6:13 PM ET As Karl-Anthony Towns prepares to begin his sixth season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he said he also is continuing to process the death of his mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, and six other family members who also died of complications from the coronavirus. “I’ve been through a lot, obviously starting out with my mom,”
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4:21 PM ET The NBA schedule has been released for the first half of the 2020-21 season. The regular season tips off on Dec. 22, 72 days after the Los Angeles Lakers hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy inside the NBA’s Orlando bubble. Since then, we’ve had the NBA draft, a flurry of coaching changes and
2:39 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo is not shying away from the lofty goals he has set for his career after recently signing a five-year extension that could be worth almost $200 million. “I definitely want to be, long time down the road when my career ends, whenever somebody mentions a top-five
7:46 AM ET Getting ready for the NBA preseason … in December. It’s an odd feeling. It feels like the draft was yesterday. That the Finals were just … the day before yesterday. After needing so long to cap off the 2019-20 season, just like that — last year’s rookies are young veterans; our new
12:56 AM ET Golden State Warriors associate coach Mike Brown took charge of the Nigeria national basketball team for the first time this past November, in the first round of the 2021 Afrobasket qualifiers, and got off to a 3 and 0 start. With no time to scrimmage, and only a handful of practice games
6:09 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN One of the NBA’s biggest offseason questions is still lingering: Will Giannis Antetokounmpo agree to a five-year supmermax extension to remain in Milwaukee? Although his current head coach Mike Budenholzer and teammate Khris Middleton might not have the answers, they’ve let their intentions be known. “I have a lot of
11:13 AM ET The 2020-21 NBA season is fast approaching, and teams are getting ready for the Dec. 22 tip off by unveiling their new City Edition jerseys. First introduced in 2016, the City Edition jerseys are updated each year, though some teams — like the Jazz — stuck with the same design for multiple
5:32 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry is confident that new center James Wiseman can have an immediate impact for his team this season. “For sure,” Curry said during a videoconference call with reporters. “What that means — obviously he’s a second [overall] pick so the expectations are usually high comparing him
3:19 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics star Kemba Walker says he won’t return to the court before his troublesome left knee is fully ready to withstand the rigors of playing at a high level. “There’s no rush. There’s no rush on my end,” Walker said Wednesday. “I’m coming back when I need to come
7:00 AM ET The NBA returns to regular-season action on Dec. 22 following an abbreviated offseason — one that saw the draft and the start of free agency compressed into the same week — with some uncertainty. With the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, the league is facing decisions about how to undertake a campaign outside the