Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. IN THE DAYS leading up to the Los Angeles Lakers‘ second-round series against the Golden State
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May 8, 2023, 11:12 AM ET Suns owner Mat Ishbia said he does not want Nuggets star Nikola Jokic to be suspended or fined over their altercation Sunday night in Game 4 of Phoenix’s playoff series with Denver. Jokic was assessed a technical foul in the second quarter of Game 4 when he tried to
Associated Press May 8, 2023, 09:52 AM ET STORRS, Conn. — Twenty-seven years after hitting his last jump shot in the building, Ray Allen walked back into Gampel Pavilion on Sunday wearing a cap and gown. The 47-year-old basketball Hall of Famer sat in the stands with other graduating students, under a banner commemorating the
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 02:19 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns superstar Devin Booker doesn’t want to be bothered with digging too deep into the analysis of his historic hot streak. Booker
Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 7, 2023, 10:27 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books PHILADELPHIA — The only way you really confirm trust is by winning the title in a lot of ways. This is Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers’ philosophy after nearly
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 7, 2023, 09:21 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — After James Harden had the two worst consecutive shooting games of his entire career in Games 2 and 3 of the Philadelphia 76ers‘ Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics, coach Doc Rivers decided to remind his star guard of who he is heading
Jamal Collier, ESPNMay 7, 2023, 09:12 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — As he considered a question about whether the Boston Celtics should have called a timeout to set up their final possession at the end of regulation or in overtime of a 116-115 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 4 on Sunday, star Jayson Tatum
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 7, 2023, 10:12 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
Associated Press May 7, 2023, 04:54 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — James Harden leaned in toward John Hao, a paralyzed Michigan State shooting survivor who developed a long-distance FaceTime bond with the Philadelphia 76ers star, and gave his new friend a hug. “You look good,” Harden told Hao. The 20-year-old Hao and his parents smiled as
ESPN News Services May 7, 2023, 11:26 AM ET Nick Gilbert, familiar to NBA fans as the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ representative at the draft lottery, died Saturday from a genetic condition. He was 26. The son of Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and wife Jennifer, Nick Gilbert had a lifelong battle with neurofibromatosis (NF1), which causes noncancerous