The NBA trade deadline is one week away and several organizations are looking to make a splash before the regular season hits the home stretch. Some teams need to facilitate a deal more than others as they prepare for the postseason. Sellers will be just as active as they turn their attention to reshaping their
The Milwaukee Bucks are paying up to add P.J. Tucker to their rotation. The Milwaukee Bucks are tired of falling short in the playoffs and needed a little help on the defensive end this season. What better way to address both concerns than adding a battle-tested, small-ball warrior like P.J. Tucker? According to ESPN’s Adrian
Following the Milwaukee Bucks’ win over the Philadelphia 76ers, Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrated by eating a cheesesteak. Wednesday night featured a battle of Eastern Conference juggernauts, as the Philadelphia 76ers faced off against the Milwaukee Bucks. The presence of star center Joel Embiid was sorely missed by the 76ers, as they fell to the Bucks 109-105
12:51 AM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Anthony Edwards scored a career-high 42 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 41 and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied to stun the Phoenix Suns 123-119 on Thursday night. At 19 years and 225 days old, Edwards became the third-youngest player in NBA history with a 40-point game. The Timberwolves still
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Meyers Leonard said an extremely offensive word during a live stream. Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard is about to find out the hard way that bigoted hate speech has a price. During a Twitch live stream of Call of Duty on Tuesday that he himself set up, Leonard dropped the word “k*ke,” which is a
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7:23 PM ET The Houston Rockets have agreed to a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks that will send P.J. Tucker, Rodions Kurucs and the Bucks’ 2022 first-round pick back to Milwaukee for D.J. Augustin, D.J. Wilson and a 2023 unprotected first-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Houston also gets the right to
Boston Celtics team president Danny Ainge is the king of *almost* acquiring every available star on the NBA trade market. If a star became available in the NBA over the past five years, the Boston Celtics almost certainly sniffed around at some point. Armed with a cache of draft picks and promising prospects from his
The 2020-21 NBA season is officially past its half-way point. As we approach the March 25 trade deadline, teams face big decisions. Some are within striking distance of a finals birth and must decide if they’re going to leverage their future to pursue a championship. Others must decide which assets to liquidate in an attempt
6:53 AM ET What is projected to happen in the 2021 NBA draft lottery? This will be the third lottery since the NBA flattened the odds, which introduced more uncertainty at the top of the draft order. Last season, the Minnesota Timberwolves won the lottery with the league’s third-worst record and the Charlotte Hornets jumped
The Utah Jazz have been the best team in the regular season by a wide margin and on paper should be title favorites. Why aren’t they being treated that way? At the All-Star break, the Utah Jazz had the best record in the NBA. After a 4-4 start to the season, the Jazz went on
LaMelo Ball is already playing like a savvy veteran. Apparently, he’s approaching big games like on too. For NBA rookies, that first season is just a progression of firsts. Your first home game. Your first road trip. Your first time playing in the 29 other NBA arenas. Your first win, your first loss. Maybe your
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12:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After Giannis Antetokounmpo hit a turnaround jumper in the lane to cap a personal 7-0 run and give his Milwaukee Bucks what turned out to be an insurmountable lead in an eventual 109-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, he celebrated by sitting down on the court inside Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo
Two months remain until the regular season comes to a close and the playoff matchups are set. Most organizations have a solid feel for where they are at in terms of roster talent, on-court chemistry and the overall direction of their team. The trade deadline looms next week and buyout candidates will likely have a
After being made available this past offseason, Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams reportedly won’t be available at the NBA trade deadline. Prior to the start of this season, it appeared that the Los Angeles Clippers were on the verge of making guard Lou Williams available in trade talks. Williams is set to become a
Today’s NBA is often said to be a little too friendly amongst the players, but Reggie Miller thinks these guys are the best trash-talkers. It’s obvious to the average NBA fan that today’s game isn’t as hostile as it was when the ‘Jordan rules’ applied or when the ‘Bad Boy’ Detroit Pistons were a thing.
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According to the latest NBA rumors, the Miami Heat are exploring a deal for Trevor Ariza. The Miami Heat make a ton of sense as a buyer heading into the 2021 NBA Trade Deadline, but this probably wasn’t what most people had in mind. According to The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, the Heat are exploring a
For young phenoms, The G League Ignite is a new pathway to superstardom. For veterans like Reggie Hearn, it’s an opportunity to pass on what they’ve learned in a career on the margins. Coming off his seventh season in the NBA G League, Reggie Hearn was searching for the next option in his professional career.
After the NBA world was shocked to learn of his scary condition, Caris LeVert scored his first points as a member of the Indiana Pacers. It’s been a scary year in sports. We’ve had to deal with the disappearance and then reappearance of sports as a whole. Then, we’ve had to deal with postponements and
Not so surprisingly, several teams are interested in Myles Turner, according to the latest NBA trade rumors. Modern big men who can block shots and hit 3-pointers are at a premium in the NBA. Given that Myles Turner theoretically possesses both of those skills, as well as how the Indiana Pacers have struggled recently, it’s no
2:46 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard sat down for his post-game availability with his right hand wrapped in ice and sporting a Marvelous Marvin Hagler sweatshirt. Lillard, perhaps the NBA’s biggest boxing fan, looked like he just gone through a 12-round fight Tuesday night. And while it looked like the
Two months remain until the regular season comes to a close and the playoff matchups are set. Most organizations have a solid feel for where they are at in terms of roster talent, on-court chemistry and the overall direction of their team. The trade deadline looms next week and buyout candidates will likely have a
The Houston Rockets have several solid veterans who will draw interest at the trade deadline. How could they flip them for long-term value? The Houston Rockets are likely to be very active at the NBA Trade Deadline. They’ve slipped, significantly, in the standings and the playoffs are a pipe dream at this point. They’re also
Rockets guard Eric Gordon is expected to miss a month or more with a groin strain he suffered against the Kings, likely putting any trade speculation to bed. After sitting out Friday’s game, Eric Gordon isn’t going to be back any time soon for the Houston Rockets. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Gordon suffered
12:50 AM ET When Rookie of the Year frontrunner LaMelo Ball takes the court against LeBron James for the first time in his young career later this week, he says he doesn’t expect to feel any added excitement competing against the 18-year veteran. “I mean, nah,” Ball, 19, told reporters on a videoconference call Tuesday
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Cowboys lose Chidobe Awuzie to Bengals in free agency by Cole Thompson Ben Simmons is having another fantastic season but that’s just enough for some people. Luckily, Simmons knows which opinions matter. It sometimes seems that every conversation about Ben Simmons starts with his 3-point shooting (he’s 2-of-7 on the season).
Steph Curry and LeBron James may have the NBA’s premier personal rivalry but that doesn’t mean they don’t have tremendous respect for each other. On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Lakers pounded the Golden State Warriors in a 128-97 win. As usual, the stars of this matchup were LeBron James (who finished with a triple-double)