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2:07 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors honored Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven other victims of the horrific helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Saturday, but after the game, the Los Angeles Lakers were still talking about LeBron James‘ unintended tribute to Bryant with his breakaway dunk in Thursday’s

8:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — ZACH LaVINE had a vision. The All-Star Game was set to return to Chicago and LaVine would be there, representing the hometown Chicago Bulls. He said that was the goal before the season tipped off. LaVine played some of the best basketball of his career in the first

7:47 AM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline saw 10 deals take place before the 3 p.m. ET cutoff Thursday, as title contenders acquired reinforcements and rebuilding squads made deals in hopes of a brighter future. Do the Golden State Warriors see a future with Andrew Wiggins as they look to reload? Are the Los

2:45 AM ET Lawrence MurrayESPN.com The entire viewing audience that tuned into Friday night’s matchup between the Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz was looking for a show. What the people got was a controversial finish in a game the Jazz would win 117-114. The odds were already stacked against the Trail Blazers when Friday

2:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside and wreckage at the scene showed no sign of engine failure, federal investigators said in a report released Friday. The Jan. 26

2:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any outward evidence of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and the others died in the Jan.

2:21 PM ET The 2020 NBA trade deadline has officially passed, but it was a final stretch full of deals in the Association. The flurry of moves was highlighted by the four-team, 12-player megadeal involving Clint Capela, the Miami Heat‘s deal to land veteran Andre Iguodala and the Golden State Warriors–Minnesota Timberwolves swap of D’Angelo

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

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.