8:16 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Los Angeles Lakers reached an agreement to acquire three-time All-NBA forward Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans for three players and three first-round draft picks on Saturday, league sources told ESPN. The Lakers paid a steep price to partner Davis with LeBron James: sending Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram,
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5:57 PM ET ESPN News Services The newly crowned NBA champion Raptors, who won the title in Oakland, California, on Thursday night, apparently are having too good of a time celebrating in Las Vegas. Expected back in Toronto on Saturday, they instead are staying an additional night in Sin City. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment,
2:19 PM ET The NBA Finals had a wild impact on next year’s championship odds, leaving the Los Angeles Lakers as the favorites at some sportsbooks and the injury-riddled Golden State Warriors as second-tier contenders. The Lakers, at +400, are the favorites to win the 2019-20 NBA championship at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by the Milwaukee
6:39 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers remains confident that the organization can retain Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant this summer. “There’s things I can say; there’s all these rules — but I would say that we value those guys at the highest level,” Myers said on Friday. “I
6:12 PM ET Twenty players have received invitations to attend the 2019 NBA draft and sit in the green room, sources told ESPN. Zion Williamson, Ja Morant, RJ Barrett, Darius Garland, De’Andre Hunter, Jarrett Culver, Coby White, Cam Reddish and Jaxson Hayes received the first batch of invites on June 7, sources said, with an
1:55 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Three years ago, as the Cleveland Cavaliers celebrated the franchise’s first NBA championship on the Golden State Warriors‘ home court, Draymond Green sat at his locker and sent a text message to Kevin Durant. Green wanted to let Durant know that — even at his lowest moment, just an
12:31 PM ET The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday it is investigating Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri on suspicion of misdemeanor battery on a police officer. The incident occurred Thursday night on the floor at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, after the Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors to win the
8:51 AM ET Kyle Lowry‘s willingness to take a secondary role to incoming star Kawhi Leonard was a key first step in the Toronto Raptors winning their first title Thursday night. The July trade that brought Leonard to Toronto was among the topics the two players discussed with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols following the Raptors’ 114-110
8:12 AM ET NBA free agency doesn’t begin until 6 p.m. ET on June 30, but that isn’t stopping us from taking stock of the league immediately following the Toronto Raptors‘ impressive run to the franchise’s first NBA championship. It’s early, some might say way too early, but our panel (a group of more than
4:25 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN OAKLAND, Calif. — Before the playoffs began, Kyle Lowry declared that the only way he could silence his critics was by winning a championship. So, as he walked through the bowels of Oracle Arena late Thursday night fully decked out in championship paraphernalia following his Toronto Raptors title-clinching 114-110 victory