ESPN News Services Sep 27, 2023, 12:14 PM ET The Golden State Warriors agreed to a one-year contract with veteran forward Rudy Gay, his agent, Sam Permut of Roc Nation Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Gay will compete for the Warriors’ open roster spot in training camp. Gay, 37, has played for five
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NBA Insiders Sep 27, 2023, 05:22 PM ET Wow … what? After nearly an entire NBA offseason of stasis between the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat, superstar point guard Damian Lillard has been traded to the … Milwaukee Bucks!? The shocking move — a three-team deal that also sent guard Jrue Holiday and former
Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 27, 2023, 11:00 AM ET In just about every way, Ryan Smith is the antithesis of the typical NBA owner. He frequently sports a backward baseball cap, including in a recent Zoom interview with ESPN. At 45, he’s young enough to still get on the court and play basketball, as he did
Kendra Andrews, ESPNSep 27, 2023, 08:00 AM ET As Golden State Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. and coach Steve Kerr spoke to the media on Monday for the first time this season, their message was clear: The Warriors head into the 2023-24 season confident and connected. They feel that everything that plagued them last
ESPN News Services Sep 26, 2023, 06:04 PM ET NEW YORK — Magic Johnson’s love for his Los Angeles Lakers has kept him from considering ownership of any other NBA team. The New York Knicks would be the one franchise that could make him have second thoughts. “I think it would be intriguing,” Johnson said
Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 26, 2023, 12:48 PM ET When the Brooklyn Nets open training camp next week, Ben Simmons is expected to be a full participant. That was the message from Nets coach Jacque Vaughn and general manager Sean Marks to reporters Tuesday morning in Brooklyn, where they said Simmons is fully participating in 5-on-5
Associated Press Sep 26, 2023, 04:54 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Council voted Tuesday to set a Dec. 12 citywide vote on a proposed 1% sales tax for six years that would fund a new $900 million downtown arena and keep the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder in the city through at least
Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 26, 2023, 08:00 AM ET The 2023-24 NBA season is fast approaching. The league will reconvene for training camp Monday, kicking off a nearly nine-month odyssey to determine who will hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy in June. The offseason was dominated by chatter surrounding two disgruntled superstar guards: the Portland Trail Blazers‘
Marc J. Spears Sep 25, 2023, 06:30 PM ET The Toronto Raptors enter the week as the front-runners to trade for Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard, two high-ranking NBA team executives told ESPN’s Andscape. While the Raptors have had recent conversations with the Blazers about Lillard, no pact was close to being imminent as
Kendra Andrews, ESPNSep 25, 2023, 07:01 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — About a year ago, the Golden State Warriors were entering training camp while navigating what coach Steve Kerr then called the biggest crisis during his tenure in San Francisco. That incident was never fully resolved, fracturing the camaraderie within the locker room and ultimately