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,
Andrew Lopez, ESPNOct 10, 2023, 01:10 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Victor Wembanyama‘s routine was a little off. The San Antonio Spurs rookie typically takes a midday nap in between practices or prior to games, but Monday was different. His first NBA preseason game was around the corner. As he laid in bed, it just
Oct 10, 2023, 01:59 PM ET Brendan Malone, father of Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone and orchestrator of the vaunted Detroit Pistons defenses in the late 1980s and ’90s, has died at the age of 81. The Nuggets announced the news on Tuesday in a social media post. “It is with tremendous sadness that we
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