February 1, 2020 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the
7:05 PM ET NBA All-Star Weekend is Feb. 14-16 in Chicago, and this will be the third consecutive year in which captains will participate in a fantasy draft and select their own teams, compared to the traditional East vs. West format. And the All-Star Game draft between LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo is finally here!
After the final whistle sounded on the NFL season Sunday night, a new sound arose: The sound of trade buzz throughout the NBA universe. With just mere days until the trade deadline, the rumors are swirling at gale force as teams try to get an edge on their competition. Certain teams will be making calls
12:27 PM ET The Miami Heat have agreed to trade Justise Winslow, Dion Waiters and James Johnson to the Memphis Grizzlies for Andre Iguodala, Solomon Hill and Jae Crowder, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. Along with the trade, Iguodala has agreed to a two-year, $30 million extension with Miami, sources said. The
The Philadelphia 76ers will acquire Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson III from the Golden State Warriors for future draft picks. Here are NBA Trade Grades for both sides. With the 2020 NBA Trade Deadline less than 24 hours away, the league is rapidly dividing into buyers and sellers. To the surprise of no one, the
12:53 AM ET DALLAS — On the night he agreed to a three-year, $35 million contract extension, Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Dillon Brooks got another wish granted. The Grizzlies agreed to trade Andre Iguodala to the Miami Heat, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday, ending the 36-year-old former Finals MVP’s mutually agreed-upon absence
The Rockets have swung for the fences, piecing together a four-team trade that brings in Robert Covington and sends Clint Capela to the Hawks. On Wednesday, with more than 24 hours left until the trade deadline, four teams jumped ahead and finalized a massive deal. The outlines of this trade had already emerged during the
Leading up to Feb. 7, 2019, there didn’t seem to be much wrong with the Toronto Raptors. They were 39-16. They were even sitting comfortably as the second seed in the Eastern Conference. They had the league’s sixth-best net rating. When his load wasn’t being managed, Kawhi Leonard made the Raptors look like a contender,
8:00 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Detroit Pistons guard Derrick Rose has dropped out of the Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend in Chicago for reasons that are “injury-related,” a source tells ESPN’s Eric Woodyard. The 2011 MVP was scheduled to compete in front of his hometown crowd during the All-Star Showcase on February 15 in the
The Raptors had an incredible run, culminating in the 2019 NBA championship. Now they’ve added a little extra hardware, sweeping the Best Male Athlete categories at FanSided’s Sports Oscars. It’s fairly easy to recognize the best performers inside of a given sport. League awards are chosen by various mechanisms, arguments ensue, but the answer is
The NBA mostly nailed All-Star selections, but Jimmy Butler got robbed of a starting spot due to positional designations that have no place in today’s game. By and large, it’s tough to take issue with the 2020 NBA All-Star Game selections. Sure, Devin Booker should have made it over Russell Westbrook, and yes, Bradley Beal
7:40 AM ET ANDRE IGUODALA SITS at a conference table inside the bustling San Francisco offices of Zuora, a public software company. He listens as the founder, Tien Tzuo, and leading executives sing the liturgical language of Silicon Valley — engagement and cadence, creating what we call pulse, customer journey, individual contributor function and muscle
After the final whistle sounded on the NFL season Sunday night, a new sound arose: The sound of trade buzz throughout the NBA universe. With just mere days until the trade deadline, the rumors are swirling at gale force as teams try to get an edge on their competition. Certain teams will be making calls
The Memphis Grizzlies have a very young core, but that group is already thriving together and has put the team in playoff position sooner than expected. More than halfway through the season, the Memphis Grizzlies are the proud owners of a playoff spot. The Grizz went to the postseason nearly annually throughout the last decade,
Andre Iguodala only wants the Grizzlies to trade him to one of a handful of teams. The simple truth is that Memphis doesn’t owe him that courtesy. When the Grizzlies acquired Andre Iguodala this summer he made it very clear he didn’t to play a single minute of basketball for his new team. That decision
3:05 AM ET LOS ANGELES — When Dwight Howard got word on his phone that Kobe Bryant had been involved in a helicopter accident while the Los Angeles Lakers were on a flight of their own cross country back to L.A., he notified teammates around him in the airplane cabin and then retreated to the
Marcus Morris is in the midst of a career season, which is why the Knicks should sell high on him ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. New York Knicks forward Marcus Morris is in the midst of a career season, recent sexist comments notwithstanding. The 30-year-old is averaging a team-high 19.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and
The MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will get a facelift for the 2020 All-Star Weekend. Since 1986, the 3-Point Contest’s been a mainstay of All-Star Saturday. The festivities hosted some of the game’s premier stars, producing iconic moments. Today’s game revolves around 3-point shooting, both in quality and quantity. Recent seasons pushed the frontier, with the
LeBron James paid tribute to Kobe Bryant on Instragram, saying goodbye to the Los Angeles Lakers and pledging to carry on his legacy. Ever since this weekend’s devastating news broke, the tributes, thoughts and prayers have been pouring in from all over the world for Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the other seven people
A week after the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other lives it still makes sense to grieve in public and in private. The crash occurred almost a week ago. On Friday night, the Los Angeles Lakers played their first home game since the tragedy that claimed nine lives, including Kobe Bryant and
7:19 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA is changing the format to this season’s 3-point contest at All-Star Saturday by adding a pair of deep shots that will be worth three points apiece, the league announced Tuesday. That change means each round will now be a total of 27 shots instead of 25, and
After five straight trips to the NBA Finals that produced three championships, the Golden State Warriors experienced quite the shakeup. Kevin Durant went East to the Brooklyn Nets in free agency. Klay Thompson has yet to suit up this year while rehabbing from an injury he sustained in last season’s playoffs. Stephen Curry broke his
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 26: Laker Kobe Bryant #24 celebrates after hitting a three point shot in the fourth quarter as the Lakers beat the Jazz 119-109 during game two of a first round Western Conference playoff basketball game between the Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center on Tuesday
1:03 AM ET Andre Iguodala hasn’t played a minute for the surprising Memphis Grizzlies this season, and come Thursday’s trade deadline, there’s a good chance he never will. Dillon Brooks is among those on Memphis hoping that’s the case. With the trade deadline looming, the third-year guard didn’t mince words when asked about speculation that