9:37 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN In a deal that cements him as the franchise’s long-term cornerstone, Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns has agreed to a five-year, $190 million super-maximum extension, league sources told ESPN. Jimmy Butler won’t be at Timberwolves media day Monday and will not take part in the start of training camp,
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4:06 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis has signed with Rich Paul’s Klutch Sports, which represents the Los Angeles Lakers‘ LeBron James. The agency made the announcement Sunday. We officially welcome @AntDavis23! pic.twitter.com/2rxOQG058f — Klutch Sports Group (@KlutchSports) September 23, 2018 Coming off the best season of his career, averaging 28.1 points, 11.1
1:24 AM ET Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has made it clear to president of basketball operations/coach Tom Thibodeau and general manager Scott Layden that Jimmy Butler is on the trade block — and Taylor wants the front office moving quickly to find a deal, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns
3:03 PM ET Jimmy Butler will not be at the Minnesota Timberwolves‘ media day Monday and won’t be participating at the start of training camp Tuesday, sources confirmed to ESPN. Wolves owner Glen Taylor made it clear at the NBA’s board of governors meeting that All-Star Jimmy Butler is available in a trade, one attendee
10:47 PM ET NEW YORK — Some have wondered why the NBA didn’t suspend Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban after an investigation found that male members of the organization harassed female Mavericks employees. Under new CEO Cynthia Marshall’s leadership, the Mavericks hired and promoted several women to executive positions, increasing the percentage filling those roles
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
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