9:21 AM ET Stephen Curry overpromises, Joel Embiid wishes for an old teammate and more from our best quotes around the sports world this week. ‘Whoop that trick! That is our game plan.’ — Stephen Curry, quoting the Memphis Grizzlies‘ playoff anthem, to Kendra Andrews. The Golden State Warriors would then go on to lose
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The comedian walks to his stage. It’s a late-night set, and he might have new material because he’s carrying his joke book. That doesn’t affect his confidence. He is ebullient and working his audience. “Get ready, get ready,” he says with a beaming smile, sitting down behind a microphone. The backdrop isn’t the stereotypical brick
3:21 AM ET DALLAS — For the second time in a span of three possessions, Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic drove straight down the lane and finished with a two-handed dunk. The top-seeded Phoenix Suns, trailing by 20 points midway through the third quarter of Thursday’s Game 6, called timeout, providing Doncic a chance to
2:42 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After acquiring James Harden at the trade deadline, the Philadelphia 76ers hoped this would finally be the year they break through and make it into the conference finals — and beyond — in the NBA playoffs. Instead, for the fourth time in five years, Philadelphia saw its season
9:59 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN IN EARLY MARCH, sitting on-stage inside Boston’s Hynes Convention Center for the start of the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Daryl Morey wore a blue blazer over a red shirt that featured a cartoon of James Harden‘s face from his famous internet meme. “Besides ‘Seize The Data,’ the theme
9:34 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Miami Heat are headed to the Eastern Conference finals for the second time in three years after closing out the Philadelphia 76ers 99-90 in Game 6 of their second-round series on Thursday night. As has been the case throughout the series, it was Jimmy Butler who led the way
7:48 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — 76ers forward Danny Green is out for the rest of Game 6 of Philadelphia’s Eastern Conference semifinal against the Miami Heat with a left knee injury. There’s significant concern that the injury Green suffered is serious, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. He is set to undergo an MRI
12:04 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman has been named NBA Basketball Executive of the Year, the youngest ever to win the award. Kleiman, 33, is the second Grizzlies executive to receive the honor. Jerry West won the award for the 2003-04 season while working with the Grizzlies.
8:00 AM ET Maya A. Jones It’s a Monday afternoon at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, and Suns center Deandre Ayton is locked in. He’s not focused on his team’s upcoming game against the Los Angeles Lakers the next day, thinking ahead to a playoff run, or worrying about his contract negotiations with the Suns.
8:00 AM ET It’s no coincidence that in the same year the NBA is celebrating its 75th anniversary, the league is unveiling an ensemble of trophies and awards that will feature new designs and will honor iconic players such as Larry Bird, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Bob Cousy and Oscar Robertson. During the conference finals, which