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USA Basketball sets 12-man roster for August World Cup qualifiers

Jim Boylen will return as coach, assisted again by Ty Ellis and Othella Harrington. The roster will include six players — Michael Frazier II, Langston Galloway, David Stockton, DaQuan Jeffries, John Jenkins and Eric Mika — who were with the Americans for the previous qualifying window in July. The other six players for games Aug. […]

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NBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2021 and 2022

The 2021 class has more hype, potentially featuring names such as LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris Paul, Paul George, Victor Oladipo, DeMar DeRozan, Blake Griffin, Rudy Gobert and Andre Drummond. Some of those players will agree to extensions or pick up player options before ever hitting the market, while others will have plenty […]

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Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin takes head-coaching reins vs. Sixers

“For one night, I felt like Cinderella,” Toronto Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin said following Wednesday’s 125-121 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. “I had the glass slippers on.” Griffin took over as the Raptors’ head coach on Wednesday, when Nick Nurse let his lead assistant get some hands-on experience in the lead chair. “It’s great,” […]

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NBA Continuity Rankings: Which teams hold the edge in the bubble?

Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, whose team checks in near the top of our list, has high hopes. “Continuity [will] help with trying to create a home-court advantage,” Malone said earlier this month of playing at a neutral-site in Orlando, Florida. “We have guys that have been together for a while, know how to […]

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NBA restart: Rosters, schedules and standings projections for every team

With scrimmages tipping off Wednesday, here’s our breakdown of every team in Orlando, Florida, including: current seed and most likely playoff seeds (via simulations using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index), remaining strength of schedule (ranked from hardest to easiest), seeding-game schedules (with win projections using BPI), full rosters and projected rotations. We’ve also included the number […]

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Season’s impact on future salary caps central to NFL talks, sources say; NFLPA reps to talk Friday

NFL Players Association team player representatives are scheduled to convene on a conference call Friday morning as the players work to finalize an agreement with team owners on the rules and finances of the 2020 NFL season, according to sources. The sources said the two sides were still negotiating Thursday night on at least three […]

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Sources: Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam hopes to return next week

Siakam’s return would be a boost to a Raptors lineup that also had to play Wednesday’s 112-110 overtime win over the Charlotte Hornets without Fred VanVleet, Marc Gasol, Dewan Hernandez and Norman Powell due to injuries. Raptors coach Nick Nurse told reporters that Siakam, Gasol and Powell all took part in Friday’s practice on a […]

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