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2020 NBA awards ballot: Zach Lowe’s picks for MVP, ROY and close races
Remember the regular season? It was a thing, I swear. Here is the first part of my official NBA awards ballot for that season. 1. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks 2. LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers 3. James Harden, Houston Rockets 4. Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers 5. Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers A few media members […]
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 readingSeason’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 […]
Continue readingHow NBA players navigated the first two weeks inside the bubble
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Chirp, chirp, chirp! “Is that me ringing?” New Orleans Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry wondered aloud, looking down at the proximity monitor clipped to his credential as he walked from the practice facility inside Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to conduct his virtual news conference on July 10. Upon […]
Continue readingBucks’ George Hill reflects on racism, says basketball is ‘last thought on my mind’
George Hill took a moment to regather himself. While discussing the current status of black people in America on Friday morning during a video conference panel presented by Amp Harris Productions, the Milwaukee Bucks guard grew emotional. He shared his personal experience with racism while growing up in Indiana and offered his thoughts about the […]
Continue readingInside the dramatic finish to Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors
Two lead changes. Three ties. A controversial replay reversal. A potentially series-changing blunder. The final minute of regulation in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals featured just about everything. We let the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors tell the story of one of the most dramatic 60-second periods in NBA history in their […]
Continue readingNBA awards predictions: Who will and should win this season?
The league is expected to approve a return-to-play plan on Thursday, with growing support for a 22-team field that likely will play regular-season and play-in games to compete for playoff berths in both conferences. It’s unclear how much those pre-playoff games could factor into the awards races. But which races are the closest, and which […]
Continue readingA tiny oral history of LeBron James’ buzzer-beater against the Toronto Raptors
CLEVELAND — OG Anunoby had just made the biggest shot of his rookie season, a rattling 3-pointer with eight seconds left that completed a 17-point Toronto Raptors comeback to tie Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Cavaliers. Cavs coach Tyronn Lue called his final timeout and stepped into the huddle. What happened […]
Continue readingGiannis Antetokounmpo on ‘Last Dance’: Chasing greatness a life mission
After receiving around 4,000 comments on the post, the Milwaukee Bucks superstar shared his response on Friday morning. “My MJ takeaway from the Last Dance documentary is that chasing greatness is a life mission,” he tweeted. Antetokounmpo hasn’t been shy in his pursuit of greatness. In fact, during Milwaukee’s Nov. 18 win at Chicago, with […]
Continue readingFive NBA things I like and don’t like, including a Milwaukee Bucks mystery
As we approach the one-month mark since the night the NBA stopped, let’s look back on some of the good and bad of the 2019-20 season so far: I found it — the precise moment the Spurs’ defensive backslide hit its nadir: The Gregg Popovich we know and love — the version coaching a team […]
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