The Washington Wizards will look to add a promising young talent that can help dig them out of roster limbo with the Ninth pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. The Washington Wizards will enter the 2019 offseason with perhaps the bleakest outlook of any team in the NBA. The team’s franchise centerpiece, John Wall, tore
Month: May 2019
It’s funny how life works, isn’t it? For the first month of the playoffs, including two full series and half of the games played in the Eastern Conference Finals, Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet was mired in one of the worst shooting slumps in his NBA career. Aside from the postseason opening loss to the
8:24 AM ET TORONTO — Kevin Durant was long gone by the time the Golden State Warriors‘ locker room opened after Thursday night’s 118-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. His locker looked well worn, however, because this is where he sat, and paced, as his teammates lost the
In the first NBA Finals game in franchise history, the Raptors took a 1-0 lead over Golden State behind a career game from Pascal Siakam. The Raptors won both of their regular-season meetings with the Warriors — one in a thrilling overtime finish and one in a blowout — but the results proved no more
3:15 AM ET TORONTO — When you are champions, you stick with what got you here. For the Golden State Warriors, the formula in these 2019 playoffs had been fairly transparent: identify the best player on the opposing team — see James Harden and Damian Lillard — and harangue him into a night of frustration
Ahead of a summer where many of the NBA’s top superstars are entering free agency, the 2019 NBA Finals will refreshingly feature the two best players in the NBA, both of whom have been more honest than any of their counterparts about what they want out of basketball. When Kevin Durant joined the Warriors, we
It’s funny how life works, isn’t it? For the first month of the playoffs, including two full series and half of the games played in the Eastern Conference Finals, Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet was mired in one of the worst shooting slumps in his NBA career. Aside from the postseason opening loss to the
CLEVELAND, OH – MAY 21: Head coach Tyronn Lue of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts in the first half against the Boston Celtics during Game Four of the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Quicken Loans Arena on May 21, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and
7:00 AM ET As the Golden State Warriors try to navigate the beginning of the NBA Finals without star Kevin Durant, team leader Draymond Green acknowledged that his role within the framework of the team is dramatically different without Durant on the floor. “It completely changes,” Green told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols in an interview that
In this week’s 2019 NBA Mock Draft, the dust clears from the combine as prospects spread out across the country for workouts, and we start to re-evaluate the top of the class. Players like Nassir Little and Darius Bazley helped themselves over the past few weeks getting the chance to meet with teams and the
TORONTO, ON- MAY 29 – Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) takes questions as the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors host open practice and media day on the eve of the NBA Finals in Toronto. May 29, 2019. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Raptors’ OG Anunoby questionable for Game 1 of NBA Finals
10:05 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Duke’s Zion Williamson — one of the most anticipated NBA draft prospects in a generation — has signed with CAA Sports, the agency announced Thursday. CAA basketball agent Austin Brown and CAA executive Lisa Joseph-Metelus will represent Williamson, sources told ESPN. Williamson, 19, has been pursued with great enthusiasm from
11:23 PM ET LeBron James‘ sons will attend Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California, in the fall, a source with knowledge of the situation told ESPN. Bronny James, 14, and Bryce James, 11, are moving from the Crossroads School in Santa Monica to Sierra Canyon, which enrolls students from preschool to 12th grade. A source
If he can get on the floor, DeMarcus Cousins could be a game-changer for the Warriors in the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors were already good enough. They had captured back-to-back NBA titles. They had a starting lineup that featured four All-Star players in their prime. Then, a couple of years after signing away
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 21: Chris Paul #3 and James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets stand for the national anthem before the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on February 21, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this
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The Houston Rockets should be one of the top teams in the Western Conference again next year, but there are signs of turmoil heading into the offseason. When the Golden State Warriors lost Kevin Durant to a calf injury, the door was wide open for the Houston Rockets to beat them in the second round
5:12 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — After missing the Toronto Raptors‘ playoff run to the NBA Finals after undergoing an emergency appendectomy last month, forward OG Anunoby said Wednesday he has begun taking contact and hopes to return to the court at some point against the Golden State Warriors. “It’s been hard, not being
He won’t be a high lottery pick like three of his former teammates at Duke, but Marques Bolden is staying in the 2019 NBA Draft. The top of the 2019 NBA Draft will be filled with Duke blue, with Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish all set to go within the first 10 picks,
When the 2015-16 season began, the Golden State Warriors were defending champions, but they did not yet seem like a juggernaut. There were still those who questioned the bona fides of a “jump shooting team,” and there were grumblings that they only won the Finals due to the absence of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.
The NBA Finals start tomorrow. Let’s dig in on the major questions that will define the series and decide which of the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors will be crowned champions. Will Kevin Durant return during this series? If so, when? And in what condition will his game and body be? In some ways,
12:05 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has made his entire roster and future draft picks available in trade talks, a dramatic initiative with hopes of reshaping the team into a championship contender, league sources told ESPN. The possibility of trading All-NBA guard James Harden is believed to be extremely limited,
By now, everyone knows of the Toronto Raptors, but a superfan dug into the archives of the Toronto Star and explained how the “Raptors” got their name. For the past 24 years, we’ve known Toronto’s NBA basketball team as the “Raptors.” Yes, it is a name that really doesn’t fit the area, but we’ve gotten
8:30 PM ET Warriors star Kevin Durant traveled on the team’s charter to Toronto on Tuesday ahead of Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals against the Raptors, even though he has been officially ruled out of Game 1 with a strained right calf. Game 1 is Thursday (9 p.m. ET, ABC), but the
For the first time in five years, we get a new NBA Finals matchup. Here’s how the Raptors and Warriors each work to create open 3-pointers. For the first time in NBA history, the NBA Finals will begin outside of the United States with Game 1 on Thursday night, as the Toronto Raptors host the
Each week, four of Basketball Insiders’ top writers will break down the latest news and notes surrounding the 2019 NBA Draft. With every new version, you’ll see an updated mock draft that reflects how each writer sees the draft landscape based on the latest news, workouts, and information from the pre-draft process as well as
5:34 PM ET Warriors star Kevin Durant flew on the team’s charter to Toronto on Tuesday for Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals with the Raptors, even though he has been officially ruled out of Game 1 with a strained right calf. Game 1 is Thursday (9 p.m. ET, ABC), but the Warriors
Jontay Porter shared details of his recovery from a second ACL tear this summer as well as what he heard from NBA teams heading toward the draft. A weak 2019 NBA Draft class took a hit March 23 when skilled big man Jontay Porter, brother of Denver forward Michael Porter Jr., tore his ACL for
The Lakers organization has been a hot mess for most of this season. Now a new report from ESPN is letting us in on a lot of the details. From last summer’s weird free agent additions to the botched Anthony Davis trade negotiations, to Magic Johnson’s resignation and the disastrous head coaching search, it has
8:59 AM ET Marc J. Spears Amadou Gallo Fall will be named the president of the NBA’s new Basketball Africa League Tuesday, Fall told ESPN’s The Undefeated. Fall is currently the NBA vice president and managing director for Africa. The Senegal native will begin his role as Basketball Africa League (BAL) president immediately while aiding
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