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Jul 26, 2023, 07:59 AM ET How has the NBA’s landscape changed after the draft and free agency? The big trades of the offseason resulted in Chris Paul landing on the Golden State Warriors, Jordan Poole on the Detroit Pistons and Bradley Beal on the Phoenix Suns. Free agency saw some big additions for the

Jul 25, 2023, 10:45 AM ET Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, suffered a cardiac arrest Monday and is in stable condition. “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest,” a James family spokesperson said in a statement. “Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him

Jul 24, 2023, 01:41 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kyle Anderson will represent China at the FIBA World Cup, the player said Monday after the Chinese Basketball Association announced the American had obtained Chinese citizenship through naturalization. The 29-year-old forward from New York is the latest elite athlete to gain Chinese nationality through naturalization and

Marc J. Spears Jul 25, 2023, 11:04 AM ET Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has agreed to sign the richest deal in NBA history — a five-year, $304 million supermax contract extension, his agent Jason Glushon told ESPN on Tuesday. Brown and Glushon met with Celtics management and ownership Sunday evening in Boston, finalizing the

Associated Press Jul 24, 2023, 08:39 PM ET URBANA, Ill. — The 2-year-old grandson of Milwaukee Bucks coach Adrian Griffin died Saturday after the child’s father found him unresponsive earlier in the day. Jayce D. Griffin of Urbana, Illinois, was pronounced dead Saturday at 10:40 a.m. at the Carle Foundation Hospital, according to Champaign County

Jul 24, 2023, 12:57 PM ET Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic will not play for the Serbian national team in the upcoming FIBA World Cup as he rests from Denver’s extended postseason run, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Jokic is coming off a season in which he played 89 total games, including the playoffs, to

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 24, 2023, 08:00 AM ET LAST MONTH, THE Denver Nuggets became the fifth team to win an NBA title in as many seasons. On its face, that is not a remarkable fact. But in NBA history, it is a truly extraordinary one. At only one other point in the league’s existence —

Jul 24, 2023, 12:40 AM ET Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kyle Anderson has obtained Chinese citizenship through naturalization, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) said on Monday. The 29-year-old forward from New York is the latest elite athlete to gain Chinese nationality through naturalization and the first basketball player to do so. “[Anderson] obtained Chinese nationality this

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJul 23, 2023, 05:19 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The NBA’s board of governors approved the sale of the Charlotte Hornets to a group led by Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin, clearing the way to end Michael Jordan’s 13-year run as majority owner, sources

Jul 21, 2023, 09:25 AM ET AS Monaco has signed Kemba Walker, the team announced Friday, as the four-time NBA All-Star makes the leap to play in Europe for the first time. Monaco signed Walker to a one-year contract. Walker, 33, had bounced around the NBA because of significant knee problems he had dealt with

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJul 21, 2023, 03:05 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Restricted free agent guard Ayo Dosunmu has agreed to a three-year, $21 million contract to return to the Chicago Bulls, his agent, Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports Management, told ESPN on Friday. Dosunmu, who made

David Fleming, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and FlemFile columnist for ESPN.com. Has written more than 30 cover stories for SI and ESPN. Author of “Noah’s Rainbow” (a father’s memoir) and “Breaker Boys” (stolen 1925 NFL title). FIVE YEARS INTO her NBA Barbie quest, a

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM EIGHT VIDEO CAMERAS, each shooting 240 frames per second, surrounded one of the three courts at Overtime Elite’s state-of-the-art, 103,000-square-foot facility in Atlanta. Ten of

ESPN draft experts Jul 20, 2023, 06:35 AM ET What do Victor Wembanyama and Connor Bedard have in common with Diana Taurasi, John Elway and Bryce Harper? The No. 1 overall picks in this summer’s NBA and NHL drafts are considered can’t-miss, generational prospects in their respective sports, just like Taurasi, Elway and Harper were

Jul 19, 2023, 11:33 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers will play a regular-season game in Paris next season. The clash, which will be the NBA’s third regular-season game in the French capital, will be played at Accor Arena on Jan. 11, 2024. The Nets previously have played in Paris, having done so

Jul 19, 2023, 11:29 AM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder have given a multiyear extension to head coach Mark Daigneault, general manager Sam Presti announced Wednesday. Terms were not announced. Daigneault, who finished second to Mike Brown in NBA Coach of the Year voting last season, led the Thunder to a 40-42 record and a

The NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement, released late last month ahead of free agency, came with a previously undisclosed side letter indicating Ben Simmons has received credit for a year of service for the season in which he held out from the Philadelphia 76ers and was eventually traded to the Brooklyn Nets, sources familiar with

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 02:33 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. Tennessee law enforcement on Wednesday arrested Davonte Pack, a longtime