7:00 AM ET The NBA offseason has begun. While the playoffs are still in full swing, 26 teams are already looking ahead to next season and making moves in free agency and trades. Prior to last offseason, the 2021 NBA free-agent class was seen as potentially historic. Players like LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Paul George,
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7:00 AM ET The NBA’s conference semifinals had a bit of everything. We were treated to two thrilling Game 7s, with the Milwaukee Bucks outlasting the Brooklyn Nets in overtime and the Atlanta Hawks stunning the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers at home to advance. We got another historic comeback from the LA Clippers, who were down
10:56 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN For only the second time in 50 years, the Atlanta Hawks are heading to the conference finals. The fifth-seeded Hawks knocked off the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia 103-96 in Game 7 to advance. In a back-and-forth affair, the Hawks ultimately came out on top. The game featured 20 lead
8:41 PM ET As he walked into the tunnel moments after posting his first career triple-double, with big man Deandre Ayton walking alongside, Devin Booker grabbed his phone to make a FaceTime call. “You seen them 11 assists, right?” Ayton said into the phone. “You seen him throw out 11 dimes, right?” On the other
2:03 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — After the 76ers bowed out of the playoffs on Sunday following a postseason in which he was historically inept from the free throw line and struggled to score in the second round, Ben Simmons shouldered the blame. “I ain’t shoot well from the line this series,” Simmons said following the
9:48 PM ET PHOENIX — After Devin Booker went off for a 40-point triple-double against them in Game 1, Paul George said the Phoenix Suns present a different challenge for the LA Clippers. After overcoming Luka Doncic and Donovan Mitchell in the first two rounds, the Clippers now have to figure out a way to
1:46 AM ET For most of Game 7, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young‘s patented “shiver” gesture — the one he unleashes to let onlookers know he has transformed into Ice Trae — had a different connotation. Ice Trae had been ice cold all night, missing 19 of his first 21 shots attempts from the field.
6:44 PM ET NBA Insiders The Bubble Suns are so last year. Say hello to the Playoff Suns. After falling behind 2-1 to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round, the Phoenix Suns have now won eight consecutive playoff games, the longest streak in their franchise history and the longest for any team since
11:02 AM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie plans to decline the $12.3 million player option on his 2021-2022 contract and become an unrestricted free agent before Monday’s deadline, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Dinwiddie missed most of this season because of an ACL injury to his right knee, appearing in just three games. He
12:37 PM ET Dyson Daniels, the No. 18 prospect in the ESPN 2022 mock draft, has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program, he told ESPN Sunday. “I feel that this is the best pathway for me to get to my ultimate goal; the NBA,” Daniels said. “It has every resource I need in