10:50 AM ET The NBA is promoting one of its most experienced referees, Jason Phillips, to run its replay center, the league will announce Friday. Phillips will replace veteran executive Joe Borgia, who will transition to a role overseeing the implementation of the new coach’s challenge for the upcoming season. It is part of an
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9:45 AM ET Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry says he is ready for the “new challenge” of bringing his new-look team to the same level that reached five straight NBA Finals. Speaking Thursday after a practice round for the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament, Curry addressed the losses of Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala
7:00 AM ET What’s next for the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder after agreeing to swap All-Star point guards Russell Westbrook and Chris Paul? The Rockets are reuniting Westbrook with James Harden in a talented backcourt that has some question marks, while the Thunder continue to stockpile draft assets for the future following the
8:41 AM ET As discussions between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder on a blockbuster deal for Russell Westbrook grew serious Thursday, Daryl Morey, Houston’s general manager, called James Harden to discuss how both stars might work together. Harden gently cut Morey off and reminded him: “I know how to play with Russ
1:14 AM ET Memphis Grizzlies guard Grayson Allen was ejected from Thursday night’s summer league game against the Boston Celtics after picking up two flagrant fouls in the span of seven seconds. Both hard fouls were against Celtics rookie Grant Williams and led to Allen being tossed with 9:12 remaining in the fourth quarter. Allen,
1:02 AM ET The NBA offseason is less than two weeks old, but it already has brought a decade’s worth of stunning player moves, the latest of which was the reported trade of Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Chris Paul. All of these player moves have left fans shaking their heads
10:59 PM ET It’s Russell Westbrook Day. It’s Russell Westbrook Day every day in Oklahoma City, by a mayoral decree signed in 2017 by then-Mayor Mick Cornett after Westbrook re-upped with a five-year, $205 million extension. It was Russell Westbrook Day on July 6, when the Oklahoma City Thunder shockingly traded Paul George to the
8:39 PM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul, first-round picks in 2024 and 2026, and pick swaps in 2021 and 2025, league sources told ESPN. Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti worked with Westbrook and his agent, Thad Foucher, to deliver the former
10:01 PM ET The most unpredictable NBA summer ever continued Thursday night when the Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Chris Paul and a bevy of first-round picks, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. In Houston, Westbrook will be reunited with James Harden. The two were
8:14 PM ET After free-agent forward Marcus Morris reneged on a verbal agreement to sign with the San Antonio Spurs, the franchise finally withdrew its offer and instead reached a two-year deal with forward Trey Lyles, league sources told ESPN. Morris had waffled on a two-year, $20 million commitment to the Spurs, who gave him