10:41 AM ET As fears mounted that the Los Angeles Lakers had pushed to the cusp of creating an unprecedented Big Three, the LA Clippers made a blockbuster trade for Oklahoma City‘s Paul George — and cleared the path for free agent Kawhi Leonard to sign a four-year, $141 million contract with the Clippers, league
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4:42 AM ET Day 1 of the Las Vegas NBA summer league is in the books, and it was quite an entertaining one. These are the important notes I made in each game relative to the betting market, and how they can strengthen our betting process going forward. I also included a few of the
10:56 AM ET The first sign that Kawhi Leonard has a whole lot more to say than anyone ever imagined came a few days before NBA free agency officially opened. Kevin Durant was getting ready to commit to the Brooklyn Nets, along with his good friends Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan. They’d all grown close
2:42 AM ET Free-agent guard Danny Green will be signing a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, he announced on his Instagram account late Friday night. The deal is worth $30 million, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Green was included in last summer’s Kawhi Leonard trade as salary filler, after playing through
2:08 AM ET Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 Nick Friedell Close ESPN Staff Writer Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined
3:10 AM ET No. 1 overall draft pick Zion Williamson made his NBA summer league debut, then left after hurting his knee, then the entire game was postponed by an earthquake — and somehow that wasn’t the biggest story in the NBA on Friday night. The double dose of breaking news came late into the
3:40 AM ET The LA Clippers are making a blockbuster trade for Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George, clearing the path for free agent Kawhi Leonard to sign with the Clippers on a four-year, $142 million contract, league sources told ESPN. In an 11th-hour move to keep Leonard from partnering with LeBron James and Anthony
1:08 AM ET LAS VEGAS — An earthquake that struck Southern California forced the postponement of the late games in the Las Vegas Summer League on Friday night, including the NBA debuts for No. 1 pick Zion Williamson of New Orleans and No. 3 pick RJ Barrett of New York. The Los Angeles Dodgers and
11:52 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Zion Williamson‘s first NBA show was a sellout. And it ended earlier than the fans wanted. The No. 1 overall draft pick by the New Orleans Pelicans didn’t keep his adoring new public waiting for his display of dunks and power. With tickets commanding more than $500
1:02 AM ET The Washington Wizards are trading Dwight Howard to the Memphis Grizzlies for CJ Miles, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Grizzlies will waive Howard, according to a league source. It is possible there no longer exists a marketplace of teams interested in signing the former All-NBA center. The deal will save