The world is on fire. And, frankly, the news of pending basketball hardly seems important in the slightest. The planet-wide pandemic and sweeping protests have turned everybody’s day-to-day routines on their head – but, obviously, for one group, it has done so in awful and disproportionate ways. If you can donate, consider doing so. If
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5:58 PM ET As the NBA and NBPA are finalizing terms on a return-to-play plan Wednesday, there’s a faction of players discussing as a group whether restarting the season in the Orlando bubble is a good idea, sources said. Several dozen players participated in a conference call in the past 24 hours to discuss it,
Would MLB mandating a 48-game season be just as bad as no season? by Mike Phillips Louis Riddick says Patrick Mahomes is ‘elevating’ as transcendent athlete by Matt Verderame LaMarcus Aldridge, #12, San Antonio Spurs, (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) The San Antonio Spurs announced that center LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of the
A league-wide lack of salary-cap space may limit the amount of free-agent fireworks in 2020, but a handful of teams could take advantage of the barren market. Even before the coronavirus pandemic threatened to wreak havoc on the NBA’s 2020-21 salary cap, few teams were projected to have much cap space this offseason. Barring unexpected
7:29 AM ET NBA Insiders Who are the favorites in the new NBA playoff races, and which team will win it all? The NBA is planning to restart with 22 teams in Orlando on July 31, featuring an eight-game regular season, a potential play-in series for the No. 8 seeds and then the playoffs. A
2:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Atlanta Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk said Tuesday morning that the NBA has told the league’s general managers that the 2020-21 NBA schedule could be more condensed in order to allow the league to remain as close as possible to its current schedule format. “Because of this circumstance, I think
Antoine Griezmann reiterates desire to finish career in MLS by Steve Zavala Red Sox players need to make a statement in light of Torii Hunter’s indictment of Boston by Sam Dunn Damian Lillard, #0, Portland Trail Blazers, (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) Damian Lillard was the latest NBA star to join police brutality protests, marching
The Denver Nuggets were a second-tier contender in the regular season but they have as good a shot as anyone of breaking through and winning it all. All due respect to the eight games of rhythm re-establishing regular season the NBA has planned, but this postseason is going to be weird. Everyone gets a training
Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Russell Westbrook is teaming with Stanley Nelson to produce a docuseries on the Tulsa Race Massacre. Former Oklahoma City Thunder star and MVP Russell Westbrook participated in Black Lives Matter protests earlier this week, and now he’s getting involved with a project that will educate on a horrific historic incident
7:00 AM ET ESPN national recruiting director Paul Biancardi scouted LeBron James in the early 2000s, back when Biancardi was a college assistant at Ohio State and LeBron was a high school sophomore. Biancardi has more recently had several opportunities to scout James’ son, Bronny James, who is about to enter his sophomore season at
The world is on fire. And, frankly, the news of pending basketball hardly seems important in the slightest. The planet-wide pandemic and sweeping protests have turned everybody’s day-to-day routines on their heads – but, obviously, for one group, it has done so in awful and disproportionate ways. If you can donate, consider doing so. If
7:31 AM ET With the NBA schedule determined for the coming months, the league’s annual coaching carousel is once again firing up. The New York Knicks are reportedly ready to begin the process of finding their next head coach. Other teams that held off because of the optics of handing out a pink slip during
The Philadelphia 76ers will only restart the season as the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference, but they have the talent to win this year’s NBA title. No one will consider the Philadelphia 76ers as the favorites to win the NBA championship once the season restarts. That doesn’t mean they should be written off
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Former NBA marksman Mike Miller has still got it. Mike Miller hasn’t played in the NBA since the 2016-17 season, when he averaged 1.4 points in 7.6 minutes per game. He’s 40 years old now, and even during his last few glory years with the Miami Heat from 2010-13, his
12:55 PM ET Charlotte Hornets guard Malik Monk has been reinstated following his suspension for violating the NBA’s anti-drug program. Monk’s suspension began Feb. 26 and was set to continue until he was determined to be in full compliance with the program. “That’s been a while now,” Hornets general manager Mitch Kupchak said Monday of
The Rockets may only be the sixth seed in the Western Conference, but they have the talent to take home a title in 2020. Daryl Morey has done everything in his power to assemble a roster capable of winning a title in Houston. The Rockets won’t enter the playoffs as the favorite to conquer their
There’s a lot going on right now. So much so that it’s overshadowed a positive string of news – the NBA is (hopefully) coming back. We don’t know when that is, and we don’t know how they’re going to approach the rest of the 2019-20 season, but at least we know that pro basketball is
3:24 PM ET San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge will miss the remainder of the NBA season after having surgery on his right shoulder, the team announced Monday. The procedure was performed on April 24. Aldridge initially injured the shoulder during a game against Utah on Feb. 21. He played in the Spurs’ next game,
Anthony Davis, #3, Los Angeles Lakers, (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) Using hand-tracked player locations to examine two different approaches that NBA teams are using to balance offensive rebounding and transition defense. Dwyane Wade stands in the foreground with his arms outstretched, nonchalantly waiting for his pass to find its mark. LeBron James — midair
7:22 AM ET The NBA is back. Last week, the league’s board of governors and the players’ union both approved plans — a 22-team, 8-game wrap-up to the regular season followed by a possible play-in tournament for the eighth seed and playoffs — to resume the 2019-20 season on July 31 inside Walt Disney World’s
Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images Knicks players are reportedly furious the team hasn’t made a public statement about George Floyd. One week ago, George Floyd was murdered in a senseless act of police brutality, and since then, protests have broken out in cities across the United States. Peaceful protests have been met with more police
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9:36 PM ET Marc J. Spears Kevin Durant told ESPN’s The Undefeated on Friday that he will not debut for the Brooklyn Nets during the 2019-20 NBA season after it resumes next month. Durant has not played since he tore his Achilles tendon on June 11 during Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals while
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 06: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) RJ Barrett #9 of the New York Knicks in action against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Madison Square Garden on March 06, 2020 in New York City. The Thunder defeated the Knicks 126-103. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading
5:33 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The NBA plans to go to Disney World next month to finish the season, with a schedule calling for the 22 remaining teams to play more than 150 more games and for the league to eventually crown a champion. Coaches are seeing potentially a bigger purpose as well.
8:08 PM ET The NBA is working on the mechanisms that will be used to replace participants in this season’s resumption in the event of positive coronavirus tests or serious injuries in the Orlando bubble environment. Sources told ESPN that the league and teams are already discussing how teams will be able to utilize players
Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Black Lives Matter protests and gave protestors water. Black Lives Matter protests in Milwaukee saw some recognizable faces join their ranks on Saturday, as NBA reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and several other Milwaukee Bucks participated in the peaceful protests. Donning grey T-shirts that said “I can’t breathe,” the
Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images The NBA will use win percentage to determine its standings for the playoffs. With the NBA set to resume at the end of July following a four-and-a-half-month hiatus that began with a month of regular-season basketball remaining, the fairest way to restart the 2019-20 was giving the 16 current playoff
1:02 PM ET San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said the “country is in trouble” and he’s “embarrassed as a white person” to know that George Floyd could die in such a horrific way as a police officer with a knee on Floyd’s neck went about his job in such a “nonchalant … casual” manner.
5:31 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As the NBA continues to prepare for its return to the court next month in Orlando, it has determined that the order in the standings will be determined by winning percentage, league sources told ESPN. That decision could play a pivotal role in how the race to take part in