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10:09 AM ET ESPN News Services Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren will miss the 2022-23 season because of a Lisfranc injury to his right foot, the team announced Thursday. Holmgren, the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft, suffered the injury early in the CrawsOver Pro-Am event while defending LeBron James on a fast

7:50 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Steve Ballmer, decked out in a black construction hard hat and yellow safety vest, is standing in a cavernous area where the loading dock of the Intuit Dome will be. Even though the area is on uneven dirt right now, the LA Clippers owner knows the layout. Ballmer, who

11:45 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers are finalizing a trade to acquire Utah Jazz guard Patrick Beverley, sources told ESPN on Wednesday night. The deal, on course to be completed Thursday morning, will send Lakers guard Talen Horton-Tucker and forward Stanley Johnson to the Jazz, sources said. Beverley returns to Los Angeles after spending

7:41 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, was awarded $16 million as part of a $31 million jury verdict Wednesday against Los Angeles County for deputies and firefighters sharing grisly photos of the NBA star; their 13-year-old daughter, Gianna; and other victims killed in a 2020 helicopter crash. The nine

3:53 PM ET This story was originally published on April 13, 2016. LOS ANGELES — The clock ticked toward midnight Wednesday. The sold-out stands had emptied hours earlier. Now, ushers, security guards and cleaning crews swept mounds of purple and gold confetti, streamers and balloons into white trash bags. But Kobe Bryant remained on the

3:49 PM ET NBA Insiders Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets are running it back. In a statement released Tuesday, Nets general manager Sean Marks said the past MVP and two-time NBA champion will remain with the franchise after originally requesting a trade on June 30. (Durant’s four-year, $198 million extension kicks in this season.)

1:27 PM ET Nick DePaulaESPN For the first time since the 1990s, the Phoenix Suns are bringing the purple “sunburst” look back to their regular uniform rotation. The look will serve as the team’s Classic Edition uniform throughout the 2022-23 season. The sunburst uniform, whose 30th anniversary is being celebrated this year, debuted on opening

11:16 AM ET Kevin Durant is staying in Brooklyn, according to a statement from Nets general manager Sean Marks. “[Coach] Steve Nash and I, together with [governors] Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai, met with Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman in Los Angeles yesterday,” Marks said in a statement. “We have agreed to move forward

9:27 PM ET Free agent wing Joe Wieskamp is returning to the San Antonio Spurs on a two-year, $4.4 million deal, his agents Kyle McAlarney and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. Wieskamp, who turns 23 on Tuesday, was a second-round draft pick in 2021 out of Iowa and split

7:53 AM ET The 2022 NBA draft is in the rearview mirror, summer league has come and gone and most free agents have inked new deals. LeBron James inked a two-year, $97.1 million extension with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday ahead of his fifth season with the franchise, which will mark his longest tenure

3:46 PM ET Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem is coming back for his 20th NBA season. The 42-year-old made the announcement Sunday at his basketball camp in Miami. “I have decided to follow through with what me and my father had talked about, and I will finish what I started and I will play 20

1:18 AM ET SEATTLE — A historic day at the CrawsOver Pro-Am featuring more NBA talent than has been on a court in Seattle since the league’s last preseason visit ended early due to court conditions, but not before what organizer Jamal Crawford called an “unbelievable, one of one” experience. Although several of the league’s

5:12 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their

12:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A documentary on the 2008 U.S. men’s basketball team known as the “Redeem Team,” with executive producers including LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, will premiere on Netflix this fall. “The Redeem Team” will debut Oct. 7, the streaming service announced Friday. The film is Netflix’s first collaboration

2:47 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA unveiled its schedule for the 2022-23 season Wednesday afternoon, which kicks off with a pair of long-standing rivalries involving the two teams that reached last season’s NBA Finals. The 2022-23 NBA regular season will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 18, with the Philadelphia 76ers traveling to face their forever

Aug 17, 2022 LOS ANGELES — Pau Gasol will join a long line of legendary big men when his number is retired in the Lakers‘ rafters next season. L.A. will honor Gasol’s No. 16 on March 7 when it hosts the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced Wednesday as part of its schedule release for 2022-23.

Aug 17, 2022 Parts of the NBA schedule have trickled out for a few days. The much-hyped Christmas Day schedule was released Monday. On Wednesday, NBA fans finally got the entire slate of games. Opening night is Oct. 18. The defending champion Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry open their season at home against LeBron

2:58 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension that includes a player option for the 2024-25 season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Wednesday. The extension, which includes a 15% trade kicker, makes James the highest-earning player in NBA history with $532 million