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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJun 24, 2023, 01:44 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Team USA won a recruiting battle this week, securing the commitment of current NBA Rookie of the Year Paolo Banchero to play in this summer’s FIBA World Cup, sources

Jun 23, 2023, 06:47 AM ET Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens says the three-team trade that brought in Kristaps Porzingis but saw Marcus Smart head to the Memphis Grizzlies was all about balancing the team’s roster. “I said this at the start of the summer: I thought that we needed to balance

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 07:01 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — The chants from hundreds of fans, some of whom waited outside for hours in nearly 100-degree heat, started at the very moment Victor Wembanyama stepped out of the private plane that carried him to his new NBA home. “Wem-V-P!” “Wem-V-P!” “Wem-V-P!” And the NBA’s

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 02:02 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama of San Antonio and No. 2 pick Brandon Miller of Charlotte might go head-to-head on the first day of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. The NBA has San Antonio playing Charlotte on July 7, which is opening

NBA Insiders Jun 23, 2023, 12:18 AM ET The first round of the 2023 NBA draft saw a generational 7-foot-5 talent hearing his name called at No. 1, trades involving top-10 picks and one player surprisingly sliding out of the lottery. The moves NBA teams made Thursday will have a ripple effect into free agency,

Andrew Lopez, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 08:11 PM ET The Victor Wembanyama era has officially begun in San Antonio, as the Spurs made him the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday’s NBA draft. Wembanyama, a 7-foot-5 French phenom with an 8-foot wingspan, walked across the stage at the Barclays Center in New York to shake NBA

Jun 22, 2023, 12:15 AM ET Three-time All-Star forward Khris Middleton has declined his $40 million player option with the Milwaukee Bucks to become a free agent, his agents Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. A return to the Bucks on a new deal remains a possibility. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Injuries

Jun 22, 2023, 12:05 AM ET The Washington Wizards are completing a three-way deal with the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies that will send Marcus Smart to the Grizzlies, Kristaps Porzingis to the Celtics and Tyus Jones to the Wizards, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday night. The Wizards are also acquiring Danilo Gallinari

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 21, 2023, 05:11 PM ET The Boston Celtics, LA Clippers and Washington Wizards are working on a three-team trade that would see the Celtics acquire Kristaps Porzingis and the Clippers land Malcolm Brogdon, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, though there are still outstanding issues to be resolved before a deal can be

Hanif Abdurraqib Jun 21, 2023, 07:00 AM ET SCOOT HENDERSON WILL have to earn his buckets the hard way tonight, it seems. At the Gateway Center in College Park, Georgia, there are almost 1,500 people scattered around the arena’s 3,500 seats, some with their legs hanging down onto the seat in front of them, and

Jun 20, 2023, 02:43 PM ET Washington Wizards forward Kyle Kuzma has declined his $13 million player option and will become a free agent, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. Kuzma just completed his second season with the Wizards averaging a career-high 21.2 points to go with 7.2 rebounds. He had a career high

Jun 20, 2023, 03:12 PM ET Toronto Raptors guard Gary Trent Jr. is picking up his $18.5 million player option for next season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Trent, 24, is coming off another strong season after averaging 17.4 points and 1.6 steals per game. Acquired in a deadline deal with the LA Clippers

Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 01:02 PM ET The Utah Jazz will begin making their game broadcasts available over the air starting this coming season, becoming the latest franchise to pivot to a new option for fans and potentially reaching more viewers than ever before. The Jazz unveiled their plan Tuesday, with owner Ryan Smith

Kendra Andrews, ESPNJun 19, 2023, 04:25 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Dunleavy Jr. is getting thrown into the fire as he takes on a new role as general manager. The Golden State Warriors are amid a pivotal offseason that has already seen the departure of executive Bob Myers and Draymond Green declining his player

Jun 19, 2023, 03:58 PM ET Chris Paul said he was “surprised” by the trade that sent the future Hall of Fame point guard from the Phoenix Suns to the Washington Wizards, telling The New York Times in an interview published Monday that he found out about the news in a text from his son.

Jun 19, 2023, 12:17 PM ET Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is declining his $27.6 million player option for next season, his agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. “We will continue to talk to Golden State and explore all options,” Paul told ESPN. It was expected Green would

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 18, 2023, 04:31 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Washington Wizards are finalizing a trade to send three-time All-Star guard Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns for a package expected to include Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, several second-round picks and a picks swap,

Jun 18, 2023, 10:04 AM ET The Charlotte Hornets are expecting to conduct a second-round of workouts and interviews with Alabama‘s Brandon Miller and G League Ignite’s Scoot Henderson on Monday — with an audience that will include outgoing owner Michael Jordan, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Miller and Henderson — auditioning for the No.