Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterOct 2, 2023, 02:56 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. PLAYA VISTA, Calif. — Perhaps no NBA player has been
Oct 2, 2023, 04:54 PM ET Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri confirmed that the team is not engaged in contract talks with franchise star Pascal Siakam as he waits to see how they perform “when we play the right way.” Ujiri was referring to comments he made after the Raptors were eliminated in the play-in
Andrew Lopez, ESPNOct 2, 2023, 08:30 PM ET Zion Williamson‘s struggles to stay on the court have been well-documented, and the 23-year-old New Orleans Pelicans forward sought to do his part to try to change that this summer. Speaking at media day Monday in New Orleans, Pelicans executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin
Kendra Andrews, ESPNOct 2, 2023, 07:12 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Chris Paul started his NBA media day this year doing something he’s done many times before: filming a State Farm commercial. But in doing this now regular task, he did something extremely new that still feels strange, even three months later — he put
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderOct 2, 2023, 04:59 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell has agreed on a five-year, $146 million contract extension, agents Andrew Morrison, Rich Beda and Mitch Nathan of CAA Sports told ESPN on Monday. Vassell lands his rookie-scale contract
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterOct 2, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 2, 2023, 06:07 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Two decades into his NBA career, with a trophy shelf that’s running
Oct 2, 2023, 06:51 PM ET Xander Schauffele, an automatic qualifier for the United States team at the 2023 Ryder Cup, could have been removed from the squad in a contract dispute, his father told the Times of London. The golfer wanted to make three amendments to the player participation and benefit agreement but was
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 2, 2023, 02:54 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti said playing Napoli away will be Real Madrid‘s toughest test in the Champions League group stage this season, ahead of the 14-time European Cup winners’ visit to the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Tuesday. Madrid and Napoli both have three points ahead of
Chelsea finally found the net as they won 2-0 at neighbours Fulham in the Premier League on Monday with Mykhailo Mudryk scoring his first goal for the Blues and Armando Broja also on target as he celebrated his full return from injury. Mauricio Pochettino’s hugely expensive side had failed to score in each of their