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12:22 PM ET All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell has agreed to a five-year, $195 million designated rookie max extension, his agents Ty Sullivan and Austin Brown of CAA Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Mitchell, 24, who Utah acquired with the 13th overall pick after trading up in the 2017 draft, quickly established himself as a cornerstone

8:04 PM ET Tristan Thompson has agreed to a deal with the Boston Celtics, his agent told Yahoo Sports. Thompson leaves the Cavaliers after an eight-season run with Cleveland, which drafted him fourth overall in 2011. He endured highs and lows with the Cavs, capturing a title with LeBron James & Co. in 2016, only

11:39 PM ET Free agent Serge Ibaka plans to sign a two-year, $19 million deal with the LA Clippers, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ibaka’s career renaissance as a small-ball center for the Toronto Raptors continued into last season. The 31-year-old averaged a career-high 15.4 points per game and 8.2 rebounds, the second most

1:38 PM ET Free agent Gordon Hayward is signing a four-year, $120 million deal with the Charlotte Hornets, agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. Hayward became a free agent Thursday after declining his $34.2 million player option with the Boston Celtics for next season. He battled injury throughout his

1:54 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans and Milwaukee are expanding the original Jrue Holiday trade to include more teams and players, including the routing of Steven Adams to the Pelicans, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal is an expansion of the Jrue Holiday-to-Milwaukee trade that was agreed on earlier in the week. It

9:56 PM ET The LA Clippers are losing a key contributor, as Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell agreed to sign a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, agent Rich Paul of KlutchSports tells ESPN. The 6-foot-7 power forward is coming off his best season as a pro and will leave

1:14 PM ET The Toronto Raptors will begin the 2020-21 NBA season in Tampa, Florida, the team said in a statement Friday. The Raptors were unable to reach an agreement with the Canadian government on a plan to play its home games at Scotiabank Arena. “The Raptors worked diligently with public health officials at the

9:24 PM ET The NBA is investigating whether a failed sign-and-trade agreement that would have sent Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Sacramento Kings to the Milwaukee Bucks happened earlier than league rules allow, sources confirmed to ESPN. News of the league’s investigation was first reported Thursday by The New York Times. The NBA’s free-agency period begins

5:54 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Gordon Hayward opted out of his $34.2 million contract with the Boston Celtics for the 2020-21 season Thursday afternoon, making him an unrestricted free agent beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, league sources tell ESPN. Hayward, who averaged 17.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 52 games for the Celtics

1:47 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Klay Thompson has suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Thompson suffered a right leg injury during a workout Wednesday in Southern California, the team announced. He underwent an MRI on Thursday morning. Thompson was playing with several NBA players in Los

7:45 PM ET Sacramento Kings forward Bogdan Bogdanovic plans to enter restricted free agency on Friday at 6 p.m. ET, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Kings and Milwaukee Bucks had hoped to bring Bogdanovic the framework of a sign-and-trade deal to negotiate a Bodanovic contract with Milwaukee on Friday, but he will move into

8:13 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Five months later than it was originally scheduled, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Anthony Edwards with the first pick of the 2020 NBA draft Wednesday night. Edwards, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound guard from Atlanta who spent his lone collegiate season at Georgia, joins a young Timberwolves core led by star center Karl-Anthony

10:59 AM ET The odds to be the No. 1 overall pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft have moved significantly in recent weeks, with Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball taking turns as the betting favorite at sportsbooks. As of Wednesday morning, just hours before the draft, Edwards was the favorite at -130 to go No. 1

5:11 PM ET The Boston Celtics and forward Gordon Hayward have agreed to push the deadline for his $34 million player option for the 2020-21 season back from its original deadline of 5 p.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m. Thursday, league sources told ESPN. By extending the deadline for another two days, both sides get a

8:55 AM ET NBA trade season is upon us again. On Monday, the league is set to lift the transaction moratorium it imposed when the 2019-20 season was put on hold in March, allowing teams to make moves ahead of the 2020 NBA draft (7 p.m. ET Nov. 18 on ESPN). But the transaction talk

Nov 15, 2020 IT’S SATURDAY, AND Anthony Edwards’ stomach rumbles with anticipation as the young man climbs into the back of Grandma’s SUV with his older brothers and sister. Mom’s up front with Grandma; they’re mirror images, always smiling and having a good time. Buckled in, they turn onto Lockwood Drive and head out for

11:53 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks promised reigning back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo a reshaped roster to try to transform regular-season success into a championship push. In the span of hours as Monday night bled into Tuesday morning, the Bucks reached agreements on acquiring two significant players, New Orleans Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday and Sacramento Kings

8:34 PM ET After turning down the chance to become the first $50 million a year player in league history, Houston Rockets guard All-NBA guard James Harden has made it clear to ownership that he’s singularly focused on a trade to the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell ESPN. As Harden’s conversations with the Nets stars Kevin