12:16 PM ET Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 James Harden indicated to the Houston Rockets before the beginning of training
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2:14 AM ET Months ago, LeBron James bit his tongue when Kyrie Irving‘s comments on Kevin Durant‘s podcast seemed to disparage the Los Angeles Lakers star’s late-game abilities. Now James has opened up about his former teammate’s take on a podcast appearance of his own. James, appearing as a guest on the Road Trippin’ podcast
8:01 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry says the possibility of signing an extension with the organization is “on the table” and reiterated that he is hopeful he eventually will retire from the only professional team he has ever known. When asked if he plans to sign a contract extension, Curry, 32,
8:27 PM ET Denver Nuggets guard Monte Morris has agreed to a three-year, $27 million contract extension, his agent, Ron Shade of Octagon, told ESPN on Monday night. Morris, who could’ve become an unrestricted free agent next summer, is yet another draft and development success story of Denver president of basketball operations Tim Connelly’s and
6:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green and No. 2 overall draft pick James Wiseman missed Day 1 of the team’s training camp Monday. Coach Steve Kerr didn’t specify why the two were absent but did say they were the only two players not to take the court. Kerr said
3:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Last season, one of the most scrutinized things about a much-scrutinized Philadelphia 76ers team was which position Ben Simmons was playing. He began the season, as he had the prior two, as the team’s point guard. When the Sixers arrived inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort
7:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James says that the most satisfying part of the two-year, $85 million contract extension he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers last week isn’t the money. It isn’t the fact that it assures him 20 seasons in the NBA. It isn’t the pride in knowing he’s worked hard
5:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN In a memo sent to teams by the NBA Monday morning, the league laid out resting policies for the 2020-21 regular season — including granting significant flexibility to teams resting players in non-nationally televised games, particularly at the start of the season. The memo, which was obtained by ESPN, says
3:31 PM ET Houston Rockets coach Stephen Silas referred to disgruntled superstar James Harden’s absence from training camp as a holdout on Monday and said there is “no timetable” he is aware of for the perennial All-Star guard to report. After Harden missed Houston’s first team workout Sunday, Silas cited the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols as
3:10 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo gave his mom the birthday present of a lifetime on Sunday. After years of struggling while living together in a single-wide trailer home, Adebayo bought his mom, Marilyn Blount, a home she can call her own. Just a couple weeks after signing a five-year max extension
12:16 PM ET The Toronto Raptors announced Monday that three members of their organization have tested positive for COVID-19. “All three are, and will continue to, self-isolate away from the rest of the organization,” the team said in a statement. The Raptors added that follow-up testing and contact tracing has “so far revealed no spread
11:52 AM ET The Orlando Magic‘s Terrence Ross has a non-displaced, hairline fracture of the big toe on his left foot, the team announced Monday. The injury was diagnosed through an MRI after Ross had been experiencing discomfort. He will still take part in noncontact practice activities and will be evaluated, the team said. The
10:46 AM ET NBA teams will get $30 million each to help with finances and protect against any liquidity issues due to the pandemic, according to a report in the Sports Business Journal. The money comes from $900 million the league raised from notes issued by the NBA in the private placement market, SBJ reported.
6:59 AM ET The league looks a little different since our last rundown of all 30 teams. Star guards Russell Westbrook and John Wall swapped teams. Jrue Holiday and Gordon Hayward changed uniforms. The Philadelphia 76ers got a new head coach and a new president of basketball operations. What about the Los Angeles Lakers? L.A.
7:05 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Zion Williamson will head into his second NBA season with “no restrictions,” the New Orleans Pelicans star said Sunday. Talking to reporters as the Pelicans opened their training camp, Williamson flashed the biggest smile of the day when asked about what limitations he might have this season. “Me and [Pelicans]
5:18 PM ET After his first practice with the Houston Rockets, point guard John Wall spoke wistfully of his decade with the Washington Wizards and vowed to return to All-Star form with his new franchise coming off a two-year layoff. Wall said it was a “surreal” feeling reporting to practice in Houston — which traded
3:39 PM ET The LA Clippers entered the first day of training camp motivated and “pissed off” on Sunday, according to point guard Patrick Beverley. Beverley said the sting of the Clippers’ 3-1 second-round collapse to the Denver Nuggets still resonates with him and motivates his teammates to regain their fight and hit back this
4:09 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The Milwaukee Bucks concluded their first team practice Sunday by singing “Happy Birthday” to back-to-back reigning MVP and Defensive Player of the Year Giannis Antetokounmpo. Teammates Khris Middleton and Pat Connaughton thought of the perfect gift for the 26-year-old Antetokounmpo as he mulls over his decision on whether to sign