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Jeremy Woo, ESPNJun 23, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IT’S RARE THAT the viewing interests of fans and scouts ever completely align, but as circumstances would have it, last season’s most-watched jump ball came at the outset of the men’s national title game in Glendale, Arizona. UConn’s 7-foot-3 Donovan Clingan, anchoring a defense

Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent playoff heartbreaks into happiness. Eight months later, they toasted the franchise’s 18th championship in what has become the signature Boston celebration, joined Friday by a huge crowd for a duck boat parade

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2024, 12:47 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 — In the wake of an NBA Finals run, Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison said he plans for the team’s rotation

Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 08:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — There is still plenty of uncertainty and mystery surrounding the Detroit Pistons. The organization is coming off the worst season in franchise history and is again searching for a new coach. There’s no clear-cut path to success and the roster — beyond

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Bulls are trading two-time All-Defensive Team guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for guard Josh Giddey, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The trade delivers the Thunder one of the league’s most coveted role players, a 30-year-old guard general manager Sam

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 11:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent guard Malik Monk intends to sign a four-year, $78 million deal — including a player option — to return to the Sacramento Kings, sources told ESPN on Thursday night. Monk, the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year runner-up, had a career-best season,

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 03:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a four-year contract with JJ Redick to make him the franchise’s next coach, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Redick, an ESPN NBA analyst who played 15 years in the league, met with Lakers vice president and general

ESPN Insiders Jun 20, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a deal to hire JJ Redick as the franchise’s next coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, ending a drawn-out search for one of the NBA’s premier jobs. Redick will get a four-year deal and will now be

Kendra Andrews, ESPNJun 19, 2024, 12:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State Warriors guard Gary Payton II has opted into his $9.1 million player option for the 2024-25 season, sources told ESPN. At his exit interview in April, Payton hinted at his desire to return to Golden State but said he hoped to renegotiate

Open Extended Reactions Sources from a half-dozen NBA teams have told ESPN they’ve had difficulty securing workouts with 2024 draft prospect Bronny James, but the agent for the former USC guard confirmed James has worked out individually for just two teams at this point — the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers — and

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 19, 2024, 09:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions All-Star forward Pascal Siakam intends to sign a four-year, $189.5 million maximum contract to stay with the Indiana Pacers, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Pacers president of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard and general manager Chad Buchanan presented the max offer to Siakam and his

Jun 19, 2024, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After one season, the Detroit Pistons have dismissed coach Monty Williams, who leaves with five years and $65 million-plus left on his deal, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The decision to fire Williams was made at the ownership level, sources told Wojnarowski. Team Win Pct. Pistons

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions THE CALL ITSELF was not unusual. In the seven years they’d played together, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown had kept in touch over the summers. Mostly via text,

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJun 18, 2024, 03:30 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Authorities in Canada are opening a criminal investigation into the betting scandal involving former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter. Craig Abrams, spokesperson for the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), told ESPN on

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 18, 2024, 06:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jeff Van Gundy has agreed on a deal to become the lead assistant on Ty Lue’s LA Clippers‘ coaching staff, sources told ESPN. Van Gundy is considered one of the finest minds in basketball and had been pursued for years to rejoin coaching on

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 17, 2024, 11:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Behind 31 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists from Jayson Tatum and 21 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists from Finals MVP Jaylen Brown, the Boston Celtics blew out the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 to win the 2024 NBA Finals, winning a record-setting

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 17, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Celtics have listed Kristaps Porzingis as available for Game 5 of the NBA Finals and is expected to play, according to coach Joe Mazzulla. Porzingis was listed as available ahead of Game 4 Friday in Dallas but did not end

ESPN Insiders Jun 17, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With the Dallas Mavericks avoiding a sweep in the 2024 NBA Finals by winning Game 4 over the Boston Celtics 122-84, their next task will be once again staving off elimination — this time on the road in Monday’s Game 5 at TD Garden.