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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterApr 16, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions Sunday afternoon after a valuable victory for the Los Angeles Lakers in New Orleans, LeBron James asked aloud how many games he ended up playing in

Apr 16, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA play-in tournament begins Tuesday, featuring two of the game’s biggest stars each fighting to secure a spot in the first round. Before LeBron James‘ Los Angeles Lakers take on the New Orleans Pelicans and Stephen Curry‘s Golden State Warriors face the Sacramento Kings, our

Associated Press Apr 16, 2024, 12:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons are looking for new leadership after finishing with the NBA’s worst record for the second straight year. The Pistons announced Monday, a day after finishing the season 14-68, that it will hire a head of basketball operations who will

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 15, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordi Fernandez has emerged as the Brooklyn Nets‘ choice to become the franchise’s next coach, separating himself amid a wide, month-long search that now has the Nets prepared to hire the Sacramento Kings‘ top assistant, sources told ESPN on Monday night. Fernandez, 41, has

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 09:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — A healthy Trae Young gives the Atlanta Hawks their best hope for overcoming season-long injury woes and advancing past the Chicago Bulls in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament. Young hopes he can provide his normal production after playing three games at the

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 15, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions USA Basketball is finalizing a 2024 Paris Olympics men’s basketball roster that includes several of the generation’s iconic players — including the Lakers’ LeBron James, Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Suns’ Kevin Durant and 76ers’ Joel Embiid, sources told ESPN on Monday. Team USA managing director

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 15, 2024, 02:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mark Daigneault of the Oklahoma City Thunder was voted the National Basketball Coaches Association’s NBA coach of the year on Monday. Daigneault delivered the youngest team in modern league history (an average of 24 years old) to the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed and

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Attendance was up 1.4% in the NBA this season, with the league setting records for ticket sales and sellouts. The total attendance in the regular season that ended Sunday was 22,536,341, the league said — the second consecutive season in which

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LaMelo Ball is once again contemplating wearing ankle braces if it means staying on the court. Ball has been limited to 58 games the past two seasons combined because of ankle issues and hasn’t played for the Charlotte Hornets since Jan.

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 15, 2024, 09:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Allen has agreed on a four-year, $70 million contract extension that includes a player option, his agents Mitch Nathan, Aaron Mintz and Steven Heumann of CAA Sports told ESPN on Monday. The deal keeps Allen out of unrestricted free agency

NBA Insiders Apr 15, 2024, 09:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA postseason is here. Let’s look closer at the 20 teams that still have a chance to win the 2023-24 title — including a trio of MVPs who will need to survive the play-in tournament to advance. In the Eastern Conference bracket, the

Apr 15, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Who are the NBA free agents to watch in 2024 and 2025? Most superstars have signed long-term extensions with their current teams, shrinking the list of available stars for the teams with cap space this summer. Still, 2024 could be transformative in Los Angeles, with LeBron

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 14, 2024, 09:27 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 NEW ORLEANS — The regular season ended for the Los Angeles Lakers on

Jamal Collier, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 07:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO — The Milwaukee Bucks will enter the NBA playoffs as the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and face the Indiana Pacers in the first round. The Bucks fell to the 3-seed after they were blown out by the Orlando Magic 113-88

ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 06:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 points in one half of action, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Dallas Mavericks 135-86 on Sunday to clinch the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Oklahoma City finished with the same

Kendra Andrews, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and forward Draymond Green will not play in the team’s regular-season finale against the Utah Jazz on Sunday afternoon. “[Curry] could play. If he had to play, he would be playing,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr

Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 14, 2024, 04:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Long after the Philadelphia 76ers emerged with a comfortable 107-86 victory over the Brooklyn Nets in their season finale here at Wells Fargo Center, most of the 76ers roster was standing in the locker room watching the final moments of the New

Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Pelicans high-scoring wing Brandon Ingram, who has missed 12 games with a left knee contusion, is returning for Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Los Angeles Lakers. Ingram has averaged 20.9 points in 63 games this season. Coach Willie Green