1:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA is expected to move up the start of its annual moratorium on free-agent negotiations from midnight ET on July 1 to 6 p.m. on June 30, sources told ESPN. While the decision isn’t finalized, the expectation is that it will be implemented for this year’s free-agency period. The
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11:57 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The NBA has picked 11 players from the G League Elite Camp to stay for the NBA draft combine that starts Thursday. UCF‘s Tacko Fall, Florida State‘s Terance Mann, Miami‘s Dewan Hernandez, Syracuse‘s Oshae Brissett, Nevada‘s Cody Martin, Tulsa‘s DaQuan Jeffries, Auburn‘s Jared Harper, Iowa‘s Tyler Cook, Iowa
7:44 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — One by one, the Milwaukee Bucks players pulled into the garage in the team’s practice facility. It was Thursday, less than 12 hours removed from their series-clinching Game 5 victory over the Boston Celtics, and Mike Budenholzer had given the team the day off. Yet there was Giannis
8:50 AM ET Have you come down from the greatest second round in NBA history? Good. The Eastern Conference finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Toronto Raptors bring a clash between the two best players in the conference — Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kawhi Leonard, two of the superstars who have defined these nutty playoffs.
8:30 AM ET Holy smokes. What a wild lottery. That may have been the wildest lottery ever. The NBA’s new smoothed lottery odds raised the possibility of teams leaping from the middle toward the top, and boy howdy was there some leapin’ on Tuesday in Chicago. Here’s how it went down from inside the locked-down
3:00 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry‘s hair was quite a bit longer when the Golden State Warriors run of Finals appearances started back in 2015. His body was quite a bit spryer back then, too. But as the NBA world focuses intently on the Warriors’ future — with Kevin Durant approaching free agency
1:54 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry scored 36 points and tied his career playoff high with nine 3-pointers in Tuesday’s 116-94 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night at Oracle Arena. As the Warriors continue playing without star forward
6:36 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — The strategy of defending Stephen Curry was a testy subject for Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts after the Golden State Warriors star torched the Blazers 116-94 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. After Curry scored a game-high 36 points Tuesday night, Stotts responded with dry sarcasm
11:54 PM ET Marc Spears New Orleans Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry apologized for cursing in the NBA draft lottery room Tuesday night. But it was for good reason. Gentry learned that the Pelicans won the right to draft Duke sensation Zion Williamson despite the team having just 6 percent odds to land the No.
11:28 PM ET Jerry West has agreed to return to the LA Clippers next season to continue his work as special consultant to the team’s front office, the LA Times reported Tuesday. West returns to the Clippers ahead of a pivotal summer for the franchise, which hopes to use its cap space to sign at