The Denver Nuggets forward said an ominous report from the Clippers medical staff caused the L.A. franchise to pass on him in the 2018 NBA Draft. The Nuggets caught a break in the 2018 NBA Draft when Michael Porter Jr. fell to the end of the lottery, allowing Denver to scoop him up at no.
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Inside the NBA’s Charles Barkley guaranteed that the Clippers will sweep the Nuggets in the second round, which means it won’t happen. NBA legend and analyst Charles Barkley just made the most recent installment in a long line of guarantees which haven’t quite panned out. After previously “guaranteeing,” per The Spun, that the Portland Trail
7:20 AM ET Close your eyes and try to picture it: When was James Harden‘s last capital “M” playoff moment before his flying block on Luguentz Dort to help seal the Houston Rockets‘ Game 7 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder? Unless you include the bad ones — we’ll get to those — you might
OG Anunoby, Toronto Raptors. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) NBA Twitter freaked out after OG Anunoby’s buzzer beater to win Game 3 by Mark Powell UFC Vegas 9: Jalin Turner was worried about 2020 getting away by Zain Bando OG Anunoby deserves a statue after this game-winner over the Celtics. OG Anunoby stepped on
The Houston Rockets are built to bury opponents with a barrage of 3-pointers but there swarming defense game them the edge over the Thunder in Game 7. Across seven games, the Rockets and Thunder were ultimately separated by just five points. The tightness of that battle was certainly reflected in Game 7, where neither team
Marcus Morris ejected for hard foul on Luka Doncic (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Could Earl Thomas go to Chargers in wake of Derwin James injury? by John Buhler Luka Doncic was fed up with Marcus Morris following another hard foul. The Dallas Mavericks have a legitimate superstar in Luka Doncic. He scored 38
Luka Doncic announced himself as the NBA’s next superstar with a stellar first-round performance versus the Clippers, but what does the future hold for him? Dallas Mavericks wunderkind Luka Doncic announced himself as the NBA’s next superstar in this year’s first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers, nearly averaging a 30-point triple-double and hitting one
1:37 AM ET It’s difficult to doubt the LA Clippers‘ personnel and its potential. Yet coming into this conference semifinals series against the Denver Nuggets, we still hadn’t seen the fully-intact, healthy Clippers play championship-quality basketball for a sustained stretch of time longer than 10 days after the All-Star break and before the March suspension.
As a versatile shooter with play-making ability on both ends, Aleksej Pokusevski is a top-five talent in this year’s draft class. Scattered across the 2020 NBA Draft class are perimeter players with international ties. LaMelo Ball and RJ Hampton spent the past season preparing themselves in Australia’s NBL. Deni Avdija logged multiple years with Maccabi
The NBA Draft is a transformative moment for franchises as it provides them with the opportunity to jump-start a lost roster or continue building one on the rise. With the ever-increasing importance of the point guard position – which is as sought after as ever – teams are constantly on the lookout for their next,
Tyronn Lue is heading to the Philadelphia 76ers. The Philadelphia 76ers needed to shake things up this offseason, and they started that process by parting ways with head coach Brett Brown after an embarrassing playoff exit. Wasting little time to name his replacement, Philly is all set to bring former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn
6:48 PM ET The Grizzlies‘ Ja Morant has been named the NBA Rookie of the Year. The league announced Morant as the winner Thursday night, saying he received 99 first-place votes and 498 total points in polling of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters. Heat guard Kendrick Nunn finished second with 204 points. The Pelicans’ Zion Williamson,
SPRINGFIELD, MA – SEPTEMBER 07: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2018 enshrinee Steve Nash (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Did Jamie Newman hurt his NFL Draft stock by opting out at Georgia? by Mike Luciano The Brooklyn Nets have hired Steve Nash as their next head coach. The Brooklyn Nets spent most
Zach LaVine, Jim Boylen, Chicago Bulls. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) Anthony Davis says his back is ‘fine’, will play in Game 5 by Michael Corvo Zach LaVine and Jim Boylen nearly came to blows last year, so that’s neat. While Jim Boylen wanted Zach LaVine to punch the time clock, LaVine wanted to punch his
2:20 AM ET After two thrilling first-round Game 7s, the NBA’s conference semifinals are finally set. The Houston Rockets edged the Oklahoma City Thunder to set up a meeting with the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, while the Denver Nuggets outdueled the Utah Jazz to clinch a matchup with the LA Clippers. The Eastern Conference semis
