ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2023, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Charlotte Hornets have waived former first-round pick Kai Jones, president of basketball operations and general manager Mitch Kupchak announced Wednesday. Jones, the Hornets’ 19th overall pick out of Texas in 2021, wrote Monday on X, formerly Twitter, that he had officially requested
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterOct 11, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions A.J. Dybantsa, the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 recruiting class and one of the top players in all of high school basketball, plans to reclassify to the 2025
Oct 11, 2023, 08:00 AM ET NBArank is back for its 13th season counting down the best players in the league. Which stars made and missed the cut? Which rookies are already making noise in the top 100? Where did MVP contenders such as Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and reigning winner Joel Embiid
NBA Insiders Oct 11, 2023, 08:00 AM ET What lies ahead for some of the biggest risers and fallers in NBArank 2023? On Tuesday, our countdown began with the unveiling of players Nos. 100-51, while Wednesday continued with Nos. 50-11. (The top 10 drops on Thursday.) Among our first 90 player rankings, there have been
ESPN News Services Oct 11, 2023, 03:08 AM ET Houston forward Dillon Brooks was ejected 4:33 into his first game with the Rockets for a flagrant foul 2 to the groin of Indiana Pacers center Daniel Theis on Tuesday night. Brooks said after the Rockets’ 122-103 win in their preseason opener against the visiting Pacers
Oct 10, 2023, 07:05 PM ET Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight is scheduled to undergo surgery to address a meniscus injury in his left knee on Wednesday. Bouknight suffered the injury during an Oct. 5 practice, according to the team. He will be reevaluated in four weeks. The No. 11 pick in the 2021 draft,
Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 01:20 PM ET NEW YORK — The NBA has promoted Intae Hwang and Sha’Rae Mitchell to its full-time referee staff for the coming season. Hwang is a native of South Korea who moved to New Jersey in 2020 with hopes of becoming a referee in the U.S. He worked seven
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderOct 8, 2023, 05:12 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 USA Basketball is aggressively pursuing Boston Celtics All-Star guard Jrue Holiday to return to Team USA for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, sources told ESPN. Holiday, 33, has yet to decide, but USA officials
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 06:09 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham is doubling — if not tripling
Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 10, 2023, 03:16 PM ET The defending champion Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics were installed as the co-favorites to win this year’s NBA title, according to NBA.com’s annual survey of all 30 of the league’s general managers. Both the Nuggets and Celtics picked up 10 of the 30 votes to win