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NBA playoffs 2020: Everything to know about the 17 teams that can still win the title
After 66 scrimmages and more than 80 seeding games — and plenty of fishing — the matchups for the 2020 NBA playoffs are finally set. And in an unprecedented atmosphere that could negate the benefits of home-court advantage, we could be in for another wild two months inside Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex […]
Continue readingWhat Executive of the Year voting tells us about the NBA’s values
But that was the season Ainge executed one of the trades of the decade — three first-rounders and two pick swaps in a deal that sent Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets — and hired Brad Stevens to be coach. As the haul from that trade materialized over the next four years […]
Continue readingNBA 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 […]
Continue readingNBA Power Rankings: Best- and worst-case scenarios for all 22 teams
After a 4½-month hiatus, the NBA season resumes Thursday in Orlando, Florida. The Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans tip things off, followed by a nightcap between the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers. The Clippers’ duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George had ample time to recover from nagging injuries during the layoff, but […]
Continue readingNBA 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 […]
Continue readingNew Grizzlies forward Justise Winslow out for season
The Grizzlies envisioned Winslow, 24, as an important part of their promising young core when they acquired him in a blockbuster trade from the Miami Heat in February. But Winslow has yet to play for the Grizzlies, who took a patient approach with his recovery from a back injury that limited him to 11 games […]
Continue readingJR Smith was ‘very depressed’ when out of game
LOS ANGELES — Out of the NBA for more than a year and a half, the newest member of the Los Angeles Lakers, JR Smith, detailed the mental toll the time away from the game had on him. “I went through a very depressed state for a long time,” Smith told reporters on a video […]
Continue readingLakers ‘hopeful’ Dwight Howard will join Orlando restart, won’t seek replacement
LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Frank Vogel says the team will not seek a replacement player for Dwight Howard for the Orlando restart. And, according to Vogel, the team will not ask the replacement player that it did add, JR Smith, to play like the player he replaced, Avery Bradley. Speaking on a video conference […]
Continue readingHow the NBA coronavirus suspension impacts every team in the Western Conference
The NBA has suspended its season due to the spread of the coronavirus, and commissioner Adam Silver has stated the hiatus will last at least 30 days. On Sunday night, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported owners and executives are bracing for the possibility of mid-to-late June as a best-case scenario for a return. As the league […]
Continue readingAndre Iguodala debuts for Heat vs. Trail Blazers
“I don’t know if he’s ready or not, but I’m playing him,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said pregame. “We’ll find out. The guy’s a freak. Six percent body fat, and he’s been off that kind of time? He looks incredible. That’s not basketball shape — we get it. So how do you get somebody in […]
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