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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 […]
Continue readingSaying Lakers ‘have worked too hard’ in their restart prep to leave, guard Alex Caruso skips family wedding to stay in bubble
“Megan is as close to my No. 1 fan as anyone could get,” he told ESPN this week. The two have friends in common, and many would be at the wedding. Caruso broached the subject with Frank Vogel, the Lakers’ coach, and Rob Pelinka, vice president of basketball operations and general manager, when the team […]
Continue readingNBA restart confidence index: Big questions for top 10 teams
Can the Houston Rockets’ micro-ball approach work? Will the Los Angeles Lakers find an effective closing lineup? Do the Toronto Raptors have enough to take down the league-leading Milwaukee Bucks once again? Voters marked their confidence in how effectively each team will answer each question, ranging from 0% to 100%. Here are the results, with […]
Continue readingHow the NBA picked the barbers for the bubble
BLADE IN HAND, Mohashie “Mo” Rodriguez carefully guided a straight-edge razor across a customer’s cheek, completing his first pass. It was midday on July 2 at The Cut Stop Barbershop in Miami’s Palmetto Bay neighborhood, and people had been pouring into Rodriguez’s barbershop since the city eased its lockdown rules. As Rodriguez prepared for his […]
Continue reading2020 NBA restart key dates: Playoffs, draft and free-agency schedule
What is the new NBA schedule for the playoffs, draft, free agency and other key events? As players return to their home markets and decide whether to participate in the NBA restart, teams are narrowing their list of travel personnel to the approved 37 people per team. That will be only one of many steps […]
Continue readingEverything to know about the NBA’s 22-team restart at Walt Disney World
The NBA is back. Last week, the league’s board of governors and the players’ union both approved plans — a 22-team, eight-game wrap-up to the regular season followed by a possible play-in tournament for the eighth seed and playoffs — to resume the 2019-20 season on July 31 inside Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World […]
Continue readingJedi mind tricks, imaginary cliffs and the dark art of … free throw defense?
Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Nov. 26, 2019. BILLY DONOVAN IS confused by the question. His Oklahoma City Thunder have ranked near the bottom of the league in one statistical category all season long, and he has no idea what to make of it. It’s late November and Donovan is standing in […]
Continue readingFive NBA things I like and don’t like, including Michael Jordan’s 63-point masterpiece vs. the Boston Celtics
Mark Bartelstein, now one of the most powerful agents in the NBA, was just beginning his career when he walked into the Hyatt in Lincolnwood, just outside Chicago, for his engagement party on April 20, 1986 — a Sunday afternoon. Bartelstein had a problem. His beloved Chicago Bulls were about to tip off Game 2 […]
Continue readingRanking Kobe Bryant’s five NBA title-winning postseasons
In advance of ESPN re-airing the Los Angeles Lakers’ title-clinching wins in Game 5 of the 2009 NBA Finals against the Orlando Magic and Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics (7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET, respectively, on ESPN and the ESPN App), we ranked each of Kobe Bryant’s five […]
Continue readingWhy the Chicago Bulls cleaned house, in their own words
Paxson, who will remain with the team in an advisory role, had been in the lead job since 2003 after replacing longtime GM Jerry Krause. Forman had been with the team since 1998. To put the steep fall in context, Forman and Pat Riley tied for NBA Executive of the Year in 2011, the season […]
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