9:45 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Privately, San Antonio Spurs officials readily admit they’re not blameless in this fiasco. But the club’s pained decision to finally acquiesce to Kawhi Leonard‘s trade demand on Wednesday plunged the franchise deeper into the depths of a transitional period that it has long worked to stay ahead of. Even
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1:34 AM ET Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant has won the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award, given annually to an athlete whose leadership “has created a positive impact on their community through sports.” The award was handed out as part of the fourth annual Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awards in Los Angeles. The
4:41 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have waived veteran center Kendrick Perkins, the team announced Tuesday. Perkins was signed by the team on the final day of the regular season and did not play a single minute in the 2018 postseason. The Cavaliers signed Kendrick Perkins before the playoffs as a veteran presence in the
9:17 AM ET Andre SnellingsESPN The Las Vegas summer league championship game (10 p.m. ET, ESPN/WatchESPN) pits the Portland Trail Blazers against the Los Angeles Lakers — both undefeated coming into the matchup. Who are the players to watch on each team, and what kind of impact could they have when the real NBA season
9:28 PM ET LeBron James did more than watch the Los Angeles Lakers summer league team on Sunday in Las Vegas. Over the weekend he also had his first meeting with Lakers head coach Luke Walton. LeBron James, who was in Las Vegas over the weekend to watch the Lakers play a summer league game,
3:58 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Free-agent forward Dante Cunningham has agreed to a one-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs, league sources told ESPN. Cunningham, 31, gives the Spurs depth at small forward in the aftermath of the franchise’s declining to match forward Kyle Anderson‘s four-year, $37 million offer sheet with the Memphis Grizzlies. Cunningham
9:41 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN For the second offseason in a row, an unexpected sneaker brand emerged to dominate the conversation heading into the NBA draft and summer league. Last summer, it was Lonzo Ball’s unique Big Baller Brand venture and his eventual musical-chairs approach to playing in a different sneaker in each game of
10:53 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN On a day when former franchise-everything LeBron James was in the house supporting his new team, the Cleveland Cavaliers continued their transition to the future at the Las Vegas Summer League. The Cavs’ summer league team defeated the Toronto Raptors 82-68 to move into the tournament semifinals on Monday night,
Jul 13, 2018 Andre SnellingsESPN On Thursday, the New York Knicks summer league team featuring ninth pick Kevin Knox and 36th pick Mitchell Robinson bowed out of the tournament in an 82-75 loss to the Boston Celtics; New York will play a final consolation game Friday. The rookies took their first steps as pros in
11:28 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN The Charlotte Hornets lost an 87-84 overtime thriller to the Toronto Raptors on Saturday to end their session in the Las Vegas Summer League. The Hornets had the chance this session to evaluate several young players who could potentially get minutes on their main squad. Midseason trade acquisition Willy Hernangomez