1:31 AM ET The San Antonio Spurs and forward Keldon Johnson have agreed to a four-year, $80 million extension, his representative Klutch Sports Agency announced Friday night. Johnson, 22, started 74 games for the Spurs in his third season, averaging a career-high 17.1 points while shooting 39.8 percent from 3-point range. Friday’s agreement comes two

Jul 12, 2022 After Utah earlier shut down inquiries about All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, rival teams say the Jazz are now showing a willingness to listen on possible trade scenarios, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The asking price appears to be steep, but in the wake of Utah’s recent Rudy Gobert blockbuster deal to Minnesota,

8:00 AM ET NBA insiders The 2022 Las Vegas summer league has officially been underway for a week, with plenty of highlights. Several members of the 2022 rookie class debuted in the desert, including No. 1 overall pick Paolo Banchero and No. 3 overall pick Jabari Smith Jr. The top picks have battled it out,

Jul 12, 2022 Tim BontempsESPN LAS VEGAS — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday he is “hopeful” there will be a change in the NBA’s age limit in the next collective bargaining agreement, calling it “the right thing to do.” “I think there’s an opportunity [to change it],” Silver said during his annual news conference

Jul 12, 2022 Andrew LopezESPN LAS VEGAS — New Orleans Pelicans second-round pick E.J. Liddell suffered a torn ACL in his right knee during Monday’s summer league contest and will be out indefinitely. Liddell went down in the third quarter of the game against the Atlanta Hawks when his right knee buckled underneath him. In

Jul 12, 2022 As Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia has galvanized the sports world in support of the WNBA star’s return to the United States, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James questioned why Griner would want to return to a country that has taken so much time to aid in a resolution for her. “Now,

Jul 13, 2022 Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton has agreed on a three-year, $28.5 million extension with a player option, his agents, Jeff Schwartz and Jordan Gertler of Excel Basketball, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. Connaughton’s total deal is now four years and $34 million. He had previously exercised his option to return for

10:09 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Santi Aldama scored 31 points, David Roddy added 20 and the Memphis Grizzlies tied the Las Vegas summer league record for points in a game in a 120-84 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. The Grizzlies (2-1), who never trailed and led by double figures for

8:42 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Milwaukee Bucks All-Star forward Khris Middleton underwent surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left wrist in early July and is expected to be fully recovered to return sometime near the start of the regular season, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Middleton, who will turn 31 next month,

5:17 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari both grew up surrounded by Boston Celtics fandom. As a kid in Italy, Gallinari was an admirer of Larry Bird. And when he was drafted by the New York Knicks in 2008, he remembers watching the Hall of Famer’s highlights daily on a