8:00 AM ET The morning began like any other at the Fort Bonifacio housing tenement in Taguig City, Philippines, just outside Manila. Caged roosters crowed on the rooftop. Seven floors below, bristles from an elderly resident’s broom swept away the remnants of the city festival that rocked the building the day before. Suspended behind the
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8:00 AM ET The Miami Heat have risen so far over the past two-plus years, and came so, so close before Thursday’s trade deadline to building a team that would have really caught the attention of the three juggernauts in Milwaukee and Los Angeles. A little over three years ago, with the Heat at 11-30,
3:30 PM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline has now passed, and the NBA saw marquee players switch teams ahead of the 3 p.m. ET cutoff. Players took to social media to share their reactions on being moved, along with others who commented on the flurry of activity across the league. Some of the leagues’
5:25 PM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m. ET. After nearly five months between NBA trades — a rare break in the transaction game — the action heated up on Dec. 23 when the Jazz and Cavaliers agreed to a deal centered on guard Jordan Clarkson. Since then, there has
10:17 PM ET The Sacramento Kings are trading center Dewayne Dedmon to the Atlanta Hawks for forward Jabari Parker and center Alex Len, sources told ESPN’s Zach Lowe and Adrian Wojnarowski. Sacramento is sending Atlanta a 2020 and a 2021 second-round pick in the deal as well. Dedmon, 31, is averaging 5.1 points and 4.9
7:40 AM ET ANDRE IGUODALA SITS at a conference table inside the bustling San Francisco offices of Zuora, a public software company. He listens as the founder, Tien Tzuo, and leading executives sing the liturgical language of Silicon Valley — engagement and cadence, creating what we call pulse, customer journey, individual contributor function and muscle
12:34 AM ET The Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets have agreed to a multiplayer trade that includes Clint Capela and Robert Covington, among other players, and draft picks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The four-team deal sends Covington and Jordan Bell to Houston; Capela and Nene to Atlanta; Malik Beasley, Juan
12:02 PM ET The New York Knicks parted ways with president Steve Mills, the team announced Tuesday. General manager Scott Perry will oversee the basketball operations in the interim, the team said. Knicks owner James Dolan has long coveted Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri to run the franchise’s basketball operations, but complications involving Ujiri’s contract
7:42 AM ET On Thursday night, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo will draft the 2020 NBA All-Star Game rosters from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves in each conference. This year’s game is missing a few huge pieces, as superstars including Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson are all
1:03 AM ET Andre Iguodala hasn’t played a minute for the surprising Memphis Grizzlies this season, and come Thursday’s trade deadline, there’s a good chance he never will. Dillon Brooks is among those on Memphis hoping that’s the case. With the trade deadline looming, the third-year guard didn’t mince words when asked about speculation that
9:04 AM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and NBA All-Star Weekend is upon us. The week ahead represents a chance for many teams to get new additions situated before some time away. The Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers still lead their respective conferences, but the Toronto Raptors are coming.
9:31 AM ET The fun thing about the trade deadline is that it’s a deadline — which spurs activity. Just when you think it’s barren, seven trades come across Woj’s Twitter feed in a two-minute span. The lead-up has been a tad dull. Bradley Beal‘s extension took him off the market until the offseason, removing
8:21 PM ET The Houston Rockets are actively discussing several trade scenarios involving center Clint Capela, including with a host of Eastern Conference franchises, league sources told ESPN. The Rockets are engaged in three-way trade possibilities that might allow for them to use Capela to gather the draft assets needed to acquire an impact wing
5:56 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Terence Davis hasn’t forgotten about being passed over for a spot in the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star weekend. Even so, the Toronto Raptors‘ rookie is just happy he’s playing for a contender. Davis came off the bench to score a career-high 31 points and the Raptors tied
11:54 AM ET ESPN News Services Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will be reevaluated in a week after suffering a ligament sprain in Saturday night’s loss to the Washington Wizards. The Nets announced that an MRI done Sunday morning on Irving’s right knee confirmed the initial diagnosis of a medial ligament sprain. He will miss
2:44 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard continued his historic streak of dominant play Saturday with his third 50-point performance in his past six games as the Blazers defeated the visiting Utah Jazz 124-107 to win their fourth consecutive game. According to Elias Sports Bureau research, Lillard is the first
12:04 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren left Saturday’s game against the New York Knicks in the third quarter due to a head injury and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, according to coach Nate McMillan. Warren left after falling under the basket where it appeared he hit his head
9:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Al Horford became a five-time All-Star and developed a reputation as one of the NBA’s most underrated players in part because of one key attribute: versatility. Drafted as a power forward by the Atlanta Hawks, he became the rare center who could grab a rebound and lead the