4:56 PM ET CAMDEN, N.J. — Sixers general manager Elton Brand said the club’s trade for Jimmy Butler is not an indication that Philadelphia has lost faith in Markelle Fultz, the 2017 No. 1 overall draft pick. “Not at all. It wasn’t a changed view of Markelle’s future. It was more of a changed view
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1:15 PM ET CAMDEN, N.J. — On his first day in his new home, Jimmy Butler made it clear that he expects to fit in easily with the Philadelphia 76ers. “When guys go out there and they know how to play basketball, which everybody on this roster does, it’s all going to fall into place,”
1:34 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert was diagnosed with a subtalar dislocation of his right foot and will not need surgery, the team announced Tuesday. “Fortunately, tests performed this morning revealed that there are no fractures and only moderate ligament damage,” Nets team orthopedist Dr. Martin O’Malley said in a statement. “While the
12:08 PM ET No one who has gotten to know Caris LeVert over the past half-decade — as an almost redshirt at the University of Michigan, and breakout star with the Brooklyn Nets — will be surprised to hear there will be minimal sulking after LeVert’s devastating leg injury Monday. It is one of LeVert’s
8:05 AM ET DELL DEMPS HAS the four-digit lottery combination that landed Anthony Davis committed to memory. The New Orleans Pelicans‘ general manager was the team’s representative in the secured room where the 2012 draft lottery took place. When the fourth pingpong ball was drawn — No. 7 — Demps didn’t instantly remember whether 4-9-6-7
9:16 AM ET In a busy Monday night in the NBA, Anthony “The Brow” Davis bested Kawhi “The Klaw” Leonard in Toronto in a marquee matchup of two of the league’s truly elite talents. The LA Clippers, meanwhile, put the league on notice with another impressive win, this time over the Warriors. After beating an
7:22 AM ET ON A GRAY, misty April afternoon in San Francisco, Golden State Warriors CEO Rick Welts stands atop a parking garage overlooking the massive cavity that, in just over one year’s time, will house the three-time NBA champions. “I could come down here every day,” Welts says, holding an oversized Warriors umbrella at
3:11 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Golden State Warriors All-Stars Kevin Durant and Draymond Green usually keep each other in check when they get too emotional about a call or a play throughout the season. On Monday night, the teammates exchanged heated words on the bench at the end of regulation during a 121-116 overtime
8:29 AM ET New general manager Elton Brand is starting his Philadelphia 76ers tenure with a major gamble. This weekend’s blockbuster Jimmy Butler deal officially puts the Sixers in win-now mode, but there are no guarantees this trade actually makes the team better — let alone sets the franchise up to make a Finals run.
12:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — From the moment Markelle Fultz double-clutched the second of two free throws midway through the second quarter of Monday night’s game against the Miami Heat, his shooting form once again became a blazing-hot topic of conversation. Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown, however, had no time for such