8:21 PM ET Doc Rivers said Kawhi Leonard is expected to join the LA Clippers on Fright night in Florida. “Kawhi is on his way,” the Clippers coach said in a Zoom call with reporters on Friday afternoon before practice. “Should arrive sometime this evening.” Leonard did not travel with the Clippers on their team

2:33 PM ET U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, in a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Friday, wrote that the league’s policy on social injustice messages “appears to stop at the edge of your corporate sponsors’ sensibilities,” especially when it comes to matters involving China and support of the United States military and

6:45 AM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps Over the past three months, the NBA’s league office has exhausted itself in stitching together a comprehensive plan to conclude the 2019-20 season. In the front offices of the

Jul 5, 2020 NBA teams have begun arriving to the bubble as training camps tip off ahead of the league’s restart, which is slated for July 30 inside Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. While not all 22 teams have touched down in Orlando, many are already sharing the experiences of

8:51 PM ET Kawhi Leonard did not travel with the LA Clippers to Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday in order to tend to a family matter, a source confirmed to ESPN. Leonard was granted permission by the Clippers, and he is expected to join the team in a few days, a source said, confirming a report

6:17 AM ET NBA Insiders How well will the top teams in the NBA restart answer their big questions heading into the postseason? We polled the ESPN Forecast panel of 40 NBA experts for their confidence level in one key unknown about each of the top 10 teams in our latest round of power rankings.

3:15 PM ET While some players wonder whether resuming basketball will take away from the social justice movement, San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills is putting his money where his heart is. “I’m proud to say I’m taking every cent from these eight games that we’re playing, which for me will turn out to be

12:24 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry has been cleared to travel with the team to the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida, sources said Wednesday. Gentry, 65, has been one of the league staff members undergoing further scrutiny before heading into the bubble for the season restart. Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni, 69,

7:28 AM ET In a May Instagram chat, Chris Bosh gave voice to the gnawing sense that the Miami Heat of 2010-2014 — a supernova of sports celebrity — fell short of expectations. Bosh conceded the Golden State Warriors had surpassed that Heat team in dynastic terms, and compared the Heat to the short-lived U.K.

5:02 PM ET Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic retested negative for the coronavirus in Serbia, but travel issues and the timing of the requisite testing made it difficult for the All-Star to join the team for its flight to Orlando, Florida, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Nuggets departed Denver for Orlando on Tuesday, but