8:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA set the salary cap for the 2019-20 season at $109.14 million, a raise of just over $7 million from last season. The tax level will be $132,627,000 and the minimum salary, which is 90 percent of the cap, is $98,226,000. All of those figures are
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8:34 PM ET Six-time All-Star Kyrie Irving is meeting with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday in New York with both sides motivated to reach a deal on a four-year, $141 million maximum contract, league sources told ESPN on Saturday. The free-agent guard is part of the Nets’ bold two-part plan to acquire Irving and All-NBA
5:39 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers have come to an agreement with J.R. Smith to push back the guarantee date of his contract from Sunday night until July 15 to allow the team more time to trade him, sources told ESPN.com. Only $3.9 million of Smith’s $15.6 million salary was guaranteed, making him an option
7:17 PM ET Let’s bounce around the free-agency questions big and small as we wait on Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and the other massive dominoes. What are the ripple effects of Boston closing in on Kemba Walker? • Boston potentially devoting most of its cap space to Walker would mark an intriguing rebound
11:44 PM ET Marc J. Spears Veteran guard Darren Collison has decided to retire from the NBA after 10 seasons primarily to concentrate on helping the less fortunate through his Jehovah’s Witness faith, he told ESPN’s The Undefeated in a written letter. “While I still love basketball, I know there is something more important, which
3:20 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors announced on Friday multiyear contract extensions for general manager Bob Myers and chief operating officer Rick Welts. Golden State reached its fifth straight NBA Finals before losing to the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 to miss out on a three-peat after winning
7:19 AM ET Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books On the day after the Golden State Warriors lost the NBA Finals,
3:44 PM ET The Boston Celtics are hiring former WNBA and Olympic champion Kara Lawson as an assistant coach, league sources tell ESPN. Lawson, an ESPN analyst, also has been a television analyst for the Washington Wizards for the past three seasons and has contemplated several coaching opportunities in recent years before landing with Boston.
3:27 PM ET Free agent Kawhi Leonard is expected to allow the Toronto Raptors to make the final presentation among the teams meeting with him in Los Angeles next week, league sources tell ESPN. The incumbent often prefers to go last in trying to convince a player to stay with the team. 2 Related Leonard
9:14 AM ET The Boston Celtics have emerged as the front-runner to sign Charlotte guard Kemba Walker once free agency opens on Sunday, league sources tell ESPN. Walker, 29, has averaged more than 20 points per game in four straight seasons and is averaging 19.8 points per game for his career since joining the league