2:17 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Philadelphia 76ers franchise center Joel Embiid has signed a five-year footwear and apparel endorsement deal with Under Armour. The average annual value of the deal is expected to make the 7-foot All-Star the highest-paid player at his position, industry sources told ESPN’s Nick DePaula. Getty Images Embiid’s status as a
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7:30 AM ET When Kevin Love picked up his phone on July 1 after the announcement, he ended his message to LeBron James with: “I love you.” He said it again last month when the two former teammates got together in New York and Love got the chance to say it to James’ family as
12:00 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Philadelphia 76ers franchise center Joel Embiid has signed a five-year deal with Under Armour that is expected to make him the highest-paid player at his position. But the reason why, Embiid says, goes beyond money or sneakers. As part of the deal, Embiid and Under Armour will partner not just
9:39 PM ET Rockets forward Zhou Qi was ruled out of Tuesday’s preseason game in Houston against the Shanghai Sharks with a left knee sprain. Zhou collided with Sharks forward Luis Scola late in the first quarter and was taken off the court in a wheelchair after trainers and staff helped him up. The 7-foot-2
9:06 AM ET Everyone loves power rankings! Before each season, I like to zoom way out and sort teams into buckets. It helps capture where every team fits within this distinct season, and along the years-long team-building continuum. So here we go: Our ninth (!) annual Tiers of the NBA. The order within tiers does
6:01 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson was born in Los Angeles, watched his father, Mychal, play for the Lakers and spent his high school years in the Southern California area. He understands more than most just how much passion for the game there is in the area. As his Golden State Warriors get
4:59 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Lonzo Ball will return to the court and play alongside LeBron James for the first time this preseason on Wednesday night against Golden State. Ball, who has been eased back into action after undergoing surgery for a torn left meniscus, said he will come off the bench. Ball
2:59 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver is leaning toward the eventual hiring of interim general manager James Jones as the franchise’s full-time GM, league sources told ESPN. Sarver fired GM Ryan McDonough on Sunday night and issued a statement on Monday that assigned Jones and assistant GM Trevor Bukstein to share
3:53 PM ET Alexander Lee On Monday night, over 891,000 viewers tuned in for the first-ever Riot Games-sanctioned friendly match between two professional international teams: Clutch Gaming and Bilibili Gaming. To celebrate Clutch Gaming’s new friendship with Chinese video sharing site Bilibili, the two squads faced off in one serious match, followed by a trio
1:21 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks sold a team record 10,000th season ticket Tuesday, 10 days before they open the season in their new arena. The previous record came 30 years ago when they sold 8,985 season tickets for the 1988-89 season when the team opened the Bradley Center. “This is such a major moment