4:25 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LeBron James took to Twitter to react to ESPN’s offseason survey of 10 NBA scouts and executives leaving him without a single vote for the title of best player in the NBA. James responded to a tweet sarcastically saying he was washed-up as a player, then sent out a separate
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10:32 AM ET Terry Rozier has agreed to a four-year, $97 million extension with the Charlotte Hornets, a source confirmed to ESPN. Rozier was the Hornets’ leading scorer last season, averaging a career-best 20.4 points on 45 percent shooting from the field and 38.9 percent shooting from three. Rozier also averaged career-bests with 4.2 assists
3:18 PM ET Former NBA guard Jason Terry is finalizing a deal to become the new head of the Grand Rapids Gold, the new G League affiliate of the Denver Nuggets, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Terry wanted to get on a path to becoming a head coach after an 19-year NBA career that included
7:20 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The past two seasons have seen the NBA — like the rest of the world — deal with unprecedented circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused as much upheaval across the NBA as any sports league in North America and beyond, with the 2019-20 season ending in a bubble inside the
4:37 PM ET Kevin Durant and Draymond Green both blamed Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and team president/general manager Bob Myers for mishandling the fallout from the players’ argument that ultimately contributed to Durant leaving the team following the 2018-19 season. In an interview posted Wednesday on Bleacher Report, Durant and Green both said
7:40 PM ET Brianna Williams Video game publisher 2K Sports announced its first wave of ratings for NBA 2K22 on Wednesday morning, and a handful of NBA stars are less than satisfied with their overall standing. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant had high expectations for his rating. In a video posted by NBA 2K, Durant,
10:46 AM ET Longtime NBA journalist Jackie MacMullan will retire from ESPN on Aug. 31, ending a decade-long tenure with the company. MacMullan, who has been an NBA reporter for 40 years, joined ESPN in 2010 after a long career with The Boston Globe. She has appeared on every ESPN platform, as a senior writer
12:38 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Louis King slammed home a two-handed dunk with a little more than two minutes left in the third quarter of the NBA Summer League championship game, let out a monstrous roar and promptly flexed with authority. Fittingly, it was King who dominated for Sacramento and finished with
10:28 PM ET Brianna Williams Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has high expectations for his NBA 2K22 rating. In a video posted by NBA 2K, Durant, one of the cover athletes for the game’s 75th anniversary edition, explained why he believes his rating should be a 99 overall. “I work extremely hard,” said Durant, who
4:30 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. LaMelo Ball is a rare breed. If you didn’t gather that from watching the youngest Ball brother’s