3:12 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — In team meetings and conversations at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, the National Basketball Players Association has been preparing its membership for the likelihood that the start of free agency in mid-October could be pushed back several weeks, sources told ESPN. Because of the uncertainty
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7:21 AM ET NBA Insiders The No. 1 seeds in both conferences each lost their first game of the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2003, back when LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony were still NBA draft prospects and not grizzled veterans. One half of that dynamic duo is going home early this postseason.
6:52 AM ET The 2020 NBA draft lottery drawing is going down on Thursday night at 8:30 ET on ESPN. This year’s wide-open festivities feature hyped prospects in LaMelo Ball and Anthony Edwards, a dinged-up dynasty in the Golden State Warriors and the second year of flattened odds that could lead to surprising results. Here’s
12:41 AM ET With about eight minutes to go in the third quarter Wednesday night, Philadelphia 76ers guard Josh Richardson tried to throw an entry pass to teammate Joel Embiid, who had established post position in the middle of the lane. The pass was awful. Richardson jumped to throw it and it was loopy and
1:48 AM ET Luka Doncic described it as “an amazing feeling” to get his first NBA playoff win after the Dallas Mavericks‘ 127-114 victory over the LA Clippers in Wednesday’s Game 2, and it’s a sensation he expects to experience again soon. “We’ve just got three left,” Doncic said, referring to how many more wins
9:42 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Down 0-1 in their first-round NBA playoff series with the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lineup could look a little different for Game 2 on Thursday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN). Point guard Rajon Rondo, sidelined the past 5½ weeks with a fractured thumb on his
9:51 PM ET The Denver Nuggets will have to find a way to bounce back from their Game 2 loss to the Utah Jazz and do it while knowing that they will be without starter Will Barton indefinitely. A source confirmed that Barton left the NBA bubble on Wednesday to rehab his right knee and
Aug 18, 2020 Jeremy WillisESPN.com When you can join names like Babe Ruth, Joe Montana and Calvin Johnson, you’re doing some things. Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic made his first appearance in the NBA playoffs with a record 42 points in a 118-110 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Doncic also scored the second-most points
5:43 PM ET IT HAS BEEN more than a month since 22 NBA teams entered the Orlando bubble for one of the most ambitious efforts in sports history — and perhaps modern history. And for all the concerns about attempting to reboot the season during the coronavirus pandemic in a state with soaring cases, and
6:24 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Harris left the bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort on Wednesday to attend to a non-medical personal matter after the team’s 104-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 of their first round playoff series. Because of the NBA’s