4:55 PM ET The NBA is closing in on signing off on a second “bubble” in Chicago for the eight teams that were not invited to play in Florida, enabling them to participate in a mini-training camp and subsequent games against other clubs with a target date of September, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The
7:31 AM ET WHEN FRANK VOGEL has chatted with the Los Angeles Lakers ahead of traveling to the NBA’s campus at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, next week, the conversation has mostly been informational. Players want clarity about how restrictive the so-called bubble will be — for instance, under what
Photo by Matteo Marchi/Getty Images It’s getting dusty in here after WNBA star Maya Moore’s video of Jonathan Irons. Maya Moore is not a name you’ll often see alongside Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali or LeBron James for their extensive work involving social issues in America, but she absolutely should be. Moore, who was already one
7:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Frank Vogel says the team will not seek a replacement player for Dwight Howard for the Orlando restart. And, according to Vogel, the team will not ask the replacement player that it did add, JR Smith, to play like the player he replaced, Avery Bradley. Speaking on
With professional basketball on the horizon, all eyes have turned toward Orlando – but here, we’re trying to peer into the future too. Frankly, the news of pending basketball seems small in comparison to some country-wide. The planet-wide pandemic and sweeping protests have turned everybody’s day-to-day routines on their head – but, obviously, for one
Photo by Daniel Shirey/Getty Images Buddy Hield and more NBA players are testing positive for coronavirus. Early in the week, it was reported that the NBA was bracing for a significant number of positive coronavirus test results. With each passing day, more and more names are being added to the list. After it was reported
5:59 PM ET Houston Rockets forward Thabo Sefolosha has opted out of the season’s restart in Orlando, sources tell ESPN. The Rockets are eligible to sign a replacement for the team’s roster. Sefolosha, 36, had played in 41 games this season, averaging 10 minutes and 2.2 points Veteran forwards Jeff Green and DeMarre Carroll —
NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 01: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat in action against Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on February 1, 2014 in New York City. The Heat defeated the Knicks 106-91. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that,
7:00 AM ET NBA Insiders It was 10 years ago today that the most anticipated free-agency period in NBA history began, culminating on July 8, 2010, with The Decision and LeBron James announcing that he was taking his talents to South Beach. We asked our NBA insiders to reflect on the show, the fallout and
With professional basketball on the horizon, all eyes have turned toward Orlando – but here, we’re trying to peer into the future too. Frankly, the news of pending basketball seems small in comparison to some country-wide. The planet-wide pandemic and sweeping protests have turned everybody’s day-to-day routines on their head – but, obviously, for one
3:52 PM ET With coronavirus cases on the rise in the United States and some teams recently closing their facilities due to positive cases, NBA commissioner Adam Silver remains “pretty confident” about the NBA’s plan to safely resume play but admits that a spread in the NBA community could bring the league to a halt
Trevor Ariza, Portland Trail Blazers, (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) How can a resumed NBA season be a distraction when their challenges — public health and social justice — are the same as everyone else’s right now? To the extent that it was ever plausible, the idea that sport and broader society can or should
7:35 AM ET By the time LeBron James made The Decision, he was already the best basketball player in the world. He was 25 years old and had just won his second consecutive MVP award. Ten years later, James is still at the top of the NBA, and that decision to take his talents to
6:56 PM ET Brooklyn Nets center DeAndre Jordan has tested positive for the coronavirus and opted out of next month’s Orlando, Florida, restart with his team, he announced Monday. “Found out last night and confirmed again today that I’ve tested positive for Covid while being back in market,” Jordan wrote on Twitter. “As a result
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – NOVEMBER 30: LaMelo Ball of the Hawks and RJ Hampton of the Breakers during the round 9 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and the Illawarra Hawks at Spark Arena on November 30, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images) With an official timetable for the 2020
DeAndre Jordan Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images DeAndre Jordan has revealed that he’s tested positive for COVID-19. The Brooklyn Nets‘ DeAndre Jordan revealed on Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and won’t join the Brookly Nets as they travel to Orlando in a few weeks in order to re-start the NBA season. Jordan
7:05 PM ET The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are planning to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the court inside both sidelines in all three arenas the league will use at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, when it resumes the 2019-20 season late next month, league sources told ESPN. The WNBA
Well, that does it, everyone. The NBA is officially coming back. There are definitely concerns about whether this is going to work and whether the team that wins the title will be considered the legitimate champion of 2020. We’ve had plenty of players pull out albeit, in retrospect, most of them have been on teams
Mike Brown, Golden State Warriors, (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) The New York Knicks have reportedly expanded their list of head coaching candidates, giving a look to Warriors’ assistant, Mike Brown. The Knicks have no aces up their sleeve. In fact, at this point, they don’t really have sleeves at all. It’s a white
11:05 AM ET Ja Morant apologized on Twitter for reposting an image on social media with a profanity directed at police officers on the back of his jersey, writing that it “didn’t clearly and accurately convey what I wanted to share.” On Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies rookie point guard reposted an image that had the
The NBA likes to lean into its reputation as a progressive leader in professional sports. But is it deserved? On June 19, the Washington Wizards’ John Wall and Bradley Beal helped lead a protest in the nation’s capital. The All-Star duo marched, with megaphones in their hands, giving voice to those tired of police forces
7:00 AM ET WEARING AN IMPECCABLY tailored cream jacket, a light-blue button-down shirt and a jet-black tie with a contrasting platinum clip, LeBron James walked through the players’ entrance at Miami’s AmericanAirlines Arena for the first time. The day before, July 8, 2010, on The Decision broadcast, James told a national TV audience that he
5:36 PM ET Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert still has trouble smelling after testing positive for the coronavirus in March, he told French newspaper L’Equipe. “The taste has returned, but the smell is still not 100%,” Gobert said in quotes published Wednesday. “I can smell smells, but not from afar. I spoke to specialists, who
Predicting the Lakers’ final 8 games of the season by John Likanje Ja Morant (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) Ja Morant has an idea for a new jersey amid the NBA’s new policy allowing player to promote social issues. A new NBA policy that will reportedly allow players to support a social justice
When the NBA season went on hiatus, the Milwaukee Bucks led the league with a 53-12 mark. In other words, they were, and are, the favorites headed into the homestretch. Records continue to be set. Depending on the state, the number could be in cases, hospitalizations, deaths. Admittedly, those two sentences back-to-back sound rather insincere
4:31 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Wilson Chandler has informed the team that he is opting out of playing in Orlando, Florida. Chandler cited spending more time with his family — particularly his grandmother, who raised him, and three children — as the primary reason for sitting out. The Nets will be
1:04 AM ET Marc J. Spears Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul, president of the National Basketball Players’ Association, told ESPN’s The Undefeated on Saturday that the union and the league are collaborating to allow players to wear specialized jerseys with a personalized social justice, social cause or charity message on the back instead of
UFC Vegas 4: Dustin Poirier gets decision over Dan Hooker in bloody classic by Thomas Albano Joel Embiid (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) NBA, NBPA to allow players to replace last name on jerseys with statement on social justice The NBA and the NBPA are taking a huge step forward in the fight for social
1:04 AM ET The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association are discussing plans to allow players the opportunity to wear a statement on social justice on the back of their jerseys when the season restarts in Orlando, Florida, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The statement would replace a player’s last name on the back
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James with daughter Zhuri (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images) LeBron James is praised for his on-court abilities, but his role as a father of three at home is just as impressive. The greatest basketball player of his generation is still known as “dad” at home, and he wouldn’t have it