Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 03:43 AM 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
NBA Insiders Jan 10, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 NBA season is nearing its halfway point, and with the Feb. 8 trade deadline looming, teams are starting to pay closer attention to the standings. Things are especially tense in the Western Conference, as several teams with postseason ambitions are stuck in
Jan 10, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re about a month away from the 2024 NBA trade deadline (Feb. 8, 3 p.m. ET), and things are starting to heat up around the league. The Minnesota Timberwolves remain at the top of a competitive Western Conference, but the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJan 9, 2024, 09:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has agreed on an eight-year contract extension worth more than $120 million, the most committed money in North American coaching history, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night. Spoelstra, 53, has established himself as one of the most respected and
NBA Insiders Jan 9, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Monday’s announcement that Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder completes a turbulent stretch for one of the NBA’s brightest young stars. The 24-year-old Morant entered into the 2023-24 season with a 25-game NBA suspension for brandishing a
ESPN News Services Jan 9, 2024, 11:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton has avoided serious injury, with an MRI revealing that he suffered just a Grade 1 left hamstring strain, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. Haliburton’s status is expected to be reevaluated in approximately two weeks, but there’s
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 10:08 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 Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder, the team announced Monday night. Morant suffered a subluxation
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJan 8, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Open Extended Reactions In an emotional conversation around the time of his indefinite league suspension, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green suggested that NBA commissioner Adam Silver talked him out of retirement, according to a
Associated Press Jan 8, 2024, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Damian Lillard will miss the Milwaukee Bucks’ Monday night game with the Utah Jazz. The Bucks’ injury report for Monday’s game lists the seven-time all-NBA guard as out for personal reasons. The Bucks also won’t have reserve guard Cam Payne available because
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 02:56 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 LOS ANGELES — Clippers guard Norman Powell‘s last-second 3-pointer rimmed out at the
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJan 7, 2024, 12:06 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Open Extended Reactions After undergoing surgery to repair a fracture in his left hand this week, Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul is expected to miss four to six weeks, sources told ESPN on Sunday.
Associated Press Jan 6, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid missed the 76ers’ game against Utah on Saturday night with swelling in his left knee. Embiid has now missed eight games this season. The new collective bargaining agreement requires players, in most instances, to play in 65 regular-season
Associated Press Jan 7, 2024, 12:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Alperen Sengun scored 21 points and the Houston Rockets overcame 48 points from Giannis Antetokounmpo to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 112-108 on Saturday night. Antetokounmpo shot 16-of-25 from the field and added 17 rebounds in his seventh straight double-double. But the Bucks
Kendra Andrews, ESPNJan 6, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA reinstated Draymond Green on Saturday from a suspension that lasted 12 games, and sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that the Golden State Warriors forward is expected to need approximately a week of ramp-up before returning to game action. Green
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJan 6, 2024, 02:53 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 LOS ANGELES — Whatever hope the Los Angeles Lakers had that returning to
Kendra Andrews, ESPNJan 6, 2024, 01:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul fractured his left hand and will undergo surgery next week, the team announced Friday night. Paul suffered the injury midway through the third quarter of the Warriors’ 113-109 win over the Detroit Pistons. There is
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 5, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AS THE NEW YORK KNICKS took the court Monday afternoon against the first-place Minnesota Timberwolves, there was no doubt which player would be taking on the challenge of guarding Anthony Edwards. Edwards, one of the league’s brightest young stars, is precisely the kind of
Kendra Andrews, ESPNJan 5, 2024, 02:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon inbounded the ball to center Nikola Jokic with 3.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter against the Golden State Warriors and the score tied. Jokic took three dribbles down the right side of the court and
Andrew Lopez, ESPNJan 5, 2024, 12:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — As Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo barreled his way to the rim in the final minute in Thursday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, he tried to create space against rookie center Victor Wembanyama and rose up as he has
Kendra Andrews, ESPNJan 4, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions JONATHAN KUMINGA SCANNED the iPad in assistant coach Kris Weems’ hands before the Golden State Warriors tipped off against the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Dec. 6. Kuminga, eyeing the night’s planned rotation and substitution patterns, searched the lists for his name. It wasn’t
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJan 4, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Open Extended Reactions After stepping away from the franchise to address his mental health, guard Ricky Rubio and the Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed on a contract buyout — likely marking the end of Rubio’s accomplished
ESPN News Services Jan 4, 2024, 12:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton wanted to reinforce that Indiana’s success against Milwaukee wasn’t a fluke. So on Wednesday night, the budding young star made sure of it — again. Haliburton had 31 points and 12 assists and helped spur a 47-point
Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJan 3, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions AS BAM ADEBAYO entered the Chicago hotel lobby from the team bus, he had a conversation with himself about mind over matter. It was just after
Jan 3, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s finally 2024, and teams are racing into the new year as the battle for the top spots in the Eastern and Western conferences remains tight. Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers have stopped a post-in-season tournament slide, defeating the Milwaukee Bucks three times this season
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 3, 2024, 01:24 AM 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 OKLAHOMA CITY — Add another contender to the Oklahoma City Thunder‘s list of really impressive recent conquests. The Thunder built a big
ESPN News Services Jan 2, 2024, 12:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Two nights after their NBA record 28-game losing streak ended, the Detroit Pistons were blown out 136-113 on Monday night by the Houston Rockets, who got 26 points and nine assists from Alperen Sengun and 22 points from Jalen Green. Detroit
ESPN News Services Jan 1, 2024, 11:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and the new-look Toronto Raptors recovered after squandering a 19-point lead and held on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-121 on Monday night. RJ Barrett had 19 points
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 1, 2024, 06:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — It took no time at all for OG Anunoby to make his impact felt on the New York Knicks. The forward finished with 17 points and 6 rebounds in 35 minutes in his Knicks debut, helping New York to a 112-106
ESPN News Services Jan 1, 2024, 04:44 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A former NBA developmental league player accused with his ex-girlfriend of killing a woman whose body was found last month in southern Nevada is due to face a Las Vegas judge on Tuesday following his transfer in custody from a jail in Sacramento,
Jamal Collier, ESPNJan 1, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FOR GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. He’d thrown down a thunderous dunk with less than 30 seconds left to give his team a 16-point lead, capping the Milwaukee Bucks‘ Dec. 13 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers. Antetokounmpo’s