Baxter HolmesSep 17, 2025, 07:00 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 AUG. 18, 2014, Steve Ballmer shouted, chest-bumped and high-fived his way through … Read more
LeBron James will have a career in professional basketball as long as he wants it. From a playing standpoint, James will have to be up for the challenge of staying in shape, and if that’s the case his future could have a long runway, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. There’s been radio silence from James … Read more
Recently, we ranked every NBA uniform going into the 2025-26 season, and something became clear as that project progressed: very few teams are actually wearing their best uniforms anymore. Ask a fan to pick their favorite jersey for their favorite team and it’s almost always going to be a throwback. Modern rebrands are hit or … Read more
Getty Images The Kawhi Leonard saga is dominating NBA storylines in the typically slow month of September. A bombshell report into alleged salary cap circumvention by the Clippers that tied Kawhi Leonard to a “no-show” endorsement deal with a now-bankrupt company, Aspiration, that was a Clippers sponsor and featured Steve Ballmer as a top investor … Read more
Getty Images San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama made his debut in the “World of Tomorrow” by making a cameo in the season 13 premiere of Hulu’s “Futurama.” Wembanyama appears as an alien friend of “Bubblegum Tate,” who, like many basketball fans, struggles to say Wembanyama’s name correctly. “Wem-ben-yum-yum” was asked by the robot Bender … Read more
The NBA has launched an investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers amid allegations that a $28 million endorsement deal tied to star player Kawhi Leonard was used to skirt salary cap rules. It stems from a March 2025 bankruptcy filing of Aspiration, a now-bankrupt sustainability company that received $50 million in funding from Clippers owner … Read more
Sep 16, 2025, 05:26 PM ET NEW YORK — A new basketball league based in Europe that the NBA and FIBA are working together to launch could begin play in 2027 or ’28, though no timeline has been finalized, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday. Speaking at a conference hosted by Front Office Sports, Silver … Read more
If this goes badly, it’ll be easy to say the Milwaukee Bucks should have started over. Instead of paying Damian Lillard $22.5 million per season for the next five years to not play for them, they could have paid him $54.1 million to rehabilitate from his torn Achilles in 2025-26, then let his contract expire … Read more
Sep 16, 2025, 08:00 AM ET How does your NBA team look heading into the 2025-26 season? What about in 2028? The NBA Future Power Rankings are ESPN’s projection of the on-court success expected for each team over the next three seasons: 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28. Can the Oklahoma City Thunder become the first team … Read more
André SnellingsSep 16, 2025, 06:46 AM ET Close Dr. André Snellings is a senior writer for men’s and women’s fantasy basketball and sports betting at ESPN. André has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan. He joined ESPN in 2017 after a 16-year career as a neural engineer, during which time he was also a … Read more
Sep 15, 2025, 04:47 PM ET The Atlanta Hawks are trading guard Kobe Bufkin to the Brooklyn Nets for cash considerations, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday. Bufkin, Atlanta’s No. 15 pick in the 2023 NBA draft, is due $5.4 million this season and has a $6.9 million team option for 2026-27. The move … Read more
André SnellingsSep 15, 2025, 02:35 PM ET Close Dr. André Snellings is a senior writer for men’s and women’s fantasy basketball and sports betting at ESPN. André has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan. He joined ESPN in 2017 after a 16-year career as a neural engineer, during which time he was also a … Read more