11:24 PM ET The New Orleans Pelicans were the big NBA draft lottery winners on Tuesday night, and Las Vegas took notice. The Pelicans came into the evening tied for the worst 2019-20 NBA title odds at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook at 300-1, but their odds were lowered to 25-1 (tied for 10th-best) after
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10:33 PM ET After what has been a chaotic start to the offseason, the Los Angeles Lakers were one of the big winners in Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery, and they could parlay their new fourth overall draft pick into a potential trade for an All-Star. An ecstatic Rob Pelinka said the team will either draft
8:51 PM ET The New Orleans Pelicans have won the 2019 NBA draft lottery and, more importantly, the Zion Williamson sweepstakes. The overwhelming favorite to be drafted No. 1 overall and lauded as one of the best NBA prospects since LeBron James, Williamson could change the trajectory of the Pelicans’ franchise for years to come.
10:24 PM ET ESPN staff After months of speculation, Ben Simmons has confirmed his intention to pull on the Australian national singlet once again in the upcoming series against Team USA and Canada and September’s FIBA World Cup in China. Simmons, who debuted for the Boomers as a teenager in the gold medal winning Oceania
7:44 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are hoping to avoid a carbon copy of their semifinals series against the Boston Celtics. The Bucks won the series, taking the last four games, but they haven’t forgotten the 22-point whomping the Celtics delivered in Game 1. Antetokounmpo said giving up Game
2:39 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The NBA and the National Basketball Coaches Association are creating a partnership and program intended to prepare and illuminate a more complete pool of future NBA coaches, league officials told ESPN. “We are not talking about a quota system,” Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, president of the NBCA, told ESPN.
1:51 PM ET Terry Rozier said Tuesday on ESPN First Take that he wouldn’t be interested in returning to the Boston Celtics if the team decides to bring back the same cast next season. “No, I might have to go. I might have to go. I put up with a lot this year so I
11:39 AM ET ESPN News Services Turkish broadcaster S Sport will not televise the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers, that includes Turkish native Enes Kanter. “I can say clearly that we will not be broadcasting the Warriors-Blazers series,” S Sport commentator Omer Sarac told Reuters. “Furthermore, if Portland
9:09 AM ET What is the Portland Trail Blazers‘ best chance in this Western Conference finals matchup against the Golden State Warriors? Warriors-Blazers features two of the best backcourts in the league going head-to-head — Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum for Portland vs. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson for Golden State. If the Blazers pull
7:14 AM ET Tim Bontemps Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books CHICAGO — When the way the pingpong balls bounced is revealed to the world Tuesday night here at the Drake Hotel, the immediate focus will be on who gets