2:56 PM ET Former Murray State star Ja Morant is asking a Kentucky judge to remove a Confederate monument in downtown Murray. Morant, who was drafted with the second pick in the 2019 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies, led Murray State to a conference championship in 2019. “Murray felt like a second home from
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3:27 PM ET On the cusp of hundreds of millions of dollars in contract extensions, several of the NBA’s top young stars had a Friday call with National Basketball Players Association officials about the possibility of league-financed insurance policies to protect against career-threatening injuries in the bubble restart in Orlando, sources tell ESPN. Miami’s Bam
8:44 AM ET Adam Abdul-Jabbar, the son of basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has been arrested after allegedly stabbing a neighbor multiple times. Abdul-Jabbar, 28, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and drove himself to the hospital following the Tuesday night incident, which took place
9:59 PM ET In theory, you could pull it off without a hitch: about 1,500 people test negative for the coronavirus — several times — before entering the NBA’s proposed “bubble” at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, they interact with almost no one else, and the league emerges three months later
8:29 PM ET When the National Basketball Players Association conducted a conference call and vote on restarting the season a week ago, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving was an active participant — although his questions were of a mundane nature. As an injured player, sources say Irving asked, would he count among the Nets allotted
3:50 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN George Hill took a moment to regather himself. While discussing the current status of black people in America on Friday morning during a video conference panel presented by Amp Harris Productions, the Milwaukee Bucks guard grew emotional. He shared his personal experience with racism while growing up in Indiana and
6:59 PM ET NEW YORK — As protests and social justice movements have taken place across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death, NBA players have discussed what role returning to play has in furthering or distracting from the cause. The Nets‘ Garrett Temple, a vice president for the National Basketball Players Association,
12:44 AM ET When San Antonio Spurs guard Lonnie Walker IV cut his signature hairstyle this week, he was parting with more than just several inches off the top. Walker said he was attempting to free himself of painful memories. Walker, 21, revealed on Instagram on Thursday that he started to grow out his hair
12:39 PM ET The NBA has given teams a full training camp timeline, with head coaches allowed to work with players beginning June 23, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Players traveling outside of the U.S. need to report by June 15 to team markets — with the rest of players arriving
6:16 PM ET As the NBA firms up its 22-team Orlando restart schedule, 14 of the teams will be eliminated within 53 days of arriving — and only four teams will remain after 67 days, sources said. The NBA has been working to make clear to players that the actual commitment of time for most