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Fantasy basketball: André Snellings’ ultimate draft board
What do you want your team to look like? This is a question that you should really ask yourself before your draft, and you should enter the draft with an answer in mind. Because the reality is, most of the people in your leagues aren’t going to go into the draft with much of a […]
Continue readingSix rookies to draft and eight others to keep an eye on
Yes, every now and then, there’s a hyped up player who sneaks into round three (like this year), but most seasons the top rookie won’t go until the fourth or fifth round at the earliest. Create or join a fantasy basketball league on ESPN. Your championship run starts today! Sign up today! This presents a […]
Continue readingTeam USA’s Tyrese Haliburton putting Pacers back on the national radar
MANILA, Philippines — Tyrese Haliburton recites this night on the 2023-24 NBA’s upcoming schedule from memory instantly. Jan. 30, 2024. Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. “It’s also my girl’s birthday, that’s why I know it,” he said. “But, yeah, that’s the night.” That game is special to the Indiana Pacers star, outside of the birthday, […]
Continue readingTaipans, Breakers set for NBA preseason games in U.S.
Utah Jazz, Portland Trail Blazers, Washington Wizards and Toronto Raptors will play host to the Australian outfits, with the Breakers and Taipans to play two games each on U.S. soil. The Taipans, who will be making their NBA preseason debut, will face the Wizards on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at Capital One Arena, before they then […]
Continue readingNBA draft prospect Khaman Maluach, 16, to play FIBA World Cup
Maluach will be the third-youngest player in the event’s history, dating to 1950. “Khaman’s future is bright; everyone sees that,” South Sudan basketball federation president Luol Deng told ESPN. “He is going to be a great player and it’s exciting that people will get see him at the World Cup stage. This will be a […]
Continue readingTeam USA the favorite? Who will qualify for the Olympics? Biggest surprises, predictions for the 2023 FIBA World Cup
Earlier this spring, we assembled a team of ESPN’s global basketball experts to discuss the matchups and draw. With rosters set and the games about to start, we take another look at the pressing questions heading into the tournament. ESPN NBA senior writer Brian Windhorst, Eric Gomez (ESPN Mexico), Pablo Cormick (ESPN Argentina), Mickey Carter-Browne […]
Continue readingWhy coming ‘home’ and reconnecting with Australia is so important for Josh Green
Josh Green arrived in Australia almost a month before the Boomers’ pre-World Cup training camp was scheduled to begin, earlier than the vast majority of his U.S.-based teammates. The 22-year-old brought over his brother, best friend, and a trainer, and set up shop around Sydney’s eastern suburbs. “There’s no better way to prepare for playing […]
Continue reading‘I’m not recruiting you’: Goorjian not going to beg Ben Simmons for Boomers return
“This is very important,” the Boomers’ head coach told ESPN. “In my dealings with Ben, it’s always been: I’m not recruiting you. It’s important for the country [to know], we’re not going, ‘please, Ben, please, we don’t have anything if you don’t play’. We’re not like that at all.” It’s a sentiment that’s considered important […]
Continue readingWestern Conference: NBA’s biggest what-ifs of the past five years
Tuesday saw us take a trip back in time to an alternate universe — 15 of them, in fact — and examine the biggest what-if surrounding each Eastern Conference team over the past five years and how it could have played out. Now we look at the 15 Western Conference teams and how life might […]
Continue readingNBA summer league 2023: What our insiders are talking about in Las Vegas
The event has given fans a look at the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama, the Charlotte Hornets’ Brandon Miller and the Portland Trail Blazers’ Scoot Henderson, the top three picks in the 2023 NBA draft, in their first NBA action. Eight of the top 10 picks from the 2022 class also have participated in summer […]
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