Getty Images EuroBasket 2025 is onto the knockout stage with 16 teams and plenty of NBA stars still competing to be crowned men’s basketball champions of Europe. There will not be a repeat champion, however. Spain, which won the competition in 2022, was ousted in the group stage in the 2025 event. The knockout stage, … Read more
Cam Thomas will sign the one-year, $6 million qualifying offer from the Nets to play out one more season in Brooklyn before becoming an unrestricted free agent, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Thomas is just the fifth former first round pick to sign a qualifying offer since 2017, as it’s exceedingly rare for a player to … 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. 💰 Five things to know Thursday The NBA is investigating the Clippers for allegedly circumventing the salary cap. Kawhi Leonard has raked … Read more
Restricted free agent Cam Thomas is signing a one-year, $6 million qualifying offer to return to the Brooklyn Nets, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Nets were unable to reach a long-term deal with Thomas, so the 23-year-old high-scoring guard opted for the qualifying offer that gives him a full no-trade clause and sets him … Read more
The format for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game is likely to be a round-robin tournament consisting of three eight-player teams — two USA teams and one World team — sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The NBA and the players’ union presented the format to the league’s competition committee on Wednesday, sources said. Governors, team executives … Read more
Myles Hesson scored 25 points to lead Britain to its first victory in 12 years at the EuroBasket tournament on Wednesday, a 89-83 upset of Montenegro that ended their rivals’ hopes of qualifying for the knockout phase. Britain had lost its previous four games in Group B but produced a strong collective display to break … Read more
Dave McMenaminSep 4, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. HAKIM WARRICK STILL remembers his initial glimpse of Carmelo Anthony before a pick-up game at Syracuse University more than … Read more
Getty Images The Los Angeles Clippers are pushing back against a report accusing them of engaging in salary cap circumvention with star forward Kawhi Leonard. The accusation stems from a March 2025 court filing from Aspiration, a now-bankrupt sustainability company that had received $50 million in funding from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. According to investigative … Read more
Getty Images With just over a month remaining until the 2025-26 NBA season begins, three-time All-Star Ben Simmons is among the notable free agents remaining. Simmons, 29, has drawn interest from the New York Knicks and another NBA team, but he is also “questioning” whether or not he wants to play another season in the … Read more
Getty Images The NBA has been tinkering with the All-Star Game format for several years, and next year there will feature another change of direction. The NBA is reportedly considering a format in which three teams will compete in a round-robin tournament to decide a winner, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. This will be the second … Read more
There’s a lot of NBA conspiracy theories fans like to feed into like the 1985 NBA Draft being rigged for the New York Knicks to land the No. 1 pick to draft Patrick Ewing or the officiating in the 2002 Western Conference Finals heavily favoring the Los Angeles Lakers against a Sacramento Kings team on the … Read more
Houston Rockets big man Alperen Sengun has often been compared to Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić, and he showed exactly why on Wednesday when he put together a Jokić-esque performance to outduel the three-time NBA MVP and lead Türkiye to a crucial win over Serbia, 95-90, at EuroBasket 2025. In one of the most anticipated … Read more