10:30 AM ET It has been nearly three months since the last NBA game was played. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and man, there’s a lot to love about every team that’s going to compete for the 2020 NBA championship in Orlando next month. Now that the league’s board of governors has
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1:01 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — A Florida appeals court has temporarily granted NBA rookie Zion Williamson‘s attempt to block his former marketing agent’s effort to have the ex-Duke star answer questions about whether he received improper benefits before playing for the Blue Devils. The order Thursday granted Williamson a stay and paused proceedings
10:40 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has purchased a minority stake in Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union, according to a report Thursday in Sports Business Daily. SBD reported that Durant’s stake is between 1% and 5%. Durant joins the Houston Rockets‘ James Harden in owning a small piece of MLS
9:51 PM ET The publisher of NBA 2K paused all online game activity for two hours Thursday in recognition of George Floyd’s memorial service. 2K halted online play from 2-4 p.m. ET while a service was ongoing in Minneapolis, where Floyd died while in police custody on Memorial Day. The Neighborhood, a game mode where
6:54 PM ET AS THE NBA’S plans to restart its season at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, were coming into focus last week, Chris Paul and Bob Iger went for a walk. Paul, the president of the National Basketball Players Association, and Iger, the executive chairman of the Walt Disney
7:37 PM ET National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts expressed concern over the NBA’s tentative timeline of opening training camps for the 2020-21 season on Nov. 10 — less than a month after the proposed end of the NBA Finals in Orlando, Florida. “I was surprised to see it,” Roberts told ESPN on
2:46 PM ET Doug KezirianESPN Close ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host Kevin Durant has not logged a minute for the Brooklyn Nets, but he is having the biggest betting impact on the NBA’s restructured season. With the coronavirus pandemic extending the season nearly three months, those in
5:37 PM ET The remainder of the 2019-20 G League season has been canceled, NBA G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced Thursday. “While canceling the remainder of our season weighs heavily on us, we recognize that it is the most appropriate action to take for our league,” said Abdur-Rahim. “I extend my sincere gratitude to
1:58 PM ET The NBA’s board of governors has voted to approve the league’s 22-team format to restart the 2019-20 season in Orlando, Florida, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Under the plan from commissioner Adam Silver and the league’s advisory/finance committee, 13 Western Conference teams and nine Eastern Conference teams would play eight regular-season
3:40 PM ET Tim Bontemps Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The NBA has announced its return 86 days after suspending the season due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, the NBA’s board of governors overwhelmingly approved a proposal for