11:59 AM ET For the ninth season in a row, ESPN.com is predicting the top players in basketball with NBArank. Who will be the best player this season? To get the final prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players. LeBron James vs. Kawhi Leonard. Zion Williamson vs. Luka Doncic. Devin
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6:17 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Videos of Ben Simmons making jumpers flooded social media over the summer, and the All-Star point guard said he is ready to take his game to another level when the Philadelphia 76ers open camp next week. “I feel like this summer I fell in love with the game
3:21 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — It was time for the last jump shot of Markelle Fultz‘s workout on the Orlando Magic practice court on Wednesday. He let a 3-pointer fly from the left corner, and spun around in celebration even before the ball swished through the net. After two years of problems,
2:58 PM ET Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving suffered a left side facial fracture when he was elbowed in the face at the team’s practice facility Tuesday, the team announced Wednesday. The Nets said Irving is considered day-to-day with the injury. Irving was sent to the hospital for evaluation after being injured Tuesday during
1:35 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers have hired former NBA center Roy Hibbert as player development specialist, the team announced Wednesday. Hibbert, 32, played in the league for nine seasons and was a two-time All-Star with the Indiana Pacers. The 7-foot-2 Hibbert finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting in 2013-14, when the
8:44 AM ET For the ninth season in a row, ESPN.com is predicting the top players in basketball with NBArank. Who will be the best player this season? To get the final prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players. LeBron James vs. Kawhi Leonard. Zion Williamson vs. Luka Doncic. Devin
8:44 AM ET On Wednesday, we released Nos. 30-11 in the 2019-20 edition of NBArank, predicting which players will be the best this season. The list features plenty of up-and-coming phenoms and established All-Stars joining new teams, including Luka Doncic, Trae Young, Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook. Who is most likely to crack the top
7:11 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Strong starts to the preseason by American 18-year-olds LaMelo Ball and R.J. Hampton have ramped up the interest in the Australian National Basketball League among NBA scouts. Local media said more than two dozen scouts watched preseason games in Hobart, Tasmania, this weekend, where Ball and Hampton impressed
6:49 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Wizards forward Troy Brown Jr. has injured his left calf and is expected to miss about a month, the latest in a series of injuries the team is dealing with as the NBA season approaches. The Wizards said Tuesday that Brown strained his calf a day earlier during
3:22 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have been fined $50,000 by the NBA for comments their general manager made about offering Giannis Antetokounmpo a supermax contract when eligible next summer. The league announced the fine Tuesday, saying the Bucks violated “league rules governing timing of discussions regarding future player contracts.” At a televised town hall