Forward Nikola Jovic has agreed to a four-year, $62.4 million rookie contract extension with the Miami Heat, agents Jeff Schwartz, Sean Kennedy and Jared Mucha of Excel Sports Management told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Wednesday night. The contract is fully guaranteed. Editor’s Picks Jovic, 22, has played 107 out of a possible 246 games with … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — After three months of contentious free agency negotiations, Golden State Warriors wing Jonathan Kuminga signed his contract in Cleveland on Tuesday night, flew to San Francisco on Wednesday and will join the team for practice on Thursday afternoon. The next question looming over the Warriors will be about Kuminga’s immediate buy-in to … Read more
Tim BontempsOct 1, 2025, 06:27 PM ET Close Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast. … Read more
Bigs who left the Boston Celtics in the summer of 2025: Al Horford, Kristaps Porziņģis, Luke Kornet. Bigs who play for the Celtics now: Chris Boucher, Neemias Queta, Xavier Tillman, Luka Garza, Amari Williams. Any idea who will start at center? Team president Brad Stevens “can’t predict it,” he said Monday. Boucher is the most … Read more
HOUSTON — Houston Rockets forward Dorian Finney-Smith is expected to miss the start of the NBA season while recovering from offseason ankle surgery. Coach Ime Udoka was asked Wednesday after training camp if Finney-Smith would be ready for Houston’s opener against Oklahoma City on Oct. 21. “No, probably not,” Udoka said. He added that he … Read more
Getty Images Quentin Grimes is signing the qualifying offer to return to the Philadelphia 76ers after a long stalemate of restricted free agency, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Grimes will return to the franchise on a one-year, $8.7-million deal that will allow him to be an unrestricted free agent next summer. Grimes was one of … Read more
Restricted free agent Quentin Grimes has signed a one-year, $8.7 million qualifying offer to return to the Philadelphia 76ers, agent David Bauman told ESPN on Wednesday. Grimes, who averaged a career-high in points (14.6), rebounds (4.3), assists (3) and steals (1) last season, will now have the ability to veto all trades during the 2025-26 … Read more
André SnellingsOct 1, 2025, 01:40 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
If you trust recent NBA history, there are only three viable candidates to win the 2025-26 MVP award. The first is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, which obviously makes sense as he’s the reigning MVP winner on the reigning NBA champion. The second is Anthony Edwards. Again, makes sense. He’s been to back-to-back Western Conference finals and has … Read more
This is an article version of the CBS Sports HQ AM Newsletter, the ultimate guide to every day in sports. You can sign up to get it in your inbox every weekday morning here. Good morning, happy Wednesday and welcome to October! Carter Bahns here to help kick off spooky season with today’s edition of … Read more
NBA training camps have officially begun! Monday marked the arrival of media day for most of the league’s 30 teams, with on-court practice beginning Tuesday — exactly three weeks before the Oklahoma City Thunder will raise their 2024-25 NBA championship banner. We’ve got you covered as you dig into the 2025-26 season, with roster breakdowns … Read more
The Jonathan Kuminga saga has finally come to a close (sort of) as the soon-to-be 23-year-old agreed to a two-year, $48.5 million deal with the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, with the second year being a team option. This situation can only be categorized as “sort of” resolved, of course, because questions remain. Here are … Read more