The NBA draft is a day away! The 2025 edition is of particular interest with a major star at the top like Cooper Flagg. History, though, actually shows that there are stars available virtually every year, even if they aren’t always revealed yet on draft night. But for every Nikola Jokic picked at 41, Jalen … Read more
The New York Knicks are formally interviewing Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori for the team’s head coaching vacancy, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports. Nori is one of three candidates for the job who have been interviewed, alongside former head coaches Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins. The Knicks fired Tom Thibodeau after reaching the Eastern Conference finals … Read more
The biggest domino of the 2025 NBA offseason has fallen. Kevin Durant has a new home with the Houston Rockets. For now, it seems as though the other true superstar that might have been on the market, Giannis Antetokounmpo, is staying put with the Milwaukee Bucks. The draft hasn’t even started yet and we’ve seemingly … Read more
The New York Knicks are interviewing Minnesota Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori for the team’s head coaching job, sources told ESPN. The Knicks have now done formal interviews with three candidates — Nori and two former head coaches, Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins — for the vacancy. Nori, 51, has been an assistant with Minnesota since … Read more
Tim BontempsJun 24, 2025, 08:22 AM 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
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