12:00 PM ET Marc J. Spears Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand is ecstatic that team ownership, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, is pledging $20 million over the next five years to invest in the cities where its teams work and live in hopes of fighting for equality and against systemic racism. HBSE, owners of
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5:14 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Collins will not play in Game 1 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night due to left ankle inflammation. Wenyen Gabriel will start in his place. Collins left the play-in game against Memphis on Saturday with the injury. A first-round
7:20 AM ET Believe it or not, Monday marks the first day of the 2020 NBA playoffs. It has been a season unlike any other in league history, but here we are embarking on a familiar 16-team playoff to crown the 2020 NBA champion. As we head into the postseason (tipping off at 1:30 p.m.
6:43 AM ET What will happen in the 2020 NBA draft lottery on Thursday? This will be the second lottery since the NBA flattened the odds, which introduced more uncertainty at the top of the draft order. Last season, the New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers all jumped from the middle of
6:48 AM ET SECONDS BEFORE ENTERING the Serbian gym, Mike D’Antoni casually mentioned to Steve Kerr that this stop on their European scouting trip was essentially pointless. It was the spring of 2004, just after Kerr joined the Phoenix Suns as a front-office consultant. D’Antoni was entering his first full season as head coach and
6:00 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Here’s what you might have missed this weekend … Dame Time is all weekend long. Averaging 37.6 points in the eight seeding games, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard was unanimously voted the best in the bubble on Saturday. Later that day, Lillard scored 31 points to beat the Memphis
8:02 PM ET Thanks to the Los Angeles Lakers‘ struggles in the bubble, there is no clear-cut favorite to win the NBA championship entering the playoffs, for a change. Some sportsbooks have the Milwaukee Bucks as the team to beat, while other bookmakers still have the Lakers pegged as the favorites, and in Las Vegas,
9:30 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Rajon Rondo will clear quarantine Monday, according to Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel, but the team is unsure when the veteran point guard would be available to suit up for the NBA playoffs. “I’m not sure exactly when he’s going to be available to be in
5:56 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare to face the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Sixers coach Brett Brown said Sunday afternoon that he’s contemplating inserting rookie wing Matisse Thybulle into the starting lineup for Game 1 Monday night. “We’re talking a
1:59 PM ET Jimmy Butler says that his budding rivalry with T.J. Warren is “dead.” The Miami Heat‘s All-Star swingman wanted to make that clear as his team gets set for its first-round playoff series against Warren and the Indiana Pacers. “Look, I just play basketball,” Butler said during a video call with reporters after