12:54 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans guard Devonte’ Graham was arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, early Thursday morning and charged with driving while impaired, police records show. Graham, a Raleigh native, was arrested around 3 a.m., and local jail records as of noon ET show that Graham is not in the Wake County
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4:08 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis says his new contract won’t change the blue-collar approach that helped him earn the big payday. After declining a $4.55 million player option to become a free agent, Portis agreed to a four-year, $49 million deal that keeps him in Milwaukee. But he
6:57 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — What a difference a year makes. Last year on July 6, his 21st birthday, Zion Williamson found out he had suffered a broken right foot, an injury that ended up costing him the 2021-22 season. This year on July 6, his 22nd birthday, the New Orleans Pelicans‘
7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Rudy Gobert reads Twitter comments, so he’s aware that Minnesota fans didn’t like him very much during his first nine NBA seasons. And he also heard Timberwolves coach Chris Finch complain regularly about the way he sets screens. Those perspectives are probably going to change. “Now we’re on the
12:40 AM ET Free-agent center Thomas Bryant has signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, the team announced Wednesday. Terms of the contract were not released, but sources confirmed with ESPN’s Dave McMenamin that it’s a one-year deal for the veterans minimum. Bryant was originally drafted by the Lakers in the second round of the 2017
1:15 PM ET Caleb Martin has agreed to return to the Miami Heat on a three-year deal worth $20 million, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. A restricted free agent, Martin broke out last season for Miami, providing a solid rotation option on the wing to an injury-plagued Heat team. After playing his first
10:58 AM ET Associated Press Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have been linked for more than two decades, playing together at UConn and then helping the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team win five gold medals. Now the basketball greats will appear on the cover of the NBA 2K23 WNBA edition video game that will be
8:00 AM ET IT WAS AUG. 11, 2021, and inside the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, what appeared to be an ordinary NBA summer league game between the Miami Heat and Memphis Grizzlies was anything but. This was sudden death, after the NBA had seven years prior changed the rules for summer league games that
12:40 AM ET Free-agent center Thomas Bryant has agreed to a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to multiple reports. Bryant was originally drafted by the Lakers in the second round of the 2017 draft, but was waived after a rookie season that saw him play in only 52 games. He gives this
11:42 PM ET ESPN News Services SALT LAKE CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren shined in his professional debut, scoring 23 points and setting a Summer League record for blocks and 3s in a game. The No. 2 pick in the draft also had seven rebounds, four assists and six blocks in 24