5:07 PM ET Nick DePaula Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic is on the verge of signing a shoe deal with Jordan Brand, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. “It’s all
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2:05 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — There must have been a lot of confused NBA fans around the country as the ESPN broadcast went to commercial break after the first quarter. Not because the Dallas Mavericks, minus MVP candidate Luka Doncic, held a seven-point lead over a Philadelphia 76ers squad that entered Friday night with the
1:07 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers went the first two months of the season without losing a game at home. Then they lost two in the span of three days. And, after getting blown out by the Luka Doncic-less Dallas Mavericks 117-98 at Wells Fargo Center on Friday night, Joel Embiid
11:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens honored a request from his daughter to “give the people what they want” in Friday night’s 114-93 victory over the Detroit Pistons. As Boston continued to expand the lead in the third quarter, some Celtics fans started chanting “We want Tacko!” — hoping rookie
9:54 PM ET Ja Morant has been one of the NBA’s best rookies in 2019-20. The Memphis Grizzlies point guard, selected with the No. 2 overall pick in June, has put up Rookie of the Year-type numbers (18.4 points per game, 6.7 assists per game) while regularly wowing fans with his outstanding athleticism, which has
4:00 PM ET The NBA is discussing a $1 million per player purse for the winners of the proposed 30-team in-season tournament, league sources told ESPN. The league is hopeful that an additional financial incentive would motivate players to treat a new tournament with a competitive fervor. The NBA wants an in-season tournament that would
12:08 PM ET An MRI result for the left foot of Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward came back clean, coach Brad Stevens told reporters Friday. Hayword will not play in Boston’s game against the Detroit Pistons on Friday, but Stevens said it’s not a long-term concern. Hayward missed Wednesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks because
3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The normally laid back Lou Williams had to be restrained from going after an official before being ejected. Minutes later, Patrick Beverley fouled out and went on to be ejected for jawing with Russell Westbrook. In the fourth quarter of a hotly contested, back-and-forth game against the Houston Rockets,
11:07 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook just knew something was up with the rim at Staples Center. The basket seemed too low. The backboard seemed a little off. So he stopped the game and asked them to measure. A stadium worker climbed up a ladder, took out a level, snapped a picture and
11:59 PM ET The wink said it all. When Giannis Antetokounmpo drilled his career-high fifth 3-pointer on Thursday night, it’s understandable that he had to give the crowd a little something extra as he retreated back on defense. As if the home team didn’t already give their fans enough in the most anticipated game of