6:30 AM ET NBA Insiders The NBA has plenty to figure out ahead of the start of free agency and trade season. The transaction moratorium will be lifted sometime before the Nov. 18 draft, but before then, let’s dive into the biggest storylines this offseason has to offer. Which players are the most intriguing targets?
8:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will let fans back in outdoor stadiums for pro sporting events in counties with low coronavirus infection rates, the state’s top health official said Tuesday. San Francisco and neighboring Alameda and Santa Clara are the only counties that meet the threshold for pro sports. However,
The sports world makes for a beautiful palette but individual images can get lost in the constant shuffle. Here are the best Getty Images sports photos from this week. Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Carlos Correa of the Houston Astros celebrates while rounding the bases after hitting a walk-off home run to win 4-3 against Tampa Bay
12:22 PM ET The Indiana Pacers have agreed to a multiyear deal to hire Toronto Raptors assistant Nate Bjorkgren as their head coach, sources told ESPN. The Pacers officially named Bjorkgren as their new head coach Tuesday but did not disclose terms of his deal. Bjorkgren, a disciple of reigning NBA Coach of the Year
7:06 AM ET This NBA offseason is full of decisions that could impact the hierarchy of the league for years to come. Will back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo hold off on signing a supermax extension with the Milwaukee Bucks? Will the Golden State Warriors keep or trade the No. 2 overall pick in November’s draft? Will
The Los Angeles Lakers head coach, Frank Vogel, seemed to have run his course in the NBA, right up until he worked the historic franchise back into champions. If there is one thing we all know about sports, it’s the wealth of cliches and coach-speak used to describe them. From lunch pails to hard hats;
After a few days on the open market, Doc Rivers is now the new head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. Earlier this week, an NBA head coaching market that was rich before got even more lucrative, as Doc Rivers entered the fray. Rivers and the Los Angeles Clippers mutually parted ways after the team’s shocking
James Harden isn’t going to win an NBA title with the Rockets. A move to the 76ers could help him finally secure a championship ring. The chances of the Rockets actually trading James Harden this offseason are extremely low. That doesn’t moving him wouldn’t be in the best interest of both Harden and his current
Oct 15, 2020 Sports Africa Network recently hosted a roundtable with five basketball players from the African continent. The discussion revealed the tremendous potential the sport has for enhancing mutual understanding between Africa and the USA, while highlighting the challenges remaining. Thirteen Africa-born men play in the NBA today, nearly enough to fill a team
1:00 PM ET Phil Mickelson will take part in another high-profile match, but this time Tiger Woods will not be part of it. Charles Barkley will partner with Mickelson in a match against Stephen Curry and Peyton Manning on Nov. 27 at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Arizona. Called Capital One’s The Match: Champions for
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. As I pointed out in last week’s NBA Power Rankings, the Warriors are the team with the most potential to disrupt this offseason, by far. While James Harden,
6:23 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Sometime between now and the 2020 NBA draft on Nov. 18, the league should lift the monthslong transaction moratorium, allowing its annual round of offseason chaos to officially begin. There are many things the NBA will need to sort out over the next few months, from the salary cap rules
5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota sports columnist and radio personality Sid Hartman, an old-school home team booster who once ran the NBA’s Minneapolis Lakers and achieved nearly as much celebrity as some of the athletes he covered, died Sunday. He was 100. Hartman, whose first newspaper column was published in 1945,
The Denver Nuggets made the mistake of leaving Carmelo Anthony off their legendary players graphic. That was just petty, Denver Nuggets. Now that the NBA offseason is upon us, team social media accounts have to find a way to pass the days and weeks leading up to the draft and free agency. The Nuggets chose
Gayle Benson, New Orleans Saints. (Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports) 3 offseason moves the Toronto Blue Jays must make after early playoff exit by Brad Berreman New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson nearly had her car jacked with her inside of it. Stopping an attempting carjacking is now on New Orleans Saints owner Gayle