(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) Patrick Mahomes gets engaged to girlfriend Brittany Matthews by Alicia de Artola The Denver Nuggets stole Game 7 in a series of frantic final moments, completing an improbable 3-1 comeback over the Utah Jazz. The first-round series between the Nuggets and Jazz had been an offensive supernova, defined by the
12:41 AM ET FOR A MOMENT, there was a question if Chris Paul would ever play a game in an Oklahoma City Thunder uniform. He arrived last summer after two franchise-altering trades, one sending out All-Star Paul George for young prospects and long-term assets and the other acquiring Paul (and more picks) for team icon
Goran Dragic and the Miami Heat stunned the Milwaukee Bucks again in Game 2. When the Milwaukee Bucks dropped their second Game 1 of the 2020 NBA Playoffs, it was far too early to panic. After dropping Game 2 in their second-round series against the Miami Heat, however, it’s time to worry about the state
The Toronto Raptors swept the Brooklyn Nets with a win in Game 4. In the first winning sweep in franchise history, the Toronto Raptors routed the Brooklyn Nets in Game 4 on Sunday to advance to the second round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs. The Raptors’ franchise playoff-record 150 points were fueled by a historically
Jamal Crawford wants to play his 21st NBA season in 2020. When the Brooklyn Nets inked Jamal Crawford to bolster their roster following several big names either being ruled out of the rest of the season due to injury or a positive COVID-19 test, the basketball world rejoiced, as Crawford remains one of the better
6:18 PM ET Michael Porter Jr. said the LA Clippers passed on him twice in the 2018 NBA draft because their team doctor “thought that I would never play basketball again.” The Clippers had back-to-back first-round picks at 12 and 13 and traded the 12th pick for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander before selecting shooting guard Jerome Robinson.
Marcus Smart committed the NBA’s biggest flop this season. The 2020 Academy Awards were already in February, but Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart already has the strongest NBA submission for 2021. Smart is a gritty defensive player, vastly improved 3-point shooter and ultra-important glue guy on both ends of the floor for Brad Stevens’ Celtics.
Jayson Tatum and Marcus Smart led the Boston Celtics to a 2-0 lead over the Toronto Raptors. After a somewhat surprising upset in Game 1, the Boston Celtics made sure the defending NBA champions knew they weren’t messing around with a narrow Game 2 victory on Tuesday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in this
6:42 AM ET ERIK SPOELSTRA COULD have winged it. If anyone was qualified to give a talk on how to deal with a case of imposter syndrome, it was the former video coordinator who worked his way up to become head coach of the Miami Heat. But Spoelstra had come to know his young sharpshooter,
The final sequence in Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz was insane. We could talk about how Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and the Utah Jazz came to life in the second half of Game 7 in their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. We could talk about how low-scoring the game
The NBA Bubble has been a new environment for everyone, including the photographers who shoot the games. The pictures make the game and you might have noticed that the game images from the NBA Bubble look a little different than what we’re used to. Veteran Getty photographer Mike Ehrmann spoke with The Step Back to
12:50 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Only minutes after Donovan Mitchell was lying face down on the court inside AdventHealth Arena, he plopped himself down in front of a video camera, his eyes still red from tears he shed after his Utah Jazz saw their season end with a heartbreaking 80-78
5:24 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Disappointment has begun to mount among Milwaukee Bucks players inside the NBA bubble and it doesn’t have anything to do with basketball or falling behind 1-0 to the Miami Heat. The Bucks suffered a 115-104 loss to the Heat on Monday, but on the same day in Wisconsin, there was
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Red Sox Got roasted for tweeting about rebuilding, then deleted it by Braulio Perez With Carmelo Anthony set to be a free agent this offseason, there appears to be interest from the Knicks in bringing him back to New York. When Carmelo Anthony used to play for the New York
The Nuggets beat the Jazz in a very close Game 5. The Utah Jazz struggled in the regular season against the Denver Nuggets, as their usually sharp defense faltered against the versatile Nikola Jokic and the deadly Jamal Murray. Quin Snyder made sure to reverse Utah’s fortunes in the playoffs, as the No. 6 seed