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Aug 23, 2019
Investigators for the Sacramento Kings and NBA determined that, based on available evidence, there was "not a sufficient basis to support" the sexual assault allegations made against Kings head coach Luke Walton.
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Aug 23, 2019
Investigators for the Sacramento Kings and NBA determined that, based on available evidence, there was "not a sufficient basis to support" the sexual assault allegations made against Kings head coach Luke Walton.
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Aug 23, 2019
We polled the experts on the ESPN Forecast panel for their predictions heading into the 2019-20 NBA season.
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Aug 22, 2019
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has been home for nearly a week in Detroit as he continues to recover from a stroke suffered in May.
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Aug 22, 2019
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is preparing to step into the point guard position Russell Westbrook held for 11 years for the Thunder. The second-year pro says if he sticks to his own game "everything else will take care of itself."
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Aug 22, 2019
Basketball legend Bob Cousy, the 91-year-old Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame member who played for the Celtics, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday.
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Aug 22, 2019
Basketball legend Bob Cousy, the 91-year-old Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame member who played for the Celtics, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday.
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Aug 22, 2019
It was billed as the biggest night in Australian basketball history, but a variety of factors left most fans frustrated and let down.
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Aug 22, 2019
Our NBA experts dive into the title chances for the top seven contenders.
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Aug 22, 2019
The pro day, featuring James Wiseman and Precious Achiuwa, will have a similar format to the draft combine.
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Aug 22, 2019
Team USA beat Australia 102-86 in a World Cup warm-up game Thursday, lead by Kemba Walker's 23 points and Myles Turner's 15.
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Aug 22, 2019
Which star has been most impressive in camp? Should Pop be worried about this roster? Those are among the biggest talking points ahead of Team USA's World Cup journey.
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Aug 21, 2019
Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson filed additional amendments to a lawsuit that is attempting to enforce the termination of a signed agreement with a Florida marketing company.
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Aug 21, 2019
Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis and former NBA player Lamar Odom are the only professional athletes on this season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
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Aug 21, 2019
Former NBA player Royce White, who now plays in the BIG3 league, wonders why LeBron James and the Lakers haven't signed Carmelo Anthony when they were looking for players to add to their roster.
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Aug 21, 2019
Team USA coach Gregg Popovich sees Australia as a "huge, huge threat" to the Americans' chances of winning a gold medal at the FIBA World Cup.
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Aug 21, 2019
What are the most surprising win totals and standings in the NBA summer forecast?
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Aug 21, 2019
We polled the experts on the ESPN Forecast panel for their predictions heading into the 2019-20 NBA season.
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Aug 21, 2019
A lawyer for former NBA star Larry Bird has asked an artist to remove certain tattoos from a large painting of Bird on an Indianapolis multifamily residence, which she has agreed to do.
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Aug 21, 2019
A lawyer for former NBA star Larry Bird has asked an artist to remove certain tattoos from a large painting of Bird on an Indianapolis multifamily residence.
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Aug 20, 2019
Doc Rivers has remained close with Ty Lue, who was an assistant on Rivers' staff in Boston and with the Clippers.
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Aug 20, 2019
Doc Rivers has remained close with Ty Lue, who was an assistant on Rivers' staff in Boston and with the Clippers.
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Aug 20, 2019
The Lakers, trying to cobble together a center rotation in the wake of DeMarcus Cousins' knee injury, will evaluate Joakim Noah, Dwight Howard and Mo Speights, sources told ESPN.
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Aug 20, 2019
When an audio recording of a racist rant by former Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online in 2014, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever.
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Aug 20, 2019
When an audio recording of a racist rant by former Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online in 2014, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever.
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Aug 20, 2019
For four days, the Donald Sterling tapes threatened to shut down the 2014 NBA playoffs. Five years later, it remains one of the great what-ifs in league history.
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Aug 19, 2019
In the annual survey of rookies, only 5% of the Class of 2019 thought Zion Williamson would have the best NBA career. Cam Reddish was top vote-getter with 19%.
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Aug 19, 2019
Howard University is bringing back its golf teams for the first time in decades -- with a big assist from NBA star Stephen Curry.
