12:24 AM ET The semifinals for the NBA 2K Players Tournament are set for Saturday and each will feature a player from the Phoenix Suns and the LA Clippers in the two head-to-heads to determine the finalists. After quarterfinal action Thursday on ESPN2, four players came out victorious: Suns guard Devin Booker, Clippers big man
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9:05 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said his team’s “best basketball” was ahead of it when the NBA season was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. On a conference call with reporters Thursday, Griffin pointed out that the Pelicans were rounding into shape at a
Apr 9, 2020 ESPN will televise an NBA HORSE tournament — a single-elimination shooting competition — beginning on Sunday, April 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. ET. The semifinals and championship of the NBA HORSE Challenge will air April 16, beginning at 9 p.m. ET, also on ESPN and streaming on the ESPN App. The
1:15 PM ET ESPN News Services NBA players will receive their full checks when the next payday for most of them arrives on April 15, even though no games will have been played for more than a month at that point. The league gave teams the directive on Thursday in a memo that was obtained
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Luka Doncic could become the best-ever NBA player from Europe. Trae Young has already become one of the NBA’s most dynamic offensive players. Zion Williamson is the most electrifying rookie since LeBron James. Ja Morant has turned the Memphis Grizzlies into must-see TV. But which rising star would NBA decision-makers
9:00 AM ET When the NBA was placed on an extended hiatus in mid-March, Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker‘s thumbs were twitching on a gaming console. In between maneuvering massive, digital war tanks and in front of a camera for the world to see online, Booker was told that games would be suspended until further
8:29 AM ET As we approach the one-month mark since the night the NBA stopped, let’s look back on some of the good and bad of the 2019-20 season so far: 1. The state of the Spurs I found it — the precise moment the Spurs defensive backslide hit its nadir: The Gregg Popovich we
11:36 PM ET After his 17th year in the league — which was shaping up to potentially be an all-timer — came to a screeching halt when pro basketball, like the rest of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, LeBron James says it would be hard to accept an incomplete ending. “I
8:06 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN As the Chicago Bulls try to return to contention, they’re close to hiring a new executive vice president of basketball operations to run the show. ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski reported today that the Bulls are focusing on Denver Nuggets general manager Arturas Karnisovas. News that the Bulls have narrowed
9:18 PM ET Emily RandESPN The NBA 2K Players Tournament has been a delightful and peculiar competition to watch. It has offered a candid peek into NBA players’ lives that we wouldn’t have had otherwise, set against the backdrop of the global coronavirus pandemic. It also has revealed which players are true gamers. Esports and