10:04 AM ET Kentucky freshman Tyrese Maxey declared for the 2020 NBA draft on Monday. “My thoughts were that we would be playing for a national championship [today],” Maxey told ESPN. “Although we’re unable to do that due to what our country is experiencing, I felt like this was the day to declare for the
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10:38 PM ET The second night of the NBA 2K Players Tournament on ESPN has come to an end and the quarterfinals matches are set. The night featured two of the most competitive matches in the tournament so far, but also the largest blowout of the eight first-round matches. Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker defeated
11:59 AM ET French point guard Theo Maledon has submitted paperwork to the league office to make himself eligible for the 2020 NBA draft on Sunday. “I am excited to announce that I am declaring for the 2020 NBA draft,” Maledon wrote in an email to ESPN. Maledon, the No. 15 prospect in the ESPN
7:00 AM ET This story was originally published on April 13, 2016. Kobe Bryant will be inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2020 class. BY THE TIME he was 14, Kobe Bryant had made up his mind: His quest for basketball greatness would be a solitary journey.
5:22 PM ET NEW YORK — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Saturday that the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and the NBA, in collaboration with Huang Ping, China’s consul general have collaborated to donate one million surgical masks to be distributed to New York City’s essential workers. In addition to the masks, Nets
5:53 PM ET The NBA and ESPN are working on televising a H-O-R-S-E competition involving several high-profile players, sources told ESPN. Discussions have been ongoing among the NBA, NBPA and ESPN about a competition among several players in isolation — presumably using home gyms — that would include them competing shot for shot in the
12:02 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Class of 2020 will arguably be the most star-studded in the history of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. All eight finalists — led by Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett — were selected on Saturday for enshrinement and will be inducted Aug. 29 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
12:14 PM ET Kobe Bryant was announced as a member of the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame class, along with Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett. Bryant died in January when his helicopter crashed in the hills of Los Angeles, shocking and saddening the basketball world. Now that he will be enshrined in Springfield with other legends
Apr 1, 2020 Where does the star-studded 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class rank? Since Tim Duncan announced his retirement in the summer of 2016, joining Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett in concluding their careers after the 2015-16 season, NBA fans have been anticipating the prospect of celebrating three league MVPs being inducted
12:23 PM ET Kobe Bryant‘s wife, Vanessa, said Saturday that his election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was the “peak of his NBA career.” Speaking to ESPN’s Rece Davis via FaceTime with her daughter Natalia by her side, Vanessa Bryant said, “It’s an incredible accomplishment and honor, and we’re extremely proud of