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ESPN News Services Jul 10, 2024, 11:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kawhi Leonard has withdrawn from Team USA less than three weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics. USA Basketball announced Leonard’s decision Wednesday, saying the LA Clippers star will spend the rest of the summer preparing for the 2024-25 NBA season. “Kawhi

ESPN News Services Jul 10, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Zach Edey clearly had made a good first NBA impression with bookmakers. Edey is now the consensus betting favorite for Rookie of the Year after his outstanding Summer League debut with the Memphis Grizzlies. A polarizing draft prospect because of questions over how

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 10, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The first partnership between LeBron James and Stephen Curry in international play began with a phone call in the fall. That’s when, as Curry recalled, the two longtime NBA rivals spoke about the possibility of teaming up at the 2024 Paris Olympics and joining

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 9, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Team USA will be without Kevin Durant for Wednesday night’s game against Team Canada, its first of five exhibition games ahead of the Paris Olympics, due to the calf strain that has kept Durant out of the entirety of the national

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterJul 9, 2024, 08:03 PM 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 An ex-Minnesota Timberwolves employee was sentenced Tuesday

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJul 9, 2024, 07:29 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Associated Press Jul 9, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions METAIRIE, La. — Dejounte Murray took no offense to being traded after each of his two best seasons in the NBA. Rather, the 27-year-old point guard says he’s gratified by the opportunity to join a team that made the 2024 playoffs and is headlined

ESPN News Services Jul 9, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CAMDEN, N.J. — Caleb Martin turned down a deal that would have reportedly paid him $65 million over the next five seasons to stay with the Miami Heat and instead signed a four-year deal guaranteed for more than $32 million with the Philadelphia

Andrew Lopez, ESPNJul 9, 2024, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — In the twilight of his career, Chris Paul could have opted to chase an elusive NBA championship. Instead, he chose to go to a team that went just 22-60 a season ago. Why? He still wants to compete. “I love nothing

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJul 9, 2024, 01:41 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 — Klay Thompson said he has moved past the disappointment over realizing a “breakup” with the Golden State Warriors after a

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJul 9, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham has agreed on a five-year, $224 million maximum rookie extension that could become worth as much as $269 million, his agents Jeff Schwartz and James Dunleavy of Excel Basketball told ESPN on Tuesday. Cunningham — the No. 1 overall

Anthony Gharib, ESPNJul 9, 2024, 09:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LATE IN GAME 3 of the 2024 Eastern Conference finals, the Boston Celtics were fighting. The Indiana Pacers held a 2-point lead with 1:11 remaining in the fourth quarter. A win would cut the Celtics’ advantage to 2-1, ensuring the series would return to

Some of the NBA’s best players will compete against Team USA at the Paris Olympics, so the U.S. must, as Carmelo Anthony said, “put our ‘Avengers’ together” in hopes of taking gold. Pick a starting five from the roster pool of American heroes (plus a couple of snubs). We’ll add up their projected 2025 RAPTOR

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 8, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Fresh off winning an NBA title and signing a record contract extension over the weekend, Jayson Tatum arrived in Sin City for his first Team USA training camp practice Monday with a fresh haircut and feeling like a weight was lifted

Associated Press Jul 8, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo has two primary goals to accomplish at the Paris Olympics. The first one is obvious: win a gold medal. The second one: get a picture with Simone Biles. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Among Biles’ biggest fans

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJul 8, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Associated Press Jul 8, 2024, 01:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — When the Brooklyn Nets made their first deal with the local rival New York Knicks in four decades, they traded away their best all-around player in Mikal Bridges. Bridges was the key piece the Nets acquired when they sent Kevin Durant

Jul 8, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent Haywood Highsmith has agreed on a two-year, $11 million deal to return to the Miami Heat, his agent, Jerry Dianis, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. The two years on the deal are fully guaranteed and include no options, Dianis told ESPN. Editor’s Picks