12:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton and Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love have committed to joining Team USA’s 12-man roster for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Excel Basketball agent Mike Lindeman told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Middleton will be making his first Olympic appearance after playing for Team USA in the
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12:48 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Less than two days after his Philadelphia 76ers were bounced out of the playoffs by losing Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Atlanta Hawks on their home court, team president Daryl Morey was emphatic in his belief that the level of negativity that surrounds the franchise
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NBA draft lottery drawing will be unveiled Tuesday night at 8:30 ET on ESPN. The ultimate prize is believed to be the right to select Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham at No. 1, but inclusion in what NBA evaluators believe could be a historically strong top-5 is a much-coveted circumstance
7:39 PM ET PHOENIX — The LA Clippers will once again be without Kawhi Leonard in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday and could be missing another top defender in Marcus Morris as well. Clippers coach Ty Lue said on Monday that Leonard remains out with a sprained
3:40 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The idea that Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons will spend the offseason improving his shooting stroke has become an annual discussion in Philadelphia. That certainly will be the case again this offseason, after Simmons melted down at the foul line — and disappeared from Philadelphia’s offense — as the 76ers
4:22 PM ET LA Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups and San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon have emerged among the leading candidates and advanced to second interviews in the Portland Trail Blazers‘ search for a head coach, sources told ESPN. Both assistants are set for additional meetings with Portland officials in the coming days, sources said.
1:02 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said Monday that every move he makes in his new role — including trading Kemba Walker and a first-round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Al Horford — will be made with one goal in mind: maximizing the talents of
1:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo has committed to join the 12-man Team USA roster for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, his agent, Alex Saratsis, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell, however, has declined an invitation to join Team USA for the Olympics, sources told Wojnarowski. Instead,
4:30 PM ET Projected first-round pick Trey Murphy has elected to hire an agent, forgo his remaining eligibility at Virginia and keep his name in the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday. “I loved my time at UVA and everyone there, but it’s time for me to move on,” Murphy told ESPN. “I
2:44 PM ET Baylor forward Matthew Mayer will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school, a source told ESPN on Monday. Mayer was one of 69 players announced as having accepted an invite to attend the NBA Combine in Chicago, which starts Tuesday, but has changed course and withdrawn his name from the