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Oct 12, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NBArank is back for its 13th season counting down the best players in the league. Which stars made and missed the cut? Which rookies are already making noise in the top 100? Where did MVP contenders such as Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and reigning

Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 11, 2023, 07:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joe Dumars — the league’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations — said the NBA has communicated to its players and teams that “we are really emphasizing that this is an 82-game season” and that the league has data that shows player

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2023, 09:04 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. A criminal summons was issued Wednesday for Charlotte Hornets forward

Oct 11, 2023, 08:00 AM ET NBArank is back for its 13th season counting down the best players in the league. Which stars made and missed the cut? Which rookies are already making noise in the top 100? Where did MVP contenders such as Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and reigning winner Joel Embiid

NBA Insiders Oct 11, 2023, 08:00 AM ET What lies ahead for some of the biggest risers and fallers in NBArank 2023? On Tuesday, our countdown began with the unveiling of players Nos. 100-51, while Wednesday continued with Nos. 50-11. (The top 10 drops on Thursday.) Among our first 90 player rankings, there have been

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 06:09 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham is doubling — if not tripling

Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 10, 2023, 03:16 PM ET The defending champion Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics were installed as the co-favorites to win this year’s NBA title, according to NBA.com’s annual survey of all 30 of the league’s general managers. Both the Nuggets and Celtics picked up 10 of the 30 votes to win

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderOct 8, 2023, 01:10 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has agreed on a four-year, $30 million contract extension, his agents Austin Brown, Max Saidman and Mitch Nathan of CAA Sports told ESPN on Sunday. The deal, which is fully

Alexa Philippou, ESPNOct 8, 2023, 10:03 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer LAS VEGAS — Golden State Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob

Oct 10, 2023, 08:06 AM ET NBArank is back for its 13th season counting down the best players in the league. Which stars made and missed the cut? Which rookies are already making noise in the top 100? Where did MVP contenders such as Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and reigning winner Joel Embiid

Andrew Lopez, ESPNOct 10, 2023, 01:10 AM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — Victor Wembanyama‘s routine was a little off. The San Antonio Spurs rookie typically takes a midday nap in between practices or prior to games, but Monday was different. His first NBA preseason game was around the corner. As he laid in bed, it just

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderOct 8, 2023, 05:12 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 USA Basketball is aggressively pursuing Boston Celtics All-Star guard Jrue Holiday to return to Team USA for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, sources told ESPN. Holiday, 33, has yet to decide, but USA officials

Andrew Lopez, ESPNOct 7, 2023, 09:23 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama‘s new city got an up close and personal look at the new rookie Saturday. In front of 13,200 fans at the newly renamed Frost Bank Center, Wembanyama and the rest of the San Antonio Spurs took the court for an open scrimmage.

Oct 7, 2023, 01:50 PM ET Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen sustained a left ankle bone bruise in practice and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, the team announced Saturday. Per the Cavaliers, Allen will begin a period of treatment and rehabilitation after an MRI at Cleveland Clinic Sports Health confirmed the injury on Friday.

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterOct 5, 2023, 12:42 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Mat Ishbia announced to staff Thursday he is investing more than $100 million in a new practice facility for the Mercury and an adjoining

Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 6, 2023, 04:16 PM ET FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse said James Harden fully participated in Friday’s final training camp practice at Colorado State University, marking the first time Harden had gone through all of practice since rejoining the team here Tuesday evening. What’s next for Harden, though,

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterOct 5, 2023, 11:47 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News The Golden State Warriors have been one of the most successful NBA franchises over the past decade. They want to do the same in the WNBA, which announced Thursday morning that

Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 5, 2023, 04:42 PM ET FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player, Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid, said Thursday that he was happy James Harden was back with the team and hadn’t been a distraction, but that the focus for the 76ers is on installing their basic offensive and