12:21 PM ET Alex Antetokounmpo, the youngest brother of NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo plans to skip college and play professionally in Europe to prepare for the NBA. Alex Antetokounmpo, who graduated from Dominican High School in Wisconsin, told EuroHoops.net of his plans on Saturday. He had reportedly received offers to play at DePaul, Ohio and

1:44 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Yao Ming, the former Houston Rockets star and now president of the Chinese Basketball Association, says the league has three options for resuming the season that has been on hold since Feb. 1 over the coronavirus pandemic. Yao said the league might play out the full schedule; play

9:44 PM ET As Kevin Love made the 20-minute drive from his home to the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ practice facility Friday, even the snow flurry being cleared by his SUV’s window wipers on a May day in Northeast Ohio didn’t dampen his mood. “It was the longest I’ve ever gone without shooting a basketball,” Love told

8:11 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver prepared players for a potentially grim landscape amid the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting there are no guarantees when fans could fully return to NBA arenas next season. Silver said that 40 percent of the league’s revenue comes from money built around game nights in arenas. “This could turn out

7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services TYRONE, Ga. — Former NBA player Shannon Brown faces charges in suburban Atlanta after he was accused of firing a rifle at two people who were looking at homes for sale, police said. Brown, 34, was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault stemming from an incident May 2

2:27 PM ET In municipalities where coronavirus testing has become readily available to at-risk health care workers, NBA teams opening facilities for voluntary workouts will be allowed to administer tests to asymptomatic players and staff, sources told ESPN. The Orlando Magic have been approved and plan to administer testing to players prior to a Tuesday

1:14 PM ET Golden State Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers said his organization will be “good partners” if and when the NBA regular season resumes. On April 28, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said the team (15-50) had been operating as if its season is over despite having 17 games remaining on the

1:41 AM ET Lawrence MurrayESPN.com May 7, 2002, is not a happy day in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers or 2001 NBA MVP Allen Iverson. Four days earlier, the 76ers were eliminated on the road in Game 5 against the Boston Celtics 120-87, allowing the Celtics to win the Eastern Conference quarterfinals series 3-2.

7:00 AM ET Matt WalksESPN Editor Close Assistant Editor Joined ESPN in 2014 Montana native, Oregon graduate EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally ran on May 7, 2016 to commemorate the anniversary of Iverson’s rant. Eighteen years ago, Allen Iverson sat in front of the media covering his Philadelphia 76ers and said the word “practice” 22

11:01 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers will not be among the first wave of NBA teams that reopen their facilities for individual workouts on May 8, Frank Vogel said, but L.A.’s head coach is just fine with that. “There’s a competitive balance element to this that I personally am not really all that