1:30 AM ET Looking for the perfect tweet to sum up the Toronto Raptors‘ 3-1 series lead over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals? You got it, dude. After Kawhi Leonard, Serge Ibaka and the rest of We The North finished off their 105-92 comeback win in Game 4 — potentially the final
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7:55 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — It can happen so suddenly — the end of a season, a dynasty, an arena. Few people in and around the NBA had internalized the idea — swirled it around in their brains, digested it, felt it — that the Toronto Raptors, the NBA’s accidental pseudo-contender who catapulted themselves
1:07 AM ET Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet needed seven stitches after taking an elbow to the face in the fourth quarter on Friday, but he was more upset about losing a tooth. “If that’s what being a Canadian is, I don’t think I want it,” VanVleet said with a smile after the game. “You
1:28 AM ET Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet needed seven stitches after taking an elbow to the face in the fourth quarter on Friday, but he was more upset about damaging a tooth. “If that’s what being a Canadian is, I don’t think I want it,” VanVleet said with a smile after the game. “You
9:23 PM ET Nine players received invitations to attend the NBA draft and sit in the green room, a source 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, with an additional 11 invites approximately still yet
8:02 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN OAKLAND, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard said Friday that if the Toronto Raptors hadn’t put him on a load-management plan during the regular season, he wouldn’t be playing in the NBA Finals. “It was big,” Leonard said in a sit-down interview with ESPN’s Rachel Nichols. “When it got bad, we ended
5:10 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst — an NBA Executive of the Year candidate — has signed a three-year contract extension, league sources told ESPN. The Bucks announced the deal on Friday, terming it “a multi-year extension.” Horst is considered one of the front-runnners for NBA Executive of the Year,
5:01 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst — an NBA executive of the year candidate — has signed a three-year contract extension, league sources tell ESPN. The Bucks announced the new deal on Friday, terming it “a multi-year extension.” Horst is considered one of the frontrunnners for NBA Executive of the
Jun 3, 2019 OAKLAND, Calif. — Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey popularized the 5% theory. It goes something like this: If you believe your team has even a 5% chance of winning the championship, then you should go all in to try to make it happen. Morey explained the 5% theory to Grantland’s Zach
8:21 AM ET Three games into the 2019 NBA Finals, the two biggest factors in the series are the Golden State Warriors‘ injuries and the Toronto Raptors‘ shooting. While the Warriors are trying to win their third straight title with a depleted group of banged-up superstars, the Raptors’ shooting numbers have toggled between incredible and