12:22 PM ET Former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey took out a full-page advertisement in the Houston Chronicle on Sunday to thank the numerous people who helped him during his 13 seasons with the team. But he saved his most effusive praise for Rockets star James Harden, writing, in bold, “James Harden changed my
7:00 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2020 NBA champions, blitzing through the bubble playoffs with a 16-5 record and finishing off the Miami Heat in six games in the NBA Finals. Now what? As the league enters an offseason of more uncertainty, we’re taking a way-too-early look at where all 30 teams
The New York Knicks are interested in signing Fred VanVleet if he gets away from the Toronto Raptors in free agency. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, the New York Knicks have identified a free agent that will help them turn their garbage barge around. Fred VanVleet is going to hit free agency whenever
Giannis Antetokounmpo will not play in Game 5. The Milwaukee Bucks are trying to pull off an improbable 3-0 comeback against Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals, but their hopes hinge almost entirely on superstar and potential back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. With the Bucks in need of a spark ahead of
Goran Dragic is listed as active for Game 6. The Miami Heat have been shorthanded for most of the 2020 NBA Finals, scratching and clawing their way to Game 6 after another tremendous performance from Jimmy Butler got them a win in a do-or-die Game 5. The Los Angeles Lakers are one win away from
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Rockets GM Daryl Morey stepping down after postseason exit by Mike Luciano Once Giannis Antetokounmpo hits free agency, NBA insider Shams Charania has confirmed the Miami Heat will do whatever it takes to sign him. While the 2020 NBA season may have just wrapped up with the Los Angeles Lakers
Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat, Dwight Howard, Los Angeles Lakers, (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) Anthony Davis honors Kobe Bryant with ‘5 Rings’ Kobe 5 Protro (Photo) by Mike Luciano Brett Gardner robs Randy Arozarena of home run with sensational catch (Video) by Alicia de Artola Tempers were running hot in the first quarter of
The Whiteboard is The Step Back’s daily basketball newsletter, covering the NBA, WNBA and more. Subscribe here to get it delivered to you via email each morning. Every Rockets’ playoff exit over the last few years has come with rumblings about the future, about just how much rope Daryl Morey and Mike D’Antoni have, about
Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images Ian Anderson has prime opportunity to bury Dodgers after Clayton Kershaw scratched by Braulio Perez Unfortunately for LA Lakers fans, the coronavirus may prevent the team from hosting its NBA Finals championship parade. Fans all over Los Angeles and California are still buzzing after the Lakers took down the Miami
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 03: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope #1 of the Los Angeles Lakers (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images) 5 Fall cocktail recipes to make while watching UFC 254 by Amy Kaplan Browns’ Odell Beckham Jr. leaves practice early with illness by Cole Thompson Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is opting out of his deal with the Lakers.
8:17 PM ET For the third time since May, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association are extending a negotiating window that preserves each side’s rights to terminate the collective bargaining agreement due to the pandemic, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The NBA and NBPA agreed on a new Oct. 30 deadline to complete ongoing
Gary Payton wants to end up on an NBA coaching staff. Being an NBA point guard is the best way to get an NBA head coaching job, as the likes of Doc Rivers, Isiah Thomas, and Steve Nash, just to name a few, have all landed head coaching positions without any prior experience as a
Kawhi Leonard, Paul George. Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images 3 reasons Georgia football will beat Alabama football without Nick Saban by John Buhler The Clippers have some major chemistry problems, and it stems from Kawhi Leonard. The Los Angeles Clippers were among the title favorites for the 2019-20 NBA season, but they were booted
2:08 PM ET New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson was the victim of an attempted car theft last Saturday afternoon but was unharmed, Saints spokesman Greg Bensel confirmed. “I can confirm that an incident did occur in Orleans Parish involving Mrs. Benson while she was in her vehicle,” Bensel said in a statement.
Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat survived an epic Game 5 duel with LeBron and the Lakers. But there is still a long way to go. Game 5 was the stuff legends are built with. A three-point win. Seven leads changes in the final four minutes. Duncan Robinson, an undrafted second-year wing, pouring in 26