6:52 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Chirp, chirp, chirp! “Is that me ringing?” New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry wondered aloud, looking down at the proximity monitor clipped to his credential as he walked from the practice facility inside Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to conduct his virtual news conference on
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6:54 PM ET LeBron James was playing his best basketball of the season when the coronavirus pandemic put the NBA schedule on hold and the Los Angeles Lakers still had 19 games left to play. With the NBA set to restart in Orlando, Florida, next week with 22 teams instead of all 30, the league
7:25 AM ET We left the NBA just after trade and buyout season. Top teams were incorporating new players and adjusting after injuries. Here are 13 new or newish lineups I’m excited to watch when the games start. Shake Milton (!), Josh Richardson, Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris, Joel Embiid: 0 minutes. Just when I think
1:37 PM ET A 2003-04 LeBron James Upper Deck rookie Patch Parallel card sold at auction for $1.845 million on Sunday at Goldin Auctions to Lob.com CEO Leore Avidar. The price tag on the rare card sets a record for modern-day cards (recognized as cards produced in 1980 or later) and is the most any
Jul 18, 2020 If the NBA is going to determine its awards for the 2019-20 season based on games played up to when it went on hiatus March 11, Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel thinks L.A.’s final weekend before the break should be seriously considered. The Lakers beat Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks,
1:32 PM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The first exhibition games of the NBA restart will go a little more quickly than usual. The NBA is tweaking the rules for those initial matchups, going with 10-minute quarters instead of the usual 12 minutes. The change is for several reasons, including not wanting
10:23 PM ET A week and a half into life in the bubble, Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard has received attention for his escapades rather than for what’s most important to him as the NBA nears its restart: helping his teammates on the court and helping create positive change in the United States. He’s
6:06 PM ET There are many different versions of Carmelo Anthony, but as pictures and videos popped up over the first week of the Portland Trail Blazers practices in Orlando, a new version emerged: Skinny Melo. “Every summer it’s a different name for me,” Anthony said on Friday. “This summer is Skinny Melo. There’s Hoodie
2:47 PM ET There was a time when Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard received adulation for wearing a cape in the dunk contest. Now he’s been disciplined for not wearing a mask in the NBA bubble. Howard said he was reported to the NBA Campus Hotline, set up to help protect players and staff
9:24 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN In Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer‘s mind, the pick for NBA MVP is an easy choice: Giannis Antetokounmpo. When the league told teams on Friday that the races for MVP and other regular-season individual awards are over — ahead of the NBA restart in Orlando, Florida — the decision came