Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 04:08 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said that Joel Embiid, the NBA’s newly minted Most Valuable Player, came through Philadelphia’s loss in Game 2 of its Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics feeling good physically, and that his motion-tracking numbers were “phenomenal.” “He looked good, and
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ESPN News Services May 4, 2023, 10:14 AM ET A former Detroit Pistons employee says she was sexually harassed by team executive Rob Murphy over a period of months, leading to Murphy’s firing as assistant general manager Wednesday. DeJanai Raska told the Detroit Free Press in a story published Thursday that Murphy committed multiple harassing
Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 4, 2023, 02:54 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. TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — New York Knicks All-Star forward Julius
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 02:06 PM ET The NBA announced Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart as the winner of the 2022-23 Hustle Award, making him the first player to win the award two years in a row and giving it to him for the third time in the seven years it has existed. The
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderMay 4, 2023, 03:54 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 After the mass shooting that killed eight children and a security guard at a Belgrade elementary school, Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has committed to pay for the funeral services and grief counseling for classmates
May 4, 2023, 10:14 AM ET The Detroit Pistons have fired assistant general manager Rob Murphy for an alleged violation of the team workplace conduct policy. The firing this week comes seven months after Murphy was placed on leave as the result of an investigation into whether he had engaged in workplace misconduct with a
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 12:19 AM ET BOSTON — The 24 hours leading up to Game 2 of this Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Boston Celtics went quite well for Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid. On Tuesday night, he celebrated being named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. And after he had no setbacks
May 4, 2023, 01:39 AM ET CAIRO — Despite Zaire Wade’s impressive 17 points as his father, Dwyane Wade, cheered him on in Cairo, the Cape Town Tigers lost 82-76 to Ferroviário da Beira in the Basketball Africa League on Wednesday night, leaving them at risk of not advancing. The Tigers have now lost three
Jamal Collier, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 12:34 AM ET BOSTON — The Boston Celtics spent the past 48 hours feeling “angry and pissed,” according to coach Joe Mazzulla, after the way they dropped Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals to the Philadelphia 76ers at home. So from the opening minutes of Game 2 on Wednesday
ESPN News Services May 3, 2023, 12:49 PM ET Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair is the 2022-23 NBA Executive of the Year, the league announced Wednesday. In his third season with the Kings, McNair assembled a squad that finished 48-34 and snapped a 16-year playoff drought. In May 2022, McNair hired Mike Brown, who