9:06 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — As Jimmy Butler‘s trade demand continues to hover over the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ organization, longtime teammates Taj Gibson and Derrick Rose acknowledge they were surprised the declaration came as quickly as it did. “At the end of the day, you’ve got to look at it from a player’s standpoint and
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8:46 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers are bringing Kurt Rambis back to the organization as a senior basketball adviser. The Lakers are trying different small-ball lineups in training camp, including utilizing the 6-foot-9 Kyle Kuzma at center for the first time since he was in high school. The Lakers announced
6:22 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Kyle Kuzma spent much of his summer bulking up and now he’s putting some of that muscle to work at center. The Los Angeles Lakers are trying different small-ball lineups in training camp, including utilizing the 6-foot-9 Kuzma at center. The second-year forward is learning how to play
With media days in full swing across the league, we’re only three weeks away from regular-season NBA basketball. And with plenty of new faces in new places, who are the best and worst teams heading into camp? Our panel — a group of more than 40 reporters, insiders and editors — is looking ahead to
10:00 AM ET In the moments after the Game 1 loss in the NBA Finals in May, a combination of rage, frustration and disappointment led LeBron James to explode in the visitors’ locker room in Oakland and punch a whiteboard, cracking a bone in his hand. James’ teammates and coaches had never seen James quite
8:34 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — All-Star swingman Klay Thompson made it clear again that he would like to stay with the Golden State Warriors for a long time and is cherishing the current run he and his teammates are on as they enter the collective prime of their careers. “It’s awesome,” Thompson said after
7:09 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Lonzo Ball participated in a full-contact practice Thursday for the first time in training camp, Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton said. It was the most intense basketball the point guard has played in five months, according to Ball, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in
6:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, citing the NBA as a model for uniting a cross-section of people and cultures, says he wants to use his position as the league’s first Hispanic head coach “to be an inspiration for young men and women, to show you can be anything you
4:53 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers may not have LeBron James this season, but Tristan Thompson believes they remain the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. “We’re still four-time Eastern Conference champions, so until you take us down from that, teams ain’t got much to say. Boston, Philly, they ain’t got much to say,”
7:06 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN Greetings, earthlings. Allow me to re-introduce myself, my name is Andre’. I’ve got a Ph.D. in hoopsology from the prestigious Hoops Lab, so some people call me @ProfessorDrz. I will be your guide through this wonderful world we call fantasy basketball this season, and we’re going to enjoy every minute