2:14 AM ET Months ago, LeBron James bit his tongue when Kyrie Irving‘s comments on Kevin Durant‘s podcast seemed to disparage the Los Angeles Lakers star’s late-game abilities. Now James has opened up about his former teammate’s take on a podcast appearance of his own. James, appearing as a guest on the Road Trippin’ podcast
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8:01 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry says the possibility of signing an extension with the organization is “on the table” and reiterated that he is hopeful he eventually will retire from the only professional team he has ever known. When asked if he plans to sign a contract extension, Curry, 32,
8:27 PM ET Denver Nuggets guard Monte Morris has agreed to a three-year, $27 million contract extension, his agent, Ron Shade of Octagon, told ESPN on Monday night. Morris, who could’ve become an unrestricted free agent next summer, is yet another draft and development success story of Denver president of basketball operations Tim Connelly’s and
6:16 PM ET Associated Press Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts says a player was among the three people connected to the team who tested positive for the coronavirus. The player was not identified. The Blazers are set to tip off a four-game preseason schedule Friday with a game against the Sacramento Kings at the
3:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Last season, one of the most scrutinized things about a much-scrutinized Philadelphia 76ers team was which position Ben Simmons was playing. He began the season, as he had the prior two, as the team’s point guard. When the Sixers arrived inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort
3:31 PM ET Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas referred to disgruntled superstar James Harden’s absence from training camp as a holdout on Monday and said there is “no timetable” he is aware of for the perennial All-Star guard to report. After Harden missed Houston’s first team workout Sunday, Silas cited the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols as
7:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James says that the most satisfying part of the two-year, $85 million contract extension he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers last week isn’t the money. It isn’t the fact that it assures him 20 seasons in the NBA. It isn’t the pride in knowing he’s worked hard
5:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN In a memo sent to teams by the NBA Monday morning, the league laid out resting policies for the 2020-21 regular season — including granting significant flexibility to teams resting players in non-nationally televised games, particularly at the start of the season. The memo, which was obtained by ESPN, says
6:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green and No. 2 overall draft pick James Wiseman missed Day 1 of the team’s training camp Monday. Coach Steve Kerr didn’t specify why the two were absent but did say they were the only two players not to take the court. Kerr said
3:10 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo gave his mom the birthday present of a lifetime on Sunday. After years of struggling while living together in a single-wide trailer home, Adebayo bought his mom, Marilyn Blount, a home she can call her own. Just a couple weeks after signing a five-year max extension