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Aug 19, 2019
David Blatt, the former coach of the Cavaliers, has announced he has multiple sclerosis. The 60-year-old is currently coach of Greek team Olympiakos.
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Aug 19, 2019
In a city where Aussie Rules football has always reigned supreme, a proud American sporting culture has somehow managed to entrench itself and is showing no sign of disappearing any time soon.
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Aug 19, 2019
Aron Baynes is expecting two of his ex-teammates to take the NBA by storm in coming years but wants to assert his authority over them during this week's Australia vs. Team USA exhibition series.
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Aug 18, 2019
Dwight Howard's representatives have been given permission by the Grizzlies to speak to teams that might have interest in acquiring the center, including the Lakers, sources say.
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Aug 18, 2019
Dwight Howard's representatives have been given permission by the Grizzlies to speak to teams that might have interest in acquiring the center, including the Lakers, sources say.
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Aug 18, 2019
Which star has been most impressive in camp? Should Pop be worried about this roster? Brian Windhorst and Ohm Youngmisuk hit the biggest talking points ahead of Team USA's World Cup journey.
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Aug 17, 2019
Gregg Popovich has been described as the biggest star on Team USA, but how do his Nike Air Monarchs compare to Jayson Tatum's Jordan Jumpman Diamonds and the shoes of his teammates?
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Aug 17, 2019
Kings forward De'Aaron Fox, a strong candidate to make the final Team USA roster for the FIBA World Cup, has withdrawn from consideration. leaving just 13 players battling for 12 spots.
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Aug 17, 2019
The remaining USA Basketball players are eager to prove they all belong after several of USA's biggest stars skipped the World Cup. "We're motivated more than anything to keep the gold standard going," Harrison Barnes said.
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Aug 16, 2019
Newly released emails and text messages in the case against attorney Michael Avenatti suggested that Nike officials were making under-the-table payments to handlers and families of top college basketball prospects.
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Aug 16, 2019
Tony Parker will be the last San Antonio Spur to don the No. 9. Parker played 17 seasons and won four NBA titles with the Spurs.
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Aug 16, 2019
P.J. Tucker said he's twisted his left ankle twice during Team USA practices, and the Rockets forward thought it best to withdraw from consideration for the World Cup roster.
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Aug 16, 2019
Rockets GM Daryl Morey has always championed his players, and he's gone to a new extreme in praising James Harden, saying his star guard is a better scorer than Michael Jordan.
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Aug 16, 2019
Joe Tsai, the co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, officially has agreed to purchase full interest of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center from Mikhail Prokhorov.
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Aug 16, 2019
When an audio recording of a racist rant by former Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online in 2014, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever.
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Aug 16, 2019
When an audio recording of a racist rant by former Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online in 2014, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever.
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Aug 15, 2019
Longtime Nets CEO Brett Yormark has resigned, ending his tenure as a new ownership regime takes shape in Brooklyn, league sources confirmed.
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Aug 15, 2019
Draymond Green was at a total loss for words and didn't know what he could say to DeMarcus Cousins after the news of Cousins' crushing ACL injury.
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Aug 15, 2019
Free-agent forward Patrick Patterson has agreed to a one-year, $2.3 million deal with the LA Clippers, league sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
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Aug 15, 2019
Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins has suffered a torn ACL to his left knee and could miss the entire season, his agent told ESPN.
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Aug 15, 2019
Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins is awaiting further tests after suffering a serious injury from "bumping knees" with another player during workouts in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN.
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Aug 15, 2019
Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins will have further tests on his knee after he had to leave the court while working out in Las Vegas, league sources told ESPN.
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Aug 15, 2019
Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins is awaiting further tests after suffering a serious injury from "bumping knees" with another player during workouts in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN.
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Aug 15, 2019
Attorneys representing Michael Avenatti filed a motion Wednesday that alleges a Nike employee at least approved payments to former Duke star Zion Williamson and ex-Indiana star Romeo Langford when they were still in high school in February 2017.
