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Jamal Collier, ESPNOct 3, 2024, 12:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Julius Randle said he was shocked when he learned last weekend that the New York Knicks traded him to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Randle had become an All-Star in his five seasons with the Knicks, and although he missed New York’s playoff run

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterOct 2, 2024, 02:36 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 Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic will be sidelined at least one week due to a left calf contusion, the team announced Wednesday.

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterOct 2, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Karl-Anthony Towns bid farewell to the Timberwolves organization and Minnesota area in a social media post Wednesday, minutes after his trade to the New York Knicks became official and paved the way for him to join his new teammates

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 2, 2024, 06:53 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. Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Following the first day of Los Angeles Lakers training

Kendra Andrews, ESPNOct 2, 2024, 12:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAIE, Hawai’i — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has a very open-ended question he is hoping to answer throughout training camp: Who is going to be in his starting lineup? There is an obvious opening at the shooting guard position — a job

Field Level Media Oct 1, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After missing the past two seasons with a serious knee injury, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is hoping to be in uniform on opening night. Ball, 26, last played in a game for Chicago on Jan. 14, 2022. Multiple procedures on his left

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 1, 2024, 07:13 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. Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Before the Los Angeles Lakers opened training camp for

NBA Insiders Oct 1, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s the start of October and NBA training camps are in full swing with the start of the 2024-25 season three weeks away. Both conferences had a busy offseason with a few superstar shuffles and head-coaching changes that will shake up the landscape of

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2024, 08:28 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. Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — For a team that needed a second-half surge just

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2024, 08:00 AM 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. Open Extended Reactions TWO WEEKS BEFORE the start of training camp, JJ Redick sat in a

ESPN News Services Sep 30, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of post-basketball career as an ambassador for the sport, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday. “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said

Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 28, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to a two-year, $9 million extension with guard Jose Alvarado, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Bobby Marks on Saturday. Alvarado, 26, had one year and $1.9 million left on his deal and now will be signed with the Pelicans

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 09:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid could go back to school and write a pretty heady report on how he spent his summer vacation. Embiid won Olympic gold for Team USA. He signed a contract extension with Philadelphia that will pay him more than $64 million

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterSep 27, 2024, 07:29 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Tim Bontemps, ESPNSep 27, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell will miss the start of the upcoming season as he continues to recover from offseason surgery to repair a stress fracture in his right foot, the team said Friday. Vassell is participating in non-basketball activities, but his status

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterSep 28, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions Championship contenders making trades with one another is rare, and you don’t have to look too far back to understand why. Just a year ago this

NBA Insiders Sep 28, 2024, 01:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The final weekend of the offseason brings us another league-shaking deal involving two teams with NBA Finals aspirations. Karl-Anthony Towns will join the New York Knicks with Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo going to the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN. The Timberwolves will also

Sep 27, 2024, 10:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Knicks and Timberwolves are finalizing a trade that will see Karl-Anthony Towns land in New York and Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo head to Minnesota, league sources confirmed to ESPN’s Bobby Marks on Friday night. Talks intensified between the teams over the last 24 hours