2:54 PM ET The Golden State Warriors swept the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, resulting in their third championship in four years. Following the 108-85 Game 4 victory, several NBA players took to Twitter to express their opinion on the latest Golden State title, LeBron James‘ future in free agency and if Kevin Durant or
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12:59 PM ET CLEVELAND — Before the Hamptons, before light-years ahead, and before Jurassic basketball thinkers had to concede that a small team could actually win an NBA championship with jump-shooting, finesse and defense, nobody spoke of the Golden State Warriors as a squad with multiple Hall of Famers, let alone one. The Warriors are
1:15 PM ET CLEVELAND — Long after the Golden State Warriors were presented with their third NBA Finals trophy in the past four years on Friday night, the game operations crew at Quicken Loans Arena had a few unenviable final tasks to get through. Because these Finals were so short, and the last game so
Jun 8, 2018 Maybe it was inevitable the moment Dan Gilbert wrote his rage-infused, burn book excerpt in 2010 — poisoning whatever relationship he had with LeBron James, and perhaps pushing James to maximize his leverage with a series of one- and two-year deals upon his return to Cleveland. Maybe it was inevitable anyway —
8:00 AM ET This LeBron James free-agency decision is going to be his most personal. When he went to Miami in 2010, it was about business; he badly needed to become a champion. When he returned to Cleveland in 2014, in what he hoped was his last move, it was about legacy. James has his
4:17 AM ET CLEVELAND — Tyronn Lue confirmed to reporters after Friday’s series-ending Game 4 loss in the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors that he intends to return as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers next season. Lue, who guided the Cavs to their first championship in franchise history after being elevated from
9:54 AM ET CLEVELAND — After being swept in the NBA Finals by the Golden State Warriors with a 108-85 Game 4 loss, LeBron James said he has “no idea at this point” whether Friday was the last game he’ll ever play with the Cleveland Cavaliers. “The one thing that I’ve always done is considered,
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This piece on Pascal Siakam was originally published on May 5, 2018. E:60 premieres a special on Siakam on Saturday at noon ET on ESPN. Watch more E:60 and other ESPN original features here. IT IS A raucous November night at the TD Garden in Boston as Toronto Raptors forward
This story was originally published on April 14, 2016. Monday is the four-year anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s final game. LOS ANGELES — The clock ticked toward midnight Wednesday. The sold-out stands had emptied hours earlier. Now, ushers, security guards and cleaning crews swept mounds of purple and gold confetti, streamers and balloons into white trash
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Nov. 25, 2015. Kevin Garnett will be inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2020 class. WATCHING WAS WASTEFUL, he thought, counterintuitive. Kevin Garnett loathed it. He’d spit at anyone who implored him to embrace it, even