1:33 AM ET With the deadline passing Saturday, Carmelo Anthony did not exercise the early termination option on the final year of his contract to join the 2018 free-agent class. Anthony, now officially a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder again for next season, will earn $27.9 million in 2018-19 to complete the five-year, $120
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11:23 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers will add power forward Billy Preston to their summer league roster, sources told ESPN. Preston, who is 6-foot-10, was a five-star recruit and McDonald’s All-American in 2017. Known for his athleticism and scoring talent, he committed to Kansas and was once projected as high as a mid-second-round NBA draft
12:07 AM ET INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Collin Sexton was handed a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform with his last name and the No. 2 stitched onto the back of it when the point guard out of Alabama arrived at his introductory news conference Friday. Yet despite his shared position and jersey number, Sexton doesn’t feel any pressure
12:02 PM ET This week’s draft mailbag features your questions on elite player movement, rim protectors and more. You can tweet your questions using the hashtag #peltonmailbag or email them to peltonmailbag@gmail.com. My question revolves around the Lakers and the possibility of teaming four All-Stars next year. If they signed LeBron James and Paul George
8:28 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler will exercise his player option for the 2018-19 season, league sources tell ESPN. Chandler, 31, is opting into a $12.8 million salary instead of entering free agency this summer. Denver was notified of his decision on Friday. The 10-year veteran averaged 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds in
6:40 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — General manager Mitch Kupchak wants point guard Kemba Walker to end his NBA career right where it started — with the Charlotte Hornets. Kupchak said Friday that Walker is “revered” in the Charlotte community, and that he and owner Michael Jordan look at the two-time All-Star as
Jun 22, 2018 GREENBURGH, NY — New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis reached out to rookie Kevin Knox shortly after New York drafted him with the ninth overall pick on Thursday night. One of the topics covered during their conversation? Getting booed by Knicks fans on draft night. Kevin Knox said he wasn’t fazed by
5:28 PM ET Bruce Bowen, who won three titles with the San Antonio Spurs, took Kawhi Leonard to task for his dealings with the team this year, saying “there’s nothing but excuses going on.” Speaking on Sirius XM NBA Radio Thursday night, Bowen said. “First, it was, ‘Well I was misdiagnosed.’ Look here: You got
1:44 AM ET GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Kentucky’s Kevin Knox was booed by some New York Knicks fans at the NBA draft after the team selected him with the ninth pick Thursday night. But the negative reaction didn’t seem to bother him. Knox, 18, noted that fans also booed current Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis on draft
1:25 AM ET BOSTON — Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge unknowingly tipped the team’s first-round selection of Texas A&M big man Robert Williams when point guard Terry Rozier called him during a live webcast. Rozier was appearing on Bleacher Report’s online draft show when he was asked to predict Boston’s pick at