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Aug 14, 2019
Point guard De'Aaron Fox said he's probably gotten faster and that's caught the attention of veteran Kemba Walker who says Fox's "quickness is crazy." Fox is vying for a spot with the senior team as USA Basketball prepares for the FIBA World Cup.
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Aug 14, 2019
Andrew Gaze says Gregg Popovich's influence on international basketball -- as well as the NBA -- will be one of his lasting legacies as 'Pop' prepares Team USA for its series against the Boomers ahead of the FIBA World Cup.
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Aug 14, 2019
Joined by his close friends and former teammates from nearby St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, LeBron James helped unveil a multicolored outdoor court at the I Promise School he founded in Akron, Ohio.
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Aug 14, 2019
Former Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue is close to a deal to reunite with Doc Rivers as a top assistant on the Clippers' staff, a source confirmed to ESPN.
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Aug 14, 2019
In an interview with ESPN's Rachel Nichols on The Jump, Draymond Green said talk of the Warriors not making the playoffs is "crazy to me ... that's total disrespect."
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Aug 14, 2019
Joseph Tsai is close to a deal to purchase the remaining 51 percent of the Nets from Mikhail Prokhorov for $1.35 billion, sources told ESPN. That would peg his total cost for the team at a record $2.35 billion.
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Aug 14, 2019
Former Wizards All-Star Antawn Jamison is joining the team's front office as director of pro personnel.
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Aug 14, 2019
Team USA coach Gregg Popovich praised former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday, saying that his act of bringing light to social justice and racial inequality in the country was "a very patriotic thing."
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Aug 13, 2019
Heat forward Kelly Olynyk will miss the FIBA World Cup for Canada after suffering a knee injury last week.
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Aug 13, 2019
In an interview with Rachel Nichols, Draymond Green discusses his new contract and what's next for the Warriors.
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Aug 13, 2019
Jaxson Hayes wants to swap jerseys with LeBron. Coby White wants to learn to play the piano. Cam Reddish is looking forward to facing Kevin Durant. Get to know the NBA's top rookies beyond the X's and O's.
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Aug 13, 2019
Kyle Lowry of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors says his surgically repaired thumb has not recovered sufficiently enough to allow him to participate with USA Basketball in camp for the FIBA World Cup, and he is withdrawing from consideration for the team.
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Aug 12, 2019
Rui Hachimura helped lead Japan to a 99-89 win over New Zealand in a World Cup warm-up game.
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Aug 12, 2019
Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for illegal gun possession, Brooklyn's district attorney announced Monday.
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Aug 12, 2019
Our NBA experts answer the big questions about the five 2019 Christmas Day games.
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Aug 12, 2019
Mark your calendars, because the full NBA schedule has been unveiled. Here are our can't-miss games for 2019-20.
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Aug 12, 2019
The 2019-20 NBA schedule was unveiled Monday and Kawhi Leonard will make his return to Toronto on Dec. 11 as the LA Clippers visit the defending champion Raptors.
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Aug 12, 2019
The NCAA has amended its certification process for agents representing basketball players who are deciding whether to stay in school or explore the NBA draft and will no longer require them to have a bachelor's degree.
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Aug 12, 2019
Rich Paul, founder and CEO of Klutch Sports Group, said that while it's "flattering" that the NCAA's new agent provisions are being called the "Rich Paul Rule," he's more concerned about the greater impact the new criteria will have.
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Aug 11, 2019
Kings forward Marvin Bagley III has pulled out of the competition for a Team USA roster spot ahead of the FIBA World Cup.
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Aug 10, 2019
USA Basketball held its Blue-White game to wrap up a week of training camp in Las Vegas, and the Blue squad -- the national team candidates, for the most part -- had little trouble in beating the White squad.
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Aug 10, 2019
Following an exhibition game against the younger Select Team on Friday night, Team USA announced Thaddeus Young and Bam Adebayo were cut from the senior roster, while Select Team members Derrick White and Marvin Bagley III were promoted.
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Aug 08, 2019
Team Canada forward/center Kelly Olynyk only suffered a bruised knee after slipping and falling during an exhibition, and he will miss a week. He's expected to return for the FIBA World Cup.
