11:39 PM ET If the next few months are to be spent analyzing the future of Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks, it is only fair and right to now spin the same spotlight on the LA Clippers. It’s stunning that this is where the Clippers are after the Denver Nuggets completed another 3-1 comeback,

2:11 AM ET It was Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone’s 49th birthday on Tuesday, and before Game 7 against the LA Clippers, center Nikola Jokic told his coach he had the perfect gift in mind. “Coach, I’m going to get you a great present,” he told Malone before the game. “I’m either going to get

4:47 PM ET Former Golden State Warriors guard Shaun Livingston has rejoined the organization in a front-office role as director of player affairs and engagement, it was announced Tuesday. Livingston will report directly to Warriors president and general manager Bob Myers. “I think it’s always been something that’s on the radar towards the latter part

Sep 14, 2020 Three years into his NBA career, New Orleans Pelicans guard Lonzo Ball views this as a pivotal offseason, which began with an important business decision: Ball has signed with agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, the 22-year-old told ESPN. “I wanted to lead my career,” Ball told ESPN. “Picking my own representation

7:22 AM ET The next chapter of the Boston Celtics–Miami Heat rivalry starts Tuesday — with new stars, new storylines and plenty of drama. Miami already knocked out reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the NBA-best Milwaukee Bucks, while Boston overcame a seven-game fight with the defending champion Toronto Raptors. What’s in store with a trip

Sep 11, 2020 NBA Insiders The 2020 NBA playoffs pick up again Tuesday with the Eastern Conference finals, featuring a thrilling matchup of two teams that pulled upsets in the previous round: the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. (The East finals can be seen on ESPN and the ESPN App, including Game 1 on

6:51 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Washington Wizards guard John Wall issued an apology on Sunday after a video surfaced of him throwing up gang signs at a New York City party the previous night. “First and foremost I want to apologize to my family, my teammates and all of those that have always supported me,”

6:17 PM ET The reeling LA Clippers have blown two big leads in a row and have stunningly squandered their 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series to the Denver Nuggets. But Paul George says it is the Clippers who are “still in the driver seat” entering a do-or-die Game 7, despite collapsing

6:46 PM ET Doc Rivers cannot play the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year as his sixth man. When trying to comprehend how the LA Clippers have squandered a 3-1 series advantage over the Denver Nuggets — and in spectacular fashion, by losing a double-digit second-half lead for the second straight game in Denver’s 111-98

7:19 AM ET THEY WERE EMOTIONAL, tired and confused. The LA Clippers were gathered — all 15 players and head coach Doc Rivers — in the middle of the night on the eighth floor of Walt Disney World Resort’s Gran Destino Tower, trying to hold everything together. It was Aug. 26, and the NBA bubble