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,
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7:28 AM ET What will happen in the 2020 NBA draft lottery, tentatively scheduled for Aug. 25? This will be the second lottery since the NBA flattened the odds, which introduced more uncertainty at the top of the draft order. Last season, the New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers all jumped from
9:28 AM ET The Basketball Tournament, a winner-take-all affair for a seven-figure sum to be held next month, will become the first live televised basketball competition in America since the coronavirus pandemic sidelined sporting events around the world in March. Featuring former college stars and overseas standouts, the TBT will be held at Nationwide Arena,
12:17 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Michael Jordan memorabilia has been a hot commodity since the height of his career with the Chicago Bulls. Two pairs of shoes, worn in different sports, and at different parts of his career, just sold in May. They garnered more than $600,000 at auction. 2 Related Thursday marks 23 years
6:49 AM ET Nine NBA teams will head to the Orlando bubble in Florida looking to make a final push for a playoff spot. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Wednesday that some players on non-title-contending teams are hesitant to restart. Rosters might be tweaked as a result, but the potential for a surprise postseason run
11:51 PM ET Should LeBron James lead the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA Finals, he’ll be playing basketball in October. However, there’s something even bigger that the Lakers’ star — and some of his friends and colleagues in the sports and entertainment world — are preparing for come November, James announced Wednesday. James and
11:34 PM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — Harry Glickman, the founder of the Portland Trail Blazers and general manager of the franchise’s only NBA title-winning team in 1977, died Wednesday. He was 96. The team announced Glickman’s death. No cause was given. The father of professional sports in Oregon, a true Trail Blazer.
9:03 PM ET Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni was like everyone else in the NBA whose world was rocked by the abrupt halt to the season on March 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. He cycled through emotions of shock, frustration, acceptance, then adjustment to the “new normal” as he prepared for a potential resumption
5:58 PM ET As the NBA and NBPA are finalizing terms on a return-to-play plan Wednesday, there’s a faction of players discussing as a group whether restarting the season in the Orlando bubble is a good idea, sources said. Several dozen players participated in a conference call in the past 24 hours to discuss it,
4:59 PM ET Trae Young had hoped the Atlanta Hawks would be included in the restart of the NBA season. Instead, 22 teams were invited to resume playing at a bubble site in Orlando — and the Hawks were not one of them. “I was mad,” Young said on a video call Wednesday afternoon. “I