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Aug 08, 2019
The Spurs coach doesn't have anything to prove. So why is he sweating out practices in the desert with an undermanned Team USA squad?
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Aug 08, 2019
Forward Kyle Kuzma believes he's ready to make the leap in his third season with the Lakers and says he doesn't see why he couldn't be the team's third star along with LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
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Aug 08, 2019
Miami's Kelly Olynyk appeared to hurt his knee after slipping and falling during Canada's win over Nigeria in a FIBA exhibition game and will get X-rays, coach Nick Nurse said.
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Aug 07, 2019
Kevin Durant says he does not hold the Warriors accountable for the ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in June.
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Aug 07, 2019
Kemba Walker and his new teammates are taking advantage of Team USA training camp to build chemistry and usher in a new era in Boston.
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Aug 06, 2019
USA Basketball coaches Steve Kerr and Gregg Popovich were both critical of lawmakers on Tuesday for not doing enough on gun control.
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Aug 06, 2019
A memo, obtained by ESPN, says agents of NCAA players wanting to test the NBA draft waters must have a bachelor's degree, three years of NBPA certification and liability insurance.
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Aug 06, 2019
A memo, obtained by ESPN, says agents of NCAA players wanting to test the NBA draft waters must have a bachelor's degree, three years of NBPA certification and liability insurance.
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Aug 06, 2019
After a year in a unique role with New Balance, the Oklahoma City Thunder forward is ready for the transition to the NBA, and ready to help anyone who wants to follow his path.
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Aug 06, 2019
Luka Doncic, P.J. Tucker and Devin Booker lead a veteran class that is expected to draw interest from a number of different brands.
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Aug 06, 2019
Udonis Haslem is returning to the Miami Heat for his 17th NBA season.
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Aug 06, 2019
Ben Simmons said he posted a video on social media because he felt "singled out" after being asked for ID at a casino in Australia, while the casino said it does routine ID checks on anybody who appeared to be younger than 25.
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Aug 06, 2019
Kemba Walker, Donovan Mitchell and the other 13 players in attendance at Team USA training camp are excited to be able to represent their country at the World Cup.
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Aug 05, 2019
Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry said he told Kawhi Leonard, "I'm happy for you," when the reigning Finals MVP reached out to say he was leaving Toronto to join the Clippers.
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Aug 05, 2019
"It's our responsibility to not only be the best team we can be, but also conduct ourselves with the USA on our shirt," Gregg Popovich said on Monday.
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Aug 05, 2019
"It's our responsibility to not only be the best team we can be, but also conduct ourselves with the USA on our shirt," Gregg Popovich said on Monday.
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Aug 05, 2019
Free agent Vince Carter, 42, has agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Atlanta Hawks for his 22nd and final NBA season, league sources told ESPN.
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Aug 05, 2019
The Memphis Grizzlies have hired former Notre Dame women's associate head coach Niele Ivey as one of the new assistants on Taylor Jenkins' staff.
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Aug 05, 2019
The Warriors' new extension with Draymond Green features a fourth-year option, a source told ESPN, something the franchise has not afforded fellow cornerstones Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.
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Aug 05, 2019
The Warriors' new extension with Draymond Green features a trade kicker, a source told ESPN, something the franchise has only given to fellow cornerstones Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.
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Aug 05, 2019
Jordan Brand landed the biggest star, Zion Williamson, but it was Nike that came away with the deepest roster of rookies this summer.
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Aug 04, 2019
After a widely unpredictable process to get the team to training-camp, USA Basketball managing direction Jerry Colangelo is not worried about the team's chances in the World Cup.
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Aug 04, 2019
After a widely unpredictable process to get the team to training camp, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo is not worried about the team's chances in the World Cup.
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Aug 03, 2019
Draymond Green's new agreed-to contract, which starts with the 2020-21 season, brings the total length and value of his deal with the Warriors to five years, $118 million.
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Aug 03, 2019
Draymond Green's new agreed-to contract, which starts with the 2020-21 season, brings the total length and value of his deal with the Warriors to five years, $118 million.
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