Andre Snellings Eric Moody Close Eric Moody ESPN Staff Writer Fantasy football, basketball and sports betting writer for ESPN Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company Feb 5, 2025, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions With the NBA trade deadline fast approaching on Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. ET, teams are making moves
Feb 5, 2025, 05:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Washington Wizards traded Jonas Valanciunas to the Sacramento Kings for Sidy Cissoko and two second-round picks, the teams announced Wednesday. The deal comes ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. Sacramento used most of its $12.8 million non-taxpayer midlevel exception to acquire Valanciunas’ $9.9 million salary.
Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Bulls and guard Lonzo Ball agreed to a two-year, $20 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania, after several trade suitors emerged for Ball in recent days. The second year of the deal is a team option, according to sources. Ball this season made an unprecedented return from three
Brian Windhorst Close Brian Windhorst ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Feb 5, 2025, 08:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Jimmy Butler saga with the Miami Heat ended Wednesday night when he was traded to the Golden State Warriors as part of
Feb 5, 2025, 11:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New Orleans Pelicans have traded star forward Brandon Ingram to the Toronto Raptors for Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk, one first-round pick and one second-rounder, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania Wednesday. Ingram has been out since early December with a significant lower left ankle sprain, one
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and will bat first against Australia Left-arm spinning allrounder Cooper Connolly will make his Test debut for Australia on a dry surface expected to produce significant turn as Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test in Galle. The 21-year-old
NBA insiders Feb 5, 2025, 09:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After a monthslong back-and-forth with the Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler was finally traded to a new team Wednesday night. Butler joins Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, and he immediately signed a two-year, $121 million extension, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. The multiteam
Associated Press Feb 5, 2025, 09:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks activated forward Craig Smith from injured reserve before Wednesday night’s game against Edmonton. Smith had been sidelined by a nagging back injury. He was in the lineup against the Oilers, playing on a line with Lukas Reichel and Pat
Feb 5, 2025, 09:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Vancouver Canucks and newly acquired defenseman Marcus Pettersson reached agreement on a six-year contract extension worth $33 million, the team announced Wednesday night. The deal comes just days after Pettersson was shipped to Vancouver along with forward Drew O’Connor in a trade with the Pittsburgh
Associated Press Feb 5, 2025, 07:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The NHL Players’ Association said Wednesday it has filed an appeal on Ryan Hartman‘s behalf after the Minnesota Wild forward was suspended for 10 games for roughing. Hartman had 48 hours from the league’s ruling Monday night to decide whether to