NBA, Adam Silver, (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for TIME 100 Health Summit ) After a hiatus of more than two months, the NBA has reportedly set July 31 as a target date for resuming their season. On March 11, when Rudy Gobert’s positive coronavirus test was announced and the NBA season was formally suspended,
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3:09 PM ET Spurs guard Lonnie Walker on Sunday was among volunteers helping to clean up damage from protests in San Antonio over the death of George Floyd. Walker handed out bottles of water to volunteers and also helped to remove graffiti from the sides of buildings in the city. “You all have a reason
8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on June 1, 2018. Two lead changes. Three ties. A controversial replay reversal. A potentially series-changing blunder. The final minute of regulation in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals featured just about everything. We let the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors tell the
LeBron James, #23, Los Angeles Lakers. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) LeBron James took to Twitter to salute rapper Killer Mike for his speech about the Atlanta anti-racism protests on Friday night. Anti-racism protests are sweeping the nation following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer earlier this week in
10:11 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown led a peaceful protest march through Atlanta on Saturday night. Brown, who streamed part of the march live via his Instagram account and also posted videos of speeches to his page, said during the livestream that he’d driven 15 hours from Boston in order to
Andre Drummond, Cleveland Cavaliers, #3, (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) Andre Drummond tips a Florida waitress $1,000 after a meal with his family. Andre Drummond pulled a Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson move at a restaurant and his waitress is grateful. Two-time NBA All-Star and current Cleveland Cavaliers center Drummond took his family to a restaurant on
9:50 AM ET Even in the middle of a pandemic, when nobody is playing, Bradley Beal‘s name still emerged in trade rumors. The New York Daily News last week reported that the Brooklyn Nets have had “internal discussions” about pursuing the 26-year-old Wizards guard, who signed a two-year, $72 million extension in October. “It’s not
Photo by JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images Craig Hodges wonders if Michael Jordan is keeping him out of The Last Dance on purpose. Craig Hodges was once a starter for the Chicago Bulls. In the 1989 playoffs, Hodges started every game in the backcourt alongside Michael Jordan. He infamously got beat back door by Craig
Photo credit should read JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images In episodes 9 and 10 of “The Last Dance,” the Michael Jordan docuseries wraps up in triumphant fashion for the Chicago Bulls. After five weeks of providing the sports world with appointment viewing on a weekly basis, The Last Dance came to an end Sunday night. Covering Michael Jordan‘s
Stephen Jackson, #5, (Photo by Ron Jenkins/BIG3/Getty Images) Retired NBA veteran Stephen Jackson was a close friend of George Floyd. He’s working to make sure all the officers involved are held accountable. Being an NBA player doesn’t protect anyone from police violence, racial profiling and racial abuse, a fact that has been, unfortunately, made clear
2:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN As the NBA’s board of governors met Friday afternoon to assess options for how to restart the season, the league’s general managers have expressed their preference to go straight to the playoffs. In a survey of all 30 general managers, which was viewed by ESPN, 16 said they would prefer
7:17 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News The NBA is planning a Thursday vote of the league’s Board of Governors — with owners expected to
LeBron James, #23, Los Angeles Lakers (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) The NBA is ramping up their efforts to try and restart the 2019-20 season and all options are on the table, even The Goblet of Fire. Adam Silver rose to his feet. On either side of him stood Michele Roberts and Mark Tatum both
2:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Former NBA player Stephen Jackson spoke at a rally Friday afternoon in Minneapolis in remembrance of his friend George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in police custody after pleading that he could not breathe. “I’m here because they’re not gonna demean the character of George Floyd, my
The 2020 NBA Draft was scheduled to take place in approximately one month from today. But then the COVID-19 pandemic happened and resulted in delays for just about every profession worldwide. So instead of preparing for the upcoming draft and/or analyzing the 2020 NBA Playoffs, we are looking back at recent drafts and how the
