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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2024, 12:47 PM 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 — In the wake of an NBA Finals run, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison said he plans for the team’s rotation

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 21, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Boston Celtics snapped a 16-year championship drought on Monday night, defeating the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to claim their record-setting 18th NBA title. As a result, the 2023-24 NBA season officially is in the books. And, naturally, the

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 11:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent guard Malik Monk intends to sign a four-year, $78 million deal — including a player option — to return to the Sacramento Kings, sources told ESPN on Thursday night. Monk, the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year runner-up, had a career-best season,

Anthony Gharib, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 10:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hundreds of fans stood in line for Al Horford — not for his basketball skills, but to receive food from him at a Raising Cane’s in Boston on Thursday. The Celtics center served chicken at the fast-food joint three days after winning the NBA

ESPN Insiders Jun 20, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a deal to hire JJ Redick as the franchise’s next coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, ending a drawn-out search for one of the NBA’s premier jobs. Redick will get a four-year deal and will now be

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Bulls are trading two-time All-Defensive Team guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for guard Josh Giddey, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The trade delivers the Thunder one of the league’s most coveted role players, a 30-year-old guard general manager Sam

Anthony Gharib, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 06:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers agreed to a four-year contract with JJ Redick to make him their new head coach Thursday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The hiring comes nearly two months after the franchise fired Darvin Ham after two seasons. Editor’s Picks 1 Related

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 03:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a four-year contract with JJ Redick to make him the franchise’s next coach, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Redick, an ESPN NBA analyst who played 15 years in the league, met with Lakers vice president and general

Anthony Gharib, ESPNJun 19, 2024, 10:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kendrick Lamar held his “The Pop Out: Ken & Friends” concert in Inglewood, California, on Wednesday in front of NBA lore. LeBron James, James Harden, DeMar DeRozan and Russell Westbrook were all in attendance at the Kia Forum. Los Angeles-area natives DeRozan and Westbrook

Open Extended Reactions Sources from a half-dozen NBA teams have told ESPN they’ve had difficulty securing workouts with 2024 draft prospect Bronny James, but the agent for the former USC guard confirmed James has worked out individually for just two teams at this point — the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers — and

Kendra Andrews, ESPNJun 19, 2024, 12:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II has opted into his $9.1 million player option for the 2024-25 season, sources told ESPN. At his exit interview in April, Payton hinted at his desire to return to Golden State but said he hoped to renegotiate

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 19, 2024, 11:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With NBA draft and free agency just weeks away, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported last week that UConn’s Dan Hurley has turned down an offer to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. After the Washington Wizards removed the interim tag and named

Field Level Media Jun 19, 2024, 12:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York billionaire Julia Koch and her children are purchasing a minority stake in BSE Global, which owns the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA, the New York Liberty of the WNBA and Barclays Center in Brooklyn. BSE Global announced the pending transaction but

Jun 19, 2024, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After one season, the Detroit Pistons have dismissed coach Monty Williams, who leaves with five years and $65 million-plus left on his deal, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The decision to fire Williams was made at the ownership level, sources told Wojnarowski. Team Win Pct. Pistons

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 19, 2024, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions All-Star forward Pascal Siakam intends to sign a four-year, $189.5 million maximum contract to stay with the Indiana Pacers, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard and general manager Chad Buchanan presented the max offer to Siakam and his

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJun 18, 2024, 03:30 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Authorities in Canada are opening a criminal investigation into the betting scandal involving former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter. Craig Abrams, spokesperson for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), told ESPN on

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions THE CALL ITSELF was not unusual. In the seven years they’d played together, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown had kept in touch over the summers. Mostly via text,

Scott Van Pelt, Host, SportsCenter with SVPJun 18, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Close Scott Van Pelt joined ESPN in Spring 2001 as the network’s lead professional golf reporter. He has since become a SportsCenter anchor, primarily hosting the 11 p.m. ET edition while remaining the lead reporter and host of the network’s coverage of golf’s