Month: June 2019

9:58 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Four people were shot and wounded at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors, and three people were arrested, police said. Droves of Raptors fans ran from the shooting in a stampede from the City Hall square, which was packed with tens of thousands of

8:04 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Four people were shot and wounded at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Raptors, and three people were arrested, police said. Droves of Raptors fans ran from the shooting in a stampede from the City Hall square, which was packed with tens of thousands of people.

5:25 PM ET LaMelo Ball has joined the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League, he announced on ESPN’s The Jump on Monday. Ball, a 17-year-old point guard, played for a year in Lithuania in 2018, so it’s unlikely that he could play in college under NCAA eligibility rules. The NBL has become a

3:19 PM ET The Golden State Warriors took out a full-page ad in Monday’s edition of the Toronto Star to congratulate the Toronto Raptors on their NBA title. Toronto Star “The Golden State Warriors congratulate the Toronto Raptors on their historic achievement and bringing the 2019 NBA Championship to the City of Toronto,” the ad

3:49 PM ET Marc J. Spears Golden State Warriors assistant coach Chris DeMarco said he has agreed in principle to become the head coach of the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s senior men’s national team. The Bahamas did not qualify for the 2019 World Cup in Japan. But Bahamas does has some young talent to keep an

3:36 PM ET Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson will become an unrestricted free agent after Brooklyn declined to make him a qualifying offer, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Hollis-Jefferson, 24, defends multiple positions well, but the Nets now have $46 million available in cap space heading into their decision on retaining restricted free agent