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Baxter HolmesJun 24, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. ON THE AFTERNOON of May 12, Cooper Flagg’s immediate family gathered inside his … Read more
Jun 24, 2025, 07:26 AM ET After signing All-Star Paul George and entering the 2024-25 season with championship aspirations, the Philadelphia 76ers enter a crucial offseason with the No. 3 pick in Wednesday’s 2025 NBA draft (8 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN) and plenty of massive questions to answer following a 24-58 season. That … Read more
Jay BilasJun 24, 2025, 07:15 AM ET Close College basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN Insider Played and coached at Duke Practicing attorney The 2025 NBA draft will mark my 23rd straight year sitting on the main desk for ESPN. In all of those years, there have been hits and misses, we’ve been right and … Read more
The Boston Celtics are trading Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks in the first major trade since the end of the NBA Finals. It’s a fairly rare trade in that the recent champion Celtics are giving away the well-known veteran while the younger rebuilding team is giving … Read more
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Visited Suns for pre-draft workouts: Danny Wolf, Johni Broome, Chaz Lanier, Jaxson Robinson, Ryan Nembhard, Grant Nelson, Reyne Smith, Caleb Grill, Izan Almansa. Jonathan Givony: Suns look to have “lottery guys” in today, tomorrow. Have 10th pick after Kevin Durant trade. #Suns pic.x.com/8FMUL57jHT – 1:00 PM
Hours after the Indiana Pacers announced that Tyrese Haliburton did indeed tear his Achilles in the Pacers’ NBA Finals Game 7 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Haliburton took to social media to express his emotions following such a devastating turn of events. Haliburton had surgery Monday, a day after his Pacers fell to the … Read more
The Boston Celtics are trading Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round picks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The deal marks the second time Holiday has found himself moved to Portland, as the Milwaukee Bucks also sent him there in the 2023 Damian Lillard trade. The rebuilding Blazers moved … Read more
Jun 23, 2025, 11:37 PM ET Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton said he didn’t regret playing through a calf strain that led to him tearing his right Achilles in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. “I’d do it again, and again after that, to fight for this city and my brothers,” Haliburton wrote in an … Read more
Shams CharaniaJun 23, 2025, 11:47 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions The Boston Celtics are trading Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers for Anfernee Simons and two second-round draft picks, sources told ESPN on Monday night. Portland moved aggressively to re-acquire Holiday, whom the franchise originally received from the Milwaukee Bucks in the … Read more
Jett Washington commits to Oregon football in a major recruiting win for the Ducks, adding a big name with a legendary bloodline. The nephew of NBA icon Kobe Bryant, Jett is one of the top defensive prospects in the country and will bring his elite talent to Eugene in 2026. Athletic Bloodline Runs Deep Jett … Read more
Kevin PeltonJun 23, 2025, 10:21 PM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system The NBA’s offseason is here, and teams are making moves to fill their rosters for the 2025-26 season. The Houston Rockets, who also added Kevin Durant in a blockbuster … Read more
The 2025 NBA Draft international pool is unusually thin, featuring just 15 eligible prospects, one of the smallest groups in recent history due to the combined impact of NIL incentives and extended NCAA eligibility from COVID-19. Yet despite limited numbers, this class offers intriguing talent with significant upside. We are excluding international players like Egor … Read more