1:15 PM ET As the NBA seeks solutions to return to action during the coronavirus pandemic, teams are weighing scenarios for potential games with only essential personnel present. Perhaps a key factor in such decisions, beyond titles or responsibilities, is the health and age of those staffers, NBA general managers told ESPN. One NBA general

4:55 PM ET The NBA has postponed the draft lottery and draft combine, the league announced Friday. Both events had been set to take place in Chicago, with the lottery scheduled for May 19 and the combine May 21-24. Sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that the NBA held off on pushing back the June 25

3:11 PM ET Jeremy Lin says he was surprised, humbled and ultimately grateful after the New York Knicks reached out to him to propose taking a week on MSG Network to showcase interviews and 2012 games related to the brief but memorable phenomenon that was “Linsanity.” In an interview with Rachel Nichols for ESPN’s The

2:58 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN After a long, extensive hiring process of diverse candidates in the wee hours of Sunday, April 26, Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas ultimately decided on his new general manager: Marc Eversley. With ESPN re-airing the third and fourth episodes of the “Last Dance” docuseries to chronicle

7:02 AM ET AS THE INDIANA PACERS sat at their lockers in Chicago moments before Game 7 of the 1998 Eastern Conference finals, Larry Bird, in his first year as coach, strode to the center of the room to address them. Bird was not big on speeches. The Pacers had done their work in practices

8:43 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo was up until the wee hours Wednesday night asking his Twitter followers, “What was your biggest takeaway from the Jordan Documentary thus far?” After receiving 3.9 million comments on the status, the Milwaukee Bucks superstar shared his response on Friday morning. “My MJ takeaway from

2:01 AM ET Mark McNamara, the 6-foot-11 center who etched his name into the Cal men’s basketball record books during his two seasons there before moving onto an eight-year NBA career, died Monday of heart failure. He was 60. McNamara had been dealing with heart issues and other health problems for several years. McNamara played

7:59 PM ET For a time, Las Vegas was the most popular idea for a proposed resumption of the NBA season: a bubble city of teams grinding out the playoffs within a quarantine of connected casino hotels and arenas. As time has passed, those talking with NBA commissioner Adam Silver find him still needing to

Apr 28, 2020 Tim BontempsESPN Luka Doncic could become the best-ever NBA player from Europe. Trae Young has already become one of the NBA’s most dynamic offensive players. Zion Williamson is the most electrifying rookie since LeBron James. Ja Morant has turned the Memphis Grizzlies into must-see TV. But which rising star would NBA decision-makers

7:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN ON THE SECOND day of the New Orleans Pelicans‘ training camp in September, the media was permitted to observe only one play — and what a play it was. Lonzo Ball stood on the sideline preparing to inbound with Zion Williamson at the elbow closest to him. Williamson quickly went