7:22 AM ET The next chapter of the Boston Celtics–Miami Heat rivalry starts Tuesday — with new stars, new storylines and plenty of drama. Miami already knocked out reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the NBA-best Milwaukee Bucks, while Boston overcame a seven-game fight with the defending champion Toronto Raptors. What’s in store with a trip
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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
7:18 PM ET Marc J. Spears Denver Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth interviewed on Sunday for the Sacramento Kings general manager opening, a source told The Undefeated. Booth was recently promoted to the Nuggets general manager position. The Kings opening, however, is the top position available in basketball operations. The former Kings center ranks second
2:04 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni has informed the franchise that he’s becoming a coaching free agent and won’t return to the Rockets next season, D’Antoni told ESPN on Sunday. “It’s with tremendous sadness and gratitude that my wife Laurel and I announce that our incredible journey in
6:20 PM ET With the Denver Nuggets down 15 heading to the locker room at halftime and their season on the line in Game 6, coach Mike Malone knew he had a big speech ahead of him. And, apparently, he delivered. “This one was my best one ever,” he joked. “It was my best one
6:17 PM ET The reeling LA Clippers have blown two big leads in a row and have stunningly squandered their 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series to the Denver Nuggets. But Paul George says it is the Clippers who are “still in the driver seat” entering a do-or-die Game 7, despite collapsing
6:57 PM ET Pau Gasol and his wife, Cat, honored the memory of Kobe Bryant and his family by naming their first-born daughter Elisabet Gianna Gasol, the former Los Angeles Lakers big man announced Sunday. “Our little one has finally arrived!! The delivery went really well and we couldn’t be happier!! Elisabet Gianna Gasol ��,
6:51 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Washington Wizards guard John Wall issued an apology on Sunday afternoon after a video surfaced of him throwing up gang signs at a New York City party on Saturday night. “First and foremost I want to apologize to my family, my teammates and all of those that have always supported
6:46 PM ET Doc Rivers cannot play the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year as his sixth man. When trying to comprehend how the LA Clippers have squandered a 3-1 series advantage over the Denver Nuggets — and in spectacular fashion, by losing a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight game in Denver’s 111-98
7:19 AM ET THEY WERE EMOTIONAL, tired and confused. The LA Clippers were gathered — all 15 players and head coach Doc Rivers — in the middle of the night on the eighth floor of Walt Disney World Resort’s Gran Destino Tower, trying to hold everything together. It was Aug. 26, and the NBA bubble