9:52 PM ET Atlanta Hawks forward Vince Carter, 42, said he wants to return for a 22nd NBA season if teams are interested in him this offseason. When asked during an appearance Thursday on ESPN’s Pardon The Interruption if he had an age in mind for when he wanted to retire, Carter said, “43.” “I

1:46 PM ET Shaw University junior Amir Hinton told ESPN that he will declare for the 2019 NBA draft and hire an agent, forgoing his final season of collegiate eligibility. “I think the timing is perfect for me,” he said. “I will be hiring an agent. I am ready. I am going to try and

3:32 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Rajon Rondo has sat and watched some games this season, at times, from an empty courtside seat near the Los Angeles Lakers‘ bench. But when Rondo did it again Wednesday night before the end of a 115-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center, it created a stir.

8:00 AM ET Anthony Olivieri Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Six championships. Count ’em. OK, stop us if you’ve also heard this: LeBron James is the GOAT. The King is simply bigger and stronger, and he has done it longer. The two never

8:12 AM ET NBA InsidersESPN.com The Los Angeles Lakers‘ playoff chances continue to dwindle. What does it mean for LeBron James and the future of the franchise? Our NBA experts answer the big Lakers questions. 1. The Lakers’ playoff chances are … Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN: Remote. By dropping game after game against non-playoff opponents, the

4:08 AM ET It was the fall of 1981 and Magic Johnson was not happy. The Los Angeles Lakers had just won five in a row, but Johnson was feeling constrained by the new offense head coach Paul Westhead had installed. Westhead met with his star point guard over what he called a “lack of

11:04 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns had 41 points and 14 rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves spoiled Paul George‘s return to the Oklahoma City lineup with a 131-120 win over the Thunder on Tuesday night. Towns has 180 points over his last five games, the best five-game stretch in team history. He

8:37 AM ET The first time Gordon Hayward settled into an armchair to watch early film of his 2018-19 season, he was stunned. Who was that guy moving as though he were knee-deep in a vat of molasses? “I was thinking, ‘Wow, am I really that slow out there?'” Hayward admitted. “I think it’s hard