4:30 PM ET Projected first-round pick Trey Murphy has elected to hire an agent, forgo his remaining eligibility at Virginia and keep his name in the 2021 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Monday. “I loved my time at UVA and everyone there, but it’s time for me to move on,” Murphy told ESPN. “I

1:46 AM ET For most of Game 7, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young‘s patented “shiver” gesture — the one he unleashes to let onlookers know he has transformed into Ice Trae — had a different connotation. Ice Trae had been ice cold all night, missing 17 of his first 19 shots attempts from the field.

2:44 PM ET Baylor forward Matthew Mayer will withdraw from the NBA draft and return to school, a source told ESPN on Monday. Mayer was one of 69 players announced as having accepted an invite to attend the NBA combine in Chicago, which starts Tuesday, but has changed course and withdrawn his name from the

2:03 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — After the 76ers bowed out of the playoffs on Sunday following a postseason in which he was historically inept from the free throw line and struggled to score in the second round, Ben Simmons shouldered the blame. “I ain’t shoot well from the line this series,” Simmons said following the

12:37 PM ET Dyson Daniels, the No. 18 prospect in the ESPN 2022 mock draft, has signed with the NBA’s G League Ignite program, he told ESPN Sunday. “I feel that this is the best pathway for me to get to my ultimate goal: the NBA,” Daniels said. “It has every resource I need in

4:54 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN On the day the Phoenix Suns played their first Western Conference finals game in more than a decade, Suns general manager James Jones was honored as the league’s Executive of the Year. In a tight vote, which is conducted by the league’s executives, Jones got nine first-place votes and had

7:21 AM ET If you had the Phoenix Suns and the LA Clippers meeting up in the Western Conference finals, you just might be a soothsayer. The No. 4 seed Clippers made franchise history on Friday night by beating the No. 1 seed Utah Jazz in six games, thus earning their first trip beyond Round

1:00 AM ET The game could’ve been a movie, the action on the sidelines a soap opera and the dialogue between Kevin Durant and his longtime friend P.J. Tucker a stage play. But for all the drama that spilled on the floor Saturday night in an epic overtime Game 7 that saw the Milwaukee Bucks

7:49 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Spain included Pau Gasol in its preliminary squad for the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The 40-year-old was among the 18 players called up by coach Sergio Scariolo to prepare for the Tokyo Games. Only 12 players will make the final squad. The two-time NBA champion is trying to

1:55 AM ET Coping mechanisms are as much a feature of the NBA playoffs as the postgame podium. “You have to have a short-term memory,” Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard Tyrese Maxey said. Maxey was referring to the condition of defending Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young with smothering pressure only to watch him drain a “logo