11:54 AM ET LeBron James believes this offseason will be “critical” for himself and the Los Angeles Lakers after the franchise missed the postseason for the sixth consecutive season. “I’ve never played fantasy basketball,” James told Bleacher Report in a story published Wednesday. “But I will be as active as I need to be for
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This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Analytics issue on newsstands Feb. 22. SUBSCRIBE TODAY » CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Five weeks before his 50th birthday, Michael Jordan sits behind his desk, overlooking a parking garage in downtown Charlotte. The cell phone in front of him buzzes with potential trades and league proposals about placing ads
Apr 5, 2019 Last 10 things of the season, so let’s blow it out: 1. Klay Thompson is the NBA’s ultimate stabilizer Sixty points on 11 dribbles. Tom Haberstroh unearthed that incredible stat from Thompson’s December 2016 avalanche against Indiana. The number took on a life of its own, and almost came to define Thompson
7:09 AM ET Who should win the major NBA awards this season? And who will win? There’s a tight race for MVP between Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden, and a deep list of candidates for each trophy. With less than a week to go in the regular season, our ESPN Forecast panel offers its picks
7:09 AM ET Giannis Antetokounmpo or James Harden? This could be the tightest NBA MVP race in years. Antetokounmpo has a classic case: best player on the best regular-season team. But Harden produced unprecedented numbers when his team needed him most. How is anyone supposed to decide? Our NBA experts weigh in on the biggest
3:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Only one member of the Houston Rockets would admit to hoping to face the LA Clippers in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs in the wake of the road team’s 135-103 rout Wednesday night at Staples Center. For Austin Rivers, it’s about purely personal reasons, a chance
1:15 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Most players go out of their way to give the impression they don’t have a clue what’s being written about them. Kyle Lowry isn’t like most players. The All-Star guard for the Toronto Raptors has no problem admitting he reads plenty, and when it comes to the
12:40 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Most players go out of their way to give the impression they don’t have a clue what’s being written about them. Kyle Lowry isn’t like most players. The All-Star guard for the Toronto Raptors has no problem admitting he reads plenty, and when it comes to the
1:30 AM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Suns star Devin Booker will be shut down for the final three games of the regular season after suffering a sprained left ankle in Wednesday’s 118-97 loss to the Utah Jazz, a league source told ESPN’s Jordan Schultz. Booker was injured when he landed awkwardly as a
11:05 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker has sprained his left ankle in the first quarter against the Utah Jazz and left the game. Booker landed awkwardly as a pass came his way with 4:28 left in the quarter Wednesday night. He was attended to by training staff and the