5:25 PM ET Michigan freshman guard Jett Howard will declare for the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Thursday. “This was a great learning year for me,” Howard told ESPN. “It’s what I needed. It taught me how to play within a pro-style offense and be effective, to get out of my comfort zone,

Mar 22, 2023 ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Trailing by a point with 7.2 seconds left, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch looked at Karl-Anthony Towns in the huddle and told him he’d get the ball with a chance to put Minnesota ahead. It set up Towns for a memorable return from a right calf injury. Towns

2:37 PM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. The best fantasy basketball managers make a habit of looking at the NBA schedule, examining box scores and scouring the news for

3:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Darvin Ham sat down in front of reporters following his team’s 122-111 win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday and, before fielding any questions, couldn’t help but smile at how his new-look starting lineup performed. “You like the little trick up the sleeve?” Ham asked. He was

Mar 21, 2023 Tim BontempsESPN Willis Reed, the legendary captain and star center for the New York Knicks who led the franchise to its only two championships and was the author of one of the signature moments in NBA history, has died. He was 80. “The Knicks organization is deeply saddened to announce the passing

12:12 PM ET UCF freshman Taylor Hendricks will forgo his remaining college eligibility and enter the 2023 NBA draft, he told ESPN on Wednesday. Hendricks says he has signed with attorney Raymond Brothers, president of Roc Nation basketball, as his NBA representation. “I want to thank my mom and brothers Tyler and Jamal,” Hendricks said.

Mar 21, 2023 MEMPHIS — For the second time this month, Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks was given an automatic one-game suspension due to his technical fouls total for the season. In yet another eventful performance for the pesky defender known as Dillon “The Villain,” Brooks picked up his 18th technical foul of the season

12:21 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN HOUSTON — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he couldn’t even remember the last time his team won a road game before Monday night. When told it was Jan. 30, Kerr briefly paused. “Thanks, that doesn’t make me feel any better,” he said. Golden State snapped an 11-game road

2:28 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C — Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball said he anticipates being ready for training camp in September after suffering through an injury-plagued 2022-23 season in which he sprained his left ankle three times and fractured his right ankle, all of which limited him to 36 games. Whether he’ll consider

7:05 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball underwent cartilage transplant surgery on his left knee earlier Monday, a procedure coach Billy Donovan said gives Ball the best chance to, at some point in the future, resume his NBA career. “I know he’s going to work really hard [on his rehab],”