6:50 AM ET MICHELE ROBERTS HAD just stepped out of an Uber when her phone started buzzing. It was a little after 8 p.m. on March 11, and the National Basketball Players Association executive director had left her New York office after meeting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver to discuss the next steps amid the
CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 20: Basketball star Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls talks to the press 20 March after practice at the Berto Center in Deerfield, Illinois. Jordan reiterated that he has returned to basketball because of his love for the game. (COLOR KEY: Microphone (L) is red) AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read
9:12 AM ET ESPN News Services LeBron James and other high-profile athletes have taken to social media to voice their outrage over the death of a black Minnesota man who was pinned down by police. George Floyd, 46, died Monday night while in Minneapolis police custody. A bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the
Basketball is back, baby. Well, sorta. OK, actually, not really. But they’re talking about it. Finally. Beyond that, they’re apparently making true, meaningful progress. And although the NBA is circling through potential scenarios — bubble games, re-seeding, ignoring conferences, etc. — there’s a very real chance that this shindig gets underway by mid-July. To celebrate
5:48 AM ET DAMIAN LILLARD HAS never entered the Portland Trail Blazers‘ training center through the media entrance, but there’s nothing natural about May 8, the first time he walks into the facility since the NBA shuttered it March 20 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Wearing a mask, Lillard steps into a makeshift check-in area,
Duke basketball: 5 best seasons in Blue Devils history, ranked by Mike Phillips UCLA basketball: 5 best seasons in Bruins history, ranked by Mike Phillips LeBron James, #23, Los Angeles Lakers. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) LeBron James, Jaylen Brown and Bradley Beal are disgusted with George Floyd’s death. This week, millions of people across
7:49 PM ET Count the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as the latest institution to have its best-laid plans felled by the coronavirus. Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of the board of the governors for the Hall, told ESPN on Wednesday that enshrinement ceremonies for the Class of 2020, one of the most star-studded lineups
Urban Meyer (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) Urban Meyer recruited LeBron James to play for Notre Dame football. Before he was the best basketball player of his generation, LeBron James was a pretty good wide receiver at St. Vincent-St. Mary’s in Akron, Ohio. LeBron could have been an All-Pro tight end if he decided to
This story was originally published on April 14, 2016. Kobe Bryant’s final game will re-air on ESPN and the ESPN app Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. ET. 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
2:08 PM ET The NBA’s cleanest method of resuming its season is to bring the 16 current playoff teams to its designated “campus,” seed them as they are now — eight East, eight West — and play the NBA’s normal postseason. Sticking to 16 limits the number of bodies, which cuts the chance of COVID-19
BARCELONA, SPAIN – JULY 25: Basketball stars Michael Jordan (L) and Earvin “Magic” Johnson clown for the media 25 July during a press conference for the U.S. Olympic “Dream Team.” The team is strongly favored to win the gold. (Photo credit should read KARL MATHIS/AFP via Getty Images) Jack McCallum caught Michael Jordan contradicting himself
11:41 AM ET Old audio of Michael Jordan has surfaced in which he says he told NBA executive Rod Thorn, who was part of the USA Basketball selection committee, that he wouldn’t play on the Dream Team in 1992 if Detroit Pistons star point guard Isiah Thomas was also selected to the team. “Rod Thorn
4 UFC fights to look forward to in June and July by Ben Coate Chicago Cubs announcer Len Kasper unsure there will be baseball by Mark Carman Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images Real talk from Damian Lillard: if the NBA regular season has fewer than 82 games and doesn’t expand the playoffs, some players are going
As Basketball Insiders has continued its “Looking Back” series, it was only a matter of time until we crossed the double digits. Now that time has come. Today we are taking a look at how all of the tenth overall picks since 2009 have fared in the NBA. As you probably know, as the lottery
12:00 PM ET The final, fleeting fight for 30 teams to resume the NBA’s season is raging through these last days of indecision. Hours of commissioner Adam Silver’s time are being spent engaging owners and high-level executives who are making the case for how the league should march into the summer’s playoffs, including those desiring
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