8:46 AM ET The 13-member Class of 2018 — including NBA legends Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash — will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 7 in Springfield, Massachusetts. HALL OF FAME WEEKEND Sept. 6: Class of 2018 news conference and jacket presentationSept. 7: 2018
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8:10 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The first question was quintessential Kobe. “When I first called to check on him I said, ‘Are you all right, I want to make sure you are not being a baby about it?'” Kobe Bryant recalls of a November 2017 phone call. On the other end of the
4:41 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Luol Deng agreed to a significant give-back of $7.5 million in his contract buyout with the Los Angeles Lakers, clearing $38 million in salary cap space for 2019 free agency, league
4:05 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Philadelphia 76ers have been granted permission to interview three front-office executives — Golden State‘s Larry Harris, Houston‘s Gersson Rosas and Utah‘s Justin Zanik — for the franchise’s vacant general manager job, league sources told ESPN. Sixers ownership is planning to start meeting with candidates next week, league sources said.
12:45 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith spoke to police in New York City on Friday about allegations that he threw a fan’s cell phone into a construction site last month, officials say. Smith was issued a desk ticket for misdemeanor criminal mischief and will appear in Manhattan Criminal Court later this year, according
12:36 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Houston Rockets traded forward Ryan Anderson and guard De’Anthony Melton to the Phoenix Suns for guards Marquese Chriss and Brandon Knight, league sources told ESPN. The Rockets have been working to move Anderson, 30, for over a year. He has two years and $41 million left on his contract.
10:05 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN Jaren Jackson Jr., the Memphis Grizzlies‘ fourth overall pick in this summer’s NBA draft, has signed a multiyear footwear and apparel endorsement with Nike, industry sources have confirmed to ESPN. While most players sign shoe deals just before the draft, the son of former 12-year NBA sharpshooter Jaren Jackson was
9:05 AM ET The NBA will be relaxing its rules regarding the color of players’ footwear in 2018-19, league sources told ESPN’s Nick DePaula earlier this week. The league had already loosened some of the rules around footwear over the years, allowing players to wear team-color sneakers in addition to the traditional white or black,
2:34 PM ET New York Knicks legend Clyde Frazier said Wednesday on Sirius XM NBA Radio that he’d give Kevin Durant an asterisk on a list of all-time great players because of his success with the Golden State Warriors. “Durant, I mean, as great a player as he is, I would still hold back because,
10:34 AM ET Two-time All-Star David West, who won two NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors over an NBA career that lasted 15 seasons, announced his decision to retire Thursday on Twitter. 😎 pic.twitter.com/qVRK0fHD8D — David West (@D_West30) August 30, 2018 West, 38, was part of the Warriors’ title-winning teams the past two seasons.