4:03 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat take the court for Game 1 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night on ESPN, they will be wearing new warm-up shirts with “VOTE” on the front of them. The shirts will be worn for the duration
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4:47 PM ET Former Golden State Warriors guard Shaun Livingston has rejoined the organization in a front-office role as director of player affairs and engagement, it was announced Tuesday. Livingston will report directly to Warriors president and general manager Bob Myers. “I think it’s always been something that’s on the radar towards the latter part
3:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As the current generation of NBA players have spent the past few months fighting for social justice and against racial inequality, Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell reminded people Monday that this isn’t the first time basketball players have engaged in those battles. “Black kids today don’t grow up worried the
6:38 AM ET Three players in the history of the NBA have recorded 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a Game 7 before the age of 25: Jerry West, Kobe Bryant and, as of last week, Jayson Tatum. The first guy is immortalized as the league logo, the second became one of the
11:16 AM ET The Toronto Raptors have signed Nick Nurse, the reigning NBA Coach of the Year, to a multiyear contract extension. The Raptors announced the extension Tuesday but did not disclose terms. “Our confidence in Nick just continues to grow, and part of that comes from what we’ve experienced together,” Raptors president Masai Ujiri
7:20 AM ET As the Denver Nuggets flew back from Minnesota after losing a win-or-go-home regular-season finale to the Timberwolves for the West’s No. 8 seed in 2018, Nikola Jokic rose from his seat and strode from row to row. Jokic thanked every player, coach, and staff member for helping the Nuggets win 46 games
12:01 PM ET In a three-hour lunch meeting Friday in Milwaukee, Bucks co-owner and governor Marc Lasry made it clear to reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo that the franchise is willing to spend into the luxury tax to deliver him a championship supporting cast, sources told ESPN. The Bucks’ payroll will be close to the proposed
6:00 PM ET Doc Rivers went over the wreckage from the LA Clippers‘ Game 6 collapse and saw a few tell-tale signs. In blowing two big leads in their past two losses to allow the Denver Nuggets to stunningly force a Game 7, the Clippers stopped playing with the pace and purpose that helped them
7:41 PM ET Former NBA guard Leandro Barbosa has retired from playing professional basketball and will join Steve Kerr’s staff with the Golden State Warriors as a player-mentor coach. Barbosa, who played 14 years in the league, and most recently was playing professionally in Brazil before the COVID-19 pandemic cut his team’s season short, won
7:14 AM ET Three years into his NBA career, New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball views this as a pivotal offseason, which began with an important business decision: Ball has signed with agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, the 22-year-old told ESPN. “I wanted to lead my career,” Ball told ESPN. “Picking my own representation