12:50 PM ET No decision has been made on Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks’ expiring contract, general manager Tommy Sheppard said Thursday. On the morning after the Wizards were eliminated by the Philadelphia 76ers in five games, Brooks was the top topic for the general manager and coach, with Sheppard saying an evaluation is likely
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8:14 AM ET Nigeria coach Mike Brown has confirmed to ESPN that he may be forced to pick two different teams in the coming two months, as the Olympics and Afrobasket tournaments are within two weeks of each other. The Afrobasket tournament starts in Rwanda on August 24, two weeks after the Olympics end in
2:09 AM ET The Utah Jazz exorcized some recent postseason demons with a 126-110 series-clinching win in Game 5 against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. The Jazz not only closed out a tough-minded young Grizzlies team led by Ja Morant, but they did so after blowing a 3-1 lead to
11:35 PM ET A pivotal moment in this Philadelphia 76ers season might’ve taken place in the middle of the night this week along I-95 in rural Maryland. Monday night was bad for the Sixers. They lost star Joel Embiid to a knee injury that could cost him multiple playoff games and threaten their title hopes.
2:45 AM ET Luka Doncic posted another historic statistical line to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 105-100 win over the LA Clippers in Wednesday night’s pivotal Game 5, but he didn’t impress himself. “I could have played way better,” Doncic said after his 42-point, eight-rebound, 14-assist performance. “I missed a lot of shots, some
3:15 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After Kawhi Leonard air-balled a contested 3-pointer from the corner with 4.9 seconds left Wednesday night, the LA Clippers walked out of a stunned Staples Center for perhaps the final time this season. The Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic pushed the Clippers to the brink with a 105-100 victory
2:17 AM ET LOS ANGELES — From the moment Luka Doncic declared for the NBA draft in 2018, this game was coming. The game when it became clear he wasn’t just a great talent, but one who was ready to lead a team to a win against any opponent, in any playoff series, in any
11:54 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN After the Washington Wizards saw their season end with a Game 5 first-round loss to the 76ers on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, Bradley Beal said it was too soon to declare either way what his future intentions will be as he enters the final year of his contract. “I haven’t
12:27 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN As fans in Madison Square Garden rose to their feet to give one last round of applause to their New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young wanted to send the crowd home with one more parting gift. In the final minute of Wednesday’s Game 5, Young sized up Knicks
7:24 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis, who has missed the past game and a half of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first-round series against the Phoenix Suns because of a strained groin, will be a gametime decision in Thursday’s Game 6. And that decision will be made not by him but by the Lakers’
3:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN After the Boston Celtics shocked the basketball world with their dual announcement of longtime president of basketball operations Danny Ainge retiring and coach Brad Stevens leaving the sideline to replace him, Stevens said he chose to leave coaching and take on this new challenge because he wants “to do what’s
1:12 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge Wednesday set a 2022 trial date for a man charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told Billy Ray Turner that his trial
1:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Philadelphia 76ers announced Wednesday that superstar center Joel Embiid has a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee after taking an awkward fall during Game 4 of the first-round playoff series against the Washington Wizards on Monday night. The Sixers said the injury will be treated not with surgery
9:52 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge is seriously considering his future with the franchise and could make a decision to step down, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Ainge is scheduled to speak to the media later Wednesday, a day after Boston’s disappointing season came to an end in
10:32 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Danny Ainge is stepping down as the Boston Celtics president of basketball operations and the franchise is elevating coach Brad Stevens to run basketball operations, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics will start a search to hire a head coach to replace Stevens, sources said. Celtics staff were informed
12:30 AM ET Dame Time. You know what that means. On Tuesday night, Damian Lillard put on an electric 55-point performance, becoming the first player in NBA history with at least 50 points, 10 assists and 10 three-pointers in a game, regular season or playoffs. With his twelfth 3-pointer, the pride of the Portland Trail
1:31 AM ET PHOENIX — The Los Angeles Lakers‘ repeat title hopes are on life support after Tuesday’s 115-85 shellacking by the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round series, putting L.A. one loss away from elimination. “We’ll find out what we’re made of and we’ll find out how bad we want
1:24 AM ET NEW YORK — After a dominant 34-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist performance to help close out the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, Brooklyn Nets star James Harden was already looking ahead to the Milwaukee Bucks, the team’s second-round opponent, by the time he sat down for his postgame news conference after the 123-109 Game