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Zach KramSep 2, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Zach Kram is a national NBA writer for ESPN.com, specializing in short- and long-term trends across the league’s analytics landscape. He previously worked at The Ringer covering the NBA and MLB. You can follow Zach on X via @zachkram. Dwight Howard will be enshrined in the Naismith … Read more

Alyssa RoenigkSep 1, 2025, 03:00 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). NBA free agent Gary Payton II is launching a professional skateboard league, joining a growing movement of athlete-led … Read more

Getty Images Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was sentenced to 30 days of electronic home monitoring following his May arrest for second-degree assault, according to The Seattle Times. Notably, the sentence allows Kemp to avoid jail time after Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Schwartz found that circumstances surrounding Kemp’s case warranted a downward sentence.  … Read more

Getty Images For those in the sports card buy-sell-trade business, a new chart-topping sale is making the rounds. According to The Athletic, a professionally-graded 2007 dual-autograph Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant card sold for $12.9 million, a record-breaking number in the hobby.  The 1-of-1 logo man card out of Upper Deck Exquisite features two NBA logos, … Read more

We are a quarter of the way into the 21st century, which offers a nice milestone moment to look back on 25 years of NBA basketball since 2000. The century started with the Lakers’ dynastic run led by Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, but is currently in the longest stretch of parity the league’s ever … Read more

LeBron James has become something of a white whale for the Golden State Warriors. They pursued him at the 2024 trade deadline, but when the Lakers asked James if he wanted to be moved, he said no. They reportedly chased “every star” available at the 2025 deadline, and that included James. Eventually, James decided he … Read more

There are few assets more powerful in the NBA than a No. 1 overall pick. It’s so valuable that teams routinely lose intentionally in an effort to get it, and the league has, in turn, changed rules specifically to discourage this sort of behavior. Basketball is a star-driven sport. There are only 10 players on … Read more

Imagn Images Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus will likely miss the start of the 2025-26 season after undergoing surgery to repair a Jones fracture in his left foot sustained during an offseason workout, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Tuesday. Charania noted that Strus will be sidelined approximately “three to four months,” which would put him … Read more

When Mark Cuban sold the Dallas Mavericks, now nearly two years ago, it was a genuine shock to those around the league given he was undoubtedly the most passionate — and vocal — owner in the NBA. Even league commissioner Adam Silver was surprised after Cuban sent an email in October 2022 informing him of … Read more

Getty Images EuroBasket 2025, the newest edition of the quadrennial competition to