9:40 PM ET Marc J. Spears The Golden State Warriors have signed free-agent guard Tyler Ulis to an Exhibit 10 contract, a source told ESPN. Ulis, a 5-foot-10, 160-pound guard, picked the Warriors over the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings. Exhibit 10 contracts are one-year deals paying the minimum salary. They also can be used
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6:44 PM ET BOSTON — Kyrie Irving looks different. He has just jogged off the Auerbach Center court after an informal pick-up session with his Boston Celtics teammates and his distinctly more chiseled upper body is beaded with sweat. He’s sporting a headband to keep a fuller noggin of hair at bay, and he’s smiling.
Sep 21, 2018 Joel Embiid, no stranger to overcoming the rigors of the NBA, says Phoenix Suns rookie Deandre Ayton is about to be introduced to a process all his own. Embiid, in an interview Friday on ESPN’s The Jump at Philadelphia 76ers media day, said the 2018 No. 1 draft pick will have his
2:17 PM ET The initial trade market for Jimmy Butler is confused and cool, league sources say, as teams contemplate their appetite for risk and wonder whether the Timberwolves can coalesce around trade talks — or whether Tom Thibodeau’s reported desire to keep Butler at all costs wins the day. The three teams on Butler’s
Sep 21, 2018 DALLAS — Coach Rick Carlisle said Dirk Nowitzki, the longtime face of the Dallas Mavericks franchise, is “likely to come off the bench” in his 21st and potentially final season. Nowitzki, who ranks sixth in NBA history with 31,187 points, has been open to the idea for the past few years. He
12:07 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Rival executives lobbing calls to Minnesota’s front office on the possibility of trading for four-time All-Star forward Jimmy Butler are getting their inquiries rebuffed, league sources told ESPN. In the aftermath of Butler’s trade request this week, Minnesota executives are telling teams that Butler’s an elite player and that the
When he entered the NBA with more hype than any rookie in league history, LeBron James also had the NBA’s biggest rookie sneaker deal in hand. Before he was even drafted, he signed a seven-year, $90 million deal that guaranteed him a signature shoe every season of his career. Can’t get enough kicks coverage? SneakerCenter
10:30 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN When the very first Air Jordan sneaker debuted over three decades ago, the black and red color scheme alone was the daring innovation amid a sea of plain white sneakers. This year, Nike’s longtime subsidiary is launching an even further boundary pushing design, with the introduction of the first-ever laceless
8:51 PM ET Our annual NBArank forecast of the 100 best players this season is in the books as LeBron James takes the throne for the eighth straight season. Let’s examine a few other trends we’re seeing as we wrap up the countdown for 2018-19. The King: Eight years of NBArank reign After Klay Thompson
Sep 20, 2018 For the eighth season in a row, ESPN.com is ranking the top players in the NBA. Who will be the best player this season? To get the final prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players. NBArank is a prediction for the coming season. Dozens of panelists from