4:17 PM ET Free agent Pau Gasol has agreed to a one-year, $2.6 million deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, league sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Gasol, 39, joins a reshaped Blazers roster that is prepared to make a run at a return to the Western Conference finals — and perhaps beyond. Gasol will join
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2:11 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love told The Athletic that he will withdraw from playing for the United States at this summer’s World Cup in China. Love told The Athletic that he called Team USA coach Gregg Popovich on Wednesday to inform him of his
1:57 PM ET Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is not happy with the events that transpired to expedite the departure of Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Los Angeles Lakers, saying it was “bad for the league.” Kerr said the trend of players who are not free agents forcing trades to
6:59 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN For the first time in years, the NBA does not have an odds-on favorite to win the title. The dual impact of the Golden State Warriors falling in the NBA Finals then losing Kevin Durant in free agency (along with the expected loss of Klay Thompson for most of next
6:33 AM ET Lindsey Harding, who was hired as an assistant coach by the Sacramento Kings July 19, said that “being afraid of the unknown,” not respect from male players, is all that’s keeping women from ascending to head coaching positions in the NBA. “The question is always, ‘Will the guys respect you? Can [women]
1:17 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday promoted longtime general manager R.C. Buford to CEO of Spurs Sports & Entertainment, moving assistant general manager Brian Wright to the GM position. Buford, a two-time NBA Executive of the Year, had served as general manager since 2002 and was given the title of president of
1:11 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN After months of deliberating a handful of offers, New Orleans Pelicans rookie and No. 1 overall NBA draft pick Zion Williamson has signed a multiyear shoe deal with Jordan Brand. “I feel incredibly blessed to be a part of the Jordan Brand family,” Williamson said. “Since I was a kid,
12:07 PM ET After hearing concerns from owners and fielding inquiries from top agents over the last several weeks, the NBA has opened an investigation into how free agency operated this summer, multiple league sources told ESPN. The scope of the investigation is still being determined, but sources say it will likely focus on some
11:59 AM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Ohm Youngmisuk Close ESPN Staff Writer Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly
12:10 PM ET When the NBA’s board of governors convened earlier this month in Las Vegas, the owners’ heads were spinning from a league-shaking flurry of deals that reshaped their realities in a matter of days. The powerful men and women, some through clenched teeth and others with open arms, asked themselves two basic but