10:07 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors stars Stephen Curry and Draymond Green remain confident that the team’s five-year run of dominance is not ready to end after a loss to the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals. “We’ll be thinking about this one. It’s tough,” Curry said after Thursday night’s 114-110 loss
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4:00 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — For 47 seasons, the city they call The Town was ahead of the curve. Before the NBA was decreed the world’s coolest league, and before every A-lister gauged his or her worth on the ability to sit courtside, Oakland knew. They showed up to watch the Golden State Warriors
10:48 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Five years ago, he slayed a giant when he won NBA Finals MVP in leading the San Antonio Spurs over the two-time champ Miami Heat. On Thursday night, Kawhi Leonard became a superteam killer again when he finished off the Golden State Warriors‘ two-year run as champions and again
8:36 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Washington Wizards are preparing to offer Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri a deal that could approach $10 million annually and deliver him the opportunity for ownership equity, league sources tell ESPN. Wizards owner Ted Leonsis is expected to reach out to Toronto ownership soon to request
11:57 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors swingman Klay Thompson suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in Thursday night’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals, the team announced. Thompson was hurt with 2 minutes, 22 seconds left in the third quarter after he went up for a breakaway dunk and was
4:26 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Duke star Zion Williamson is suing to enforce his termination of an agreement he signed with a Florida marketing company, maintaining their deal was unlawful under North Carolina law, his attorneys told ESPN. Williamson is set to become the No. 1 overall pick to the New Orleans Pelicans in next
3:08 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas is declining the $17.6M player option on his 2019-20 contract, clearing the way to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, league sources told ESPN. Valanciunas’ primary intention will be to negotiate a new longer-term deal with the Grizzlies, league sources said. In the post
12:53 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three-time All-Star point guard Kemba Walker says he’d be willing to work with the Hornets and would take less than the supermax $221 million contract he’s eligible to receive to re-sign with Charlotte. The Hornets can offer Walker, their all-time leading scorer, a five-year contract worth up
12:02 PM ET On Jan. 17, 2017, the Golden State Warriors held a rather elaborate ceremony at what was then just a big pile of dirt in San Francisco. The ownership group, which had invested approximately $1.5 billion to turn this pile of dirt into a game-changing stadium when Chase Center opens later this year,
8:20 AM ET With their backs against the wall in a must-win NBA Finals Game 5 in Toronto, the Golden State Warriors leaned on an old friend to extend the series: historically great 3-point shooting. The Dubs are the defining team of our time in part because they’ve turned the basketball court inside-out, winning games