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Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterSep 24, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions WITH ALL DUE respect to Disneyland, “the happiest place on Earth” for any player or team after an NBA championship win is the hallway inside the arena that

Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 23, 2024, 12:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vince Carter’s jersey will be taking flight to the rafters in two arenas this season. Carter, who is going into the Hall of Fame next month, will have his jersey retired by the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 2, when the Raptors face the Atlanta

Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 23, 2024, 01:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is going to miss the beginning of the regular season after offseason ankle surgery, league sources confirmed to ESPN, leaving an already thin center spot for New York even thinner entering the regular season. Robinson, who played 31

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 06:53 PM ET PHOENIX — Al McCoy, who was the radio voice of the Phoenix Suns for more than a half-century, has died. He was 91. The team made the announcement on Saturday and released a statement from his family. No cause of death was disclosed. McCoy was the longest-tenured

Kalan Hooks, ESPNSep 20, 2024, 10:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jayson Tatum is still on top of the world after his first NBA championship with the Boston Celtics. Editor’s Picks In celebration of winning the franchise’s 18th title in a five-game series over the Dallas Mavericks, Tatum got some new ink, located just beneath

ESPN Fantasy Sep 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We gathered our fantasy basketball experts together and asked each of them which five players they wanted to make sure they drafted this season. The findings giving an indication of who some of the most coveted fantasy players and value picks might be in

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2024, 06:07 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions The Houston Rockets reached terms on a buyout with forward AJ Griffin, as the former first-round draft pick plans to step away

Field Level Media Sep 20, 2024, 11:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Hawks signed free agent guard Kevon Harris and forward Joey Hauser, the team announced Friday. Both players reportedly will play under one-year, minimum-salary contracts. Harris, 27, played in 36 games for the Orlando Magic over the past two seasons on a

Field Level Media Sep 20, 2024, 12:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors forward Bruce Brown underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be re-evaluated in three weeks, the team announced Friday. The procedure was performed by Dr. Riley Williams on Thursday in New York. Brown, 28, split last season between the

Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a three-year, $192.9 million maximum contract extension that guarantees the former MVP a total of $299.5 million through the 2028-29 season, sources told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. Embiid announced that he and the team had agreed

NBA Insiders Sep 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re in the final weeks of the NBA offseason before teams convene for training camp ahead of the Oct. 22 opening date for the 2024-25 season. Several All-Stars and key players will be looking to bounce back after seeing their 2023-24 campaigns mitigated because

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Kiyan Anthony knows better than most about his father’s legacy at Syracuse, which is one of the finalists for the No. 36 prospect and four-star recruit in the

Jamal Collier, ESPNSep 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A few days after the official start of NBA free agency this summer, Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers flew from his Los Angeles-area home to Miami for a recruiting visit. After the initial flurry of signings around the league were complete, Rivers was surprised

Sep 18, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ESPN senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski has agreed to become the general manager of the men’s basketball program at St. Bonaventure, he told ESPN. Wojnarowski is a St. Bonaventure alumnus and has a strong relationship with the program, including as a fundraiser for the school’s collective

Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers have a new teammate in their bid to build a new $1.3 billion arena downtown. Mayor Cherelle Parker announced Wednesday that she has forged a deal with team owners to keep the NBA franchise in town and will send it

Multiple Contributors Sep 18, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With the NBA poised this season to consider expansion — perhaps adding at least one franchise in the next two to three years, as we laid out in Tuesday’s FAQ — let’s consider how any new team(s) would be built. The NBA is a

Anthony Gharib, ESPNSep 17, 2024, 11:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tyrese Haliburton loves working up a crowd and it was no different on Tuesday at WWE’s NXT show in Orlando. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Indiana Pacers guard played a part in helping set up the NXT Championship Match between Ethan Page and Trick

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterSep 17, 2024, 12:39 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions Center Boban Marjanovic has reached an agreement with the EuroLeague team Fenerbahce after spending the past nine seasons in the NBA, sources