3:33 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Los Angeles Lakers coach Darvin Ham knows that the team he has now could look significantly different by the time he is coaching games that count in the fall, but he is embracing his current group just the same. “We love everyone on our roster,” Ham told reporters Friday

3:51 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee man serving life in prison after his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright was sentenced Friday on lesser charges of conspiracy and attempted murder in the 12-year-old case. Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Billy Ray Turner to 25

4:02 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hornets reserve guard Scottie Lewis underwent surgery to repair a broken left leg he sustained during an NBA 2K23 Summer League practice session in Las Vegas on Thursday. There is no timetable for his return, but the team said Friday the surgery was successful and that Lewis

12:54 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans guard Devonte’ Graham was arrested in Raleigh, North Carolina, early Thursday morning and charged with driving while impaired, police records show. Graham, a Raleigh native, was arrested around 3 a.m., and local jail records as of noon ET show that Graham is not in the Wake County

9:33 PM ET Brianna Williams The Oklahoma City Thunder have commanded plenty of attention in NBA summer league — and for good reason. If the Salt Lake City showings of Chet Holmgren and Josh Giddey are any evidence, then Thunder fans are in for a treat this season. First, Holmgren, the No. 2 overall pick

Jul 6, 2022 Caleb Martin has agreed to return to the Miami Heat on a three-year deal worth $20 million, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. The Heat announced the signing on Wednesday night but did not disclose terms of the deal. “Caleb is a multi-position player with tremendous energy that had a career

6:57 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — What a difference a year makes. Last year on July 6, his 21st birthday, Zion Williamson found out he had suffered a broken right foot, an injury that ended up costing him the 2021-22 season. This year on July 6, his 22nd birthday, the New Orleans Pelicans‘

7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Rudy Gobert reads Twitter comments, so he’s aware that Minnesota fans didn’t like him very much during his first nine NBA seasons. And he also heard Timberwolves coach Chris Finch complain regularly about the way he sets screens. Those perspectives are probably going to change. “Now we’re on the

5:26 PM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Will Hardy knew some of the inner workings of the Utah Jazz before being named the league’s youngest current head coach. Sure, it was in 2009, and he was just an intern. Ahead of his final year at Williams College, he put in eight weeks in

11:42 PM ET ESPN News Services SALT LAKE CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren shined in his professional debut, scoring 23 points and setting an NBA summer league record for blocks and 3s in a game. The No. 2 pick in the draft also had seven rebounds, four assists and six blocks in