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Joel Embiid doesn’t care about 76ers missing out on LeBron, Kawhi

More Teams. More Games. Joel Embiid stuffs it over Bismack Biyombo during Basketball Without Borders Africa practice. (0:58) The Philadelphia 76ers fell short of their goal to acquire another star this summer. But Joel Embiid thinks the team will be just fine. “We have a great group of guys. A lot of guys coming back,” […]

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Joel Embiid’s big night goes to waste as 76ers’ roster issues are exposed

More Teams. More Games. 76ers coach Brett Brown speaks to the media about what went wrong for Joel Embiid in the second half vs. the Pacers. (0:54) PHILADELPHIA — Through 24 minutes of Friday night’s game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers, Joel Embiid was unstoppable. He tossed around every defender Indiana threw at […]

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Steve Nash satisfies ‘coaching itch,’ eager to reconnect with Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving with Nets

“The why is that I love to teach. I love to learn,” Nash told ESPN’s The Undefeated in a phone interview Thursday. “I love being a part of a team and building a team. And I love to compete. It has all the ingredients in terms of satisfying growing as a person, leading a team […]

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NBA playoffs: A new challenge awaits Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets

And it was always about next year anyway. The most critical members of this franchise’s future didn’t even make the trip to Orlando, Florida. Kevin Durant missed all of 2019-20 recovering from an Achilles tendon injury that he incurred during last year’s NBA Finals. His new trusted sidekick, Kyrie Irving, logged 20 games, made some […]

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Nets’ Joe Harris exits bubble for personal matter, will miss 2 games minimum

Because of the NBA’s rules for quarantining after a player leaves the bubble, even if Harris returns as soon as Thursday, he will miss, at minimum, Games 3 and 4 of this series. With the defending champion Raptors holding a 2-0 lead in this best-of-seven affair, that could mean that Harris has played his last […]

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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 betting nuggets: Zest for Zion, Lakers love and notable line moves

In December, with Williamson out because of a knee injury and his rookie season in question, New Orleans’ odds drifted to 500-1 at Caesars. The Pelicans were 250-1 when Williamson made his debut Jan. 22 after missing the first three months of the season. By February, New Orleans had been bet down to 100-1. Now, […]

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Sources: Short-handed Nets reach deal with veteran guard Jamal Crawford

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When the Brooklyn Nets boarded their plane out of New York on Tuesday, there were only 12 healthy players on board. But reinforcements are coming. Jamal Crawford is signing with the Nets for the remainder of the season, league sources told ESPN. Crawford, 40, will fill one of the Nets’ […]

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Sources: Nets’ Taurean Prince declared out of restart after positive coronavirus test

Prince is the fourth Nets player — including DeAndre Jordan, Spencer Dinwiddie and Wilson Chandler — who won’t participate in the league’s restart because of the coronavirus. Jordan and Dinwiddie tested positive for the coronavirus, and Chandler’s decision was based on family considerations. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are sitting out the restart as they […]

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NBA Power Rankings and big questions for all 22 teams ahead of the restart

The NBA is less than a month away from restarting the 2019-20 season. With teams beginning to arrive at Walt Disney World on Tuesday and training camps set to begin on Thursday, it’s time to take stock of the teams that will face off later this month at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex […]

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