Andrew Lopez, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 06:02 PM ET The New Orleans Pelicans have decided to move on from assistant coach Teresa Weatherspoon, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. Weatherspoon, a 2019 Naismith Hall of Fame inductee, has been a part of the Pelicans’ staff since 2019 when she was hired as a two-way player development

Associated Press Jun 15, 2023, 03:03 PM ET DENVER — Nikola Jokic rode atop a firetruck with people who mean the world to him — his teammate Jamal Murray, his young daughter — and the NBA’s Larry O’Brien Trophy. Jokic and the Denver Nuggets soaked in the moment and were soaked, too, by champagne spray

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 15, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Veteran forward Danilo Gallinari has exercised his $6.8 million player option to return to the Boston Celtics for the 2023-24 season, his agent, Michael Tellem of Excel Sports Management, told ESPN on Thursday. Having nearly

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 15, 2023, 04:33 PM ET UFC star Conor McGregor has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman during an NBA Finals game last week in Miami, according to legal letters obtained Thursday by ESPN. The woman said McGregor “violently” forced himself on her inside a VIP men’s bathroom at Kaseya

Jun 15, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Nikola Jokic has had a media tour unlike those usually seen from a Finals MVP. It certainly wouldn’t be hard for him to bask in the glory of it all. Jokic’s performance in leading the Denver Nuggets to the franchise’s first title was historic — he became the first

Nineteen players have received invitations to attend the 2023 NBA draft and sit in the green room, sources told ESPN. Victor Wembanyama, Brandon Miller, Scoot Henderson, Amen Thompson, Ausar Thompson, Cameron Whitmore, Jarace Walker, Anthony Black, Taylor Hendricks and Gradey Dick received the first batch of 10 invites this past weekend, followed by Bilal Coulibaly,

Jun 13, 2023, 07:29 PM ET ABC, ESPN and TNT averaged 5.47 million viewers per game during the NBA playoffs, the most-watched playoffs in five years, the networks announced Tuesday. As for the NBA Finals, ABC brought in an average of 11.64 million viewers — a decrease from 2022, when a six-game series between the

Jamal Collier, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 09:28 PM ET DETROIT — When Pistons general manager Troy Weaver initially reached out to Monty Williams last month about the team’s coaching vacancy, Williams said he wasn’t in the right place mentally to discuss the gig. Not only was Williams still reeling from being fired as coach of the

Associated Press Jun 13, 2023, 06:18 PM ET TORONTO — Darko Rajakovic has been in a good mood ever since the Toronto Raptors made him the 10th head coach in franchise history. “The last three days I’ve had a smile on my face so much my jaw is starting to hurt,” Rajakovic joked Tuesday at

Jun 12, 2023, 11:24 PM ET DENVER — Long before Nikola Jokic won his first NBA championship, his first Finals MVP and his back-to-back league MVPs, there was “Jokmas.” It was 10 days before Christmas in 2016, and Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone was “racking” his brain for solutions to jump-start his team, which was