Associated Press Jun 6, 2023, 05:56 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Adrian Griffin understands the responsibility that comes with taking over a title contender as a first-time head coach. “Let’s be real,” Griffin said Tuesday during his introductory news conference as the Milwaukee Bucks’ coach. “What first-time head coach gets to coach the Milwaukee Bucks, with
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Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 6, 2023, 02:34 PM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. MIAMI — Heat guard Tyler Herro has been ruled
NBA Insiders Jun 6, 2023, 08:00 AM ET We’re through two games of the NBA Finals and it’s a dead heat (no pun intended). With the series tied 1-1 heading into Wednesday’s Game 3 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC), the Miami Heat hold home-court advantage thanks to a 111-108 win in Denver and have a chance
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 5, 2023, 09:02 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Two Western Conference All-Star forwards — the New Orleans Pelicans‘ Brandon Ingram and the Memphis Grizzlies‘ Jaren Jackson Jr. — are committed to playing for Team USA in the FIBA Basketball World Cup championships this
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 5, 2023, 06:05 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Phoenix Suns are hiring David Fizdale as an assistant coach, luring him out of the Utah Jazz‘s front office with a substantial financial deal, sources told ESPN on Monday. Fizdale, who had joined the
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 5, 2023, 01:33 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The LA Clippers are promoting Trent Redden to general manager and Mark Hughes to Senior VP/Assistant GM, sources told ESPN on Monday. The promotions come in the wake of former general manager Michael Winger’s recent
Associated Press Jun 5, 2023, 10:31 AM ET DENVER — Victor Wembanyama’s next couple of weeks are now set: He’ll be playing in the French league finals starting this weekend, and then the San Antonio Spurs will almost certainly make him the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on June 22. And if that
Jun 5, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Basketball great LeBron James will be the official starter when the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race celebrates its centenary this weekend, organizers of the endurance classic said Monday. The Los Angeles Lakers forward, the NBA’s leading career scorer and a four-time champion, joins a list of
Jun 5, 2023, 10:44 AM ET The Boston Celtics are hiring Sam Cassell as an assistant coach on Joe Mazzulla’s staff, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday. Celtics president Brad Stevens announced last week, after the team lost to the Miami Heat in seven games in the Eastern Conference finals, that Mazzulla would return
Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJun 5, 2023, 02:37 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News DENVER — Around 9 p.m. Saturday Jimmy Butler was at a gym at the University of Colorado in Boulder working on his touch on shots near the rim. He’d had 48