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Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterOct 13, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, playing at Madison Square Garden for the first time since being traded from New York two weeks ago, had to be separated from Knicks assistant coach Rick Brunson following the Knicks’ 115-110 preseason victory Sunday night. Players

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 07:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Jerry West made history Sunday by becoming the first three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. This honor for West, who died in June at 86, was for his work as a contributor, largely recognizing the eight championships

Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 13, 2024, 04:01 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers announced Sunday that superstar center Joel Embiid will sit out for the remainder of the preseason due to left knee injury management. Embiid wasn’t with the team on the start of its three-game preseason road trip to Iowa Friday and Boston on Saturday, instead

By early 2000, Carter was a newly minted All-Star, a dynamic scorer and one of the NBA’s rising names, but he was still a foreign entity playing in Canada for the Toronto Raptors. It would take a generational moment, his performance in Oakland, to reach his grandest level of fame. Yet before Carter could become

Part 2: Preparing for launch Carter shot 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range, and he led Team USA in scoring at 14.8 points per game during an 8-0 run to the gold medal. The national team extended its winning streak to 25 games and improved its overall Olympic record to 109-2.

Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 12, 2024, 04:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, becoming the only player to appear in the league across four different decades. He scored over 25,000 points, made eight All-Star teams, won the 1999 Rookie of the Year award and was named to a pair

Kevin Pelton, ESPN Senior WriterOct 12, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Open Extended Reactions The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame welcomes its latest inductees, with former NBA stars Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups headlining the 13-member

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 10:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DES MOINES, Iowa — Paul George‘s scoring touch was on display in his preseason debut with the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. George made 8 of 15 shots and scored a team-high 23 points in a 121-111 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. George logged

ESPN Insiders Oct 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a high-flying career that traversed 22 seasons, “Air Canada” officially lands at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Vince Carter‘s enshrinement caps a career defined by big-time slam dunks and impressive longevity. Carter played for eight teams, most notably with

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions Get Karl-Anthony Towns and $300,000 to spare. For the New York Knicks, this was the mandate and the margin. Towns and his new Knicks teammates will

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterOct 11, 2024, 12:14 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — The butterflies fluttered in Klay Thompson‘s stomach for days before Thursday night’s preseason game, his first NBA appearance that wasn’t

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2024, 10:31 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — As JJ Redick undergoes his first steps of the job transition

ESPN News Services Oct 10, 2024, 02:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Commissioner Adam Silver believes the NBA could stage games in China again, five years after a conflict over the Hong Kong democracy protests prompted a backlash against the league by Chinese broadcasters. “I think we will bring games back to China at some

Shams Charania, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 11:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is targeting a season debut in January as he rehabs two ankle procedures over the last year, sources told ESPN. Robinson and the Knicks are expected to take a cautious approach to his return after he played in

Shams Charania, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After 15 NBA seasons, Danny Green says he is retiring from basketball. Green, who announced his retirement on his podcast Thursday, is one of four players in NBA history to win championships with three different teams (2014 with the Spurs, 2019 with the Raptors,

The start of the 2024-25 NBA season is less than two weeks away. Preseason action is in full swing and will end next Friday. But before those games tip off, there are plenty of key questions surrounding several playoff contenders. How are new-look teams such as the Knicks and Timberwolves figuring out their rosters? Can

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterOct 10, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions IT WAS NEAR midnight on the evening

Kendra Andrews, ESPNOct 10, 2024, 02:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors have almost always been synonymous with fast-paced offenses and 3-point shooting, but this year they are going through training camp knowing that’s what they want to form their identity around. Still searching for the best combinations on