Sep 6, 2022 EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Patrick Beverley still was sweating from a workout at the Los Angeles Lakers‘ practice facility when Russell Westbrook delivered an assist. Westbrook interrupted Beverley’s introductory news conference with reporters to toss him a towel, making sure his new backcourt teammate looked good. “Love that brother,” an appreciative Beverley
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7:37 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN PRESIDENT AND CEO John Doleva was making what has become a routine phone call for him after more than 20 years with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On the other end of the line was New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations Swin Cash. Cash had cleared
4:37 PM ET Free agent center Montrezl Harrell is signing a two-year, $5.2 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN on Tuesday, bringing toughness to a team in search of it this offseason. Harrell was the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year for the 2019-20 season while playing for the LA Clippers under
4:10 PM ET ESPN News Services After taking Monday off for rest, Giannis Antetokounmpo simply overpowered Ukraine and ensured that Greece would finish atop Group C. Antetokounmpo had his 41 points and nine rebounds in just 27 minutes to lead Greece (4-0). He was 13-for-18 from the floor, 15-for-18 from the foul line. Antetokounmpo’s point
9:13 AM ET Letting loose at a downtown Indianapolis nightspot after a long day at the NFC scouting combine in March, Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur found himself in a conversation about what was next on his offseason schedule. Free agency was quickly approaching. Offseason workouts were scheduled to begin in a little more
8:01 PM ET ESPN News Services RECIFE, Brazil — The plan Alex Jensen laid out for the Team USA squad sent to the AmeriCup basketball tournament was simple. Get better every day, and let the results take care of themselves. It seems to be working. Norris Cole, a former NBA guard who played for the
2:37 PM ET MILAN — Giannis Antetokounmpo was held out of Greece’s 93-77 win over Great Britain in Monday’s EuroBasket game because of knee pain. “He had discomfort in his knee but nothing major,” Greece head coach Dimitris Itoudis said at his postgame news conference, adding, “We did not want to risk anything so we
4:35 PM ET Associated Press RECIFE, Brazil — USA Basketball needed a win Sunday at the AmeriCup tournament and was well on the way to making that happen. That is, until it rained. The Americans’ game against Venezuela was postponed at halftime with the U.S. leading 48-21. Heavy rain caused multiple leaks inside the Geraldo
1:47 PM ET Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany — Lithuania unsuccessfully protested its double-overtime loss to Germany at the EuroBasket tournament on Sunday because referees did not award it a free throw following a technical foul in regulation. FIBA denied the protest. For now, it’s a German win — and a huge one for the hosts.
5:40 PM ET Jamal Collier Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News CHICAGO — Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to miss training camp and is doubtful for the start of the regular season because of lingering pain and discomfort following meniscus surgery
6:56 PM ET Associated Press RECIFE, Brazil — Paul Stoll had 15 points and nine assists, and Mexico defeated the U.S. 73-67 on Friday in the opening game of Group C play for both teams at the FIBA AmeriCup. Fabian James added 13 points and 10 rebounds for Mexico. Jeremy Pargo led the U.S. with
Sep 2, 2022 Tim BontempsESPN Boston forward Danilo Gallinari suffered a torn ACL in his left knee while playing for the Italian national team, the Celtics announced Friday, an injury that could cause him to miss the entire 2022-23 NBA season. Gallinari previously tore the same ACL in April 2013 and missed the entire 2013-14
4:45 PM ET ESPN News Services MILAN — Giannis Antetokounmpo simply took over with the game on the line. And as usual, he did it on both ends of the floor. Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while Tyler Dorsey also finished with 27 points as Greece held off Croatia 89-85 in the
8:31 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA G League unveiled its 2022-23 schedule on Thursday, and along with it an interesting wrinkle for the upcoming season: Every G League game that goes to overtime will end not with a timed period, but instead with an Elam Ending. Under the Elam Ending format, the game clock
8:27 PM ET NBA Insiders What is going on in Utah? Two months to the day after the Utah Jazz sent three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves, his former teammate Donovan Mitchell is on the move, as well. The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired the three-time All-Star from the Jazz in
3:41 PM ET Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell is heading to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a blockbuster deal, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday. The Jazz are receiving Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji, Collin Sexton and Cleveland’s unprotected first-round picks in 2025, 2027 and 2029 as well as pick swaps in 2026 and 2028, sources
2:58 PM ET Andre Miller, one of the most respected point guards of his 17-year NBA career, is finalizing a deal to become coach of the Denver Nuggets‘ G League affiliate, the Grand Rapids Gold, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Miller replaces another former NBA guard, Jason Terry, who accepted a job with the Utah
Sep 1, 2022 Thierry Serge Darlan (Central African Republic) and Jana El Alfy (Egypt) were the male and female MVPs respectively at the 2022 Basketball Without Borders (BWB) camp in Cairo, organised by the NBA and FIBA. The pair from the NBA Academy are both on the radars of NCAA Division I colleges, but neither