6:41 PM ET The attorneys for New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson filed additional amendments to a lawsuit that is attempting to enforce the termination of a signed agreement with a Florida marketing company. The amendments, filed in the U.S. District Court in North Carolina by Williamson’s New York-based lawyer Jeffrey Klein on Wednesday, include
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9:38 AM ET Former NBA first-round pick Royce White believes Carmelo Anthony has been “blackballed” by the league and he thinks LeBron James is partly to blame. “‘Melo is absolutely being blackballed,” White, who plays in the BIG3 league, told Fanatics View on Saturday. “He’s one of the realest in [the league]. … He’s given
8:35 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Team USA coach Gregg Popovich sees Australia as a title threat at the upcoming World Cup in China. He’ll soon find out how much of a threat when the teams meet Thursday in the first of two exhibition games in Melbourne. A record Australian basketball crowd of
7:10 AM ET The 2019-20 NBA summer forecast debuted Wednesday with our experts’ predictions for the standings in each conference and records for all 30 teams. Which teams are most underrated and overrated in the forecast? What were the most surprising results? After an offseason full of player movement, the Milwaukee Bucks (57 wins) and
4:33 AM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The 2019-20 edition of ESPN’s NBA summer forecast is here. Which will be the best and worst teams this season? Which superstar players will win the major awards? What surprises are on the way? We polled ESPN’s panel of basketball experts for their predictions
7:35 AM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Larry Bird likes the mural, just not the tattoos. So he took a shot and — like in his playing days — was successful. An artist, after being asked by a lawyer for the former NBA star, has agreed to remove certain tattoos from a large painting
10:57 PM ET Ty Lue has agreed to a deal with the LA Clippers to become a top assistant coach on Doc Rivers’ staff, a source told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Lue was a leading candidate to become the Los Angeles Lakers head coach until negotiations broke down earlier this summer. Lue wanted to coach LeBron
12:25 PM ET In the aftermath of DeMarcus Cousins‘ knee injury, the Los Angeles Lakers are bringing in two former All-Star centers — Joakim Noah and Dwight Howard — to evaluate in individual workouts in Los Angeles, league sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The workouts will also include veteran Mo Speights, league sources said. Another
7:30 AM ET The Sterling Affairs is a story of power and scandal in Los Angeles. When an audio recording of a racist rant by former Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online in 2014, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever. But Sterling had been a problem for decades — in basketball,
7:07 AM ET GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS president Rick Welts was in his old office up in Oakland when the call came in. Warriors general manager Bob Myers was checking in, as he often did, after the team’s shootaround in Los Angeles. It was the morning of Game 5 of the Warriors‘ 2014 first-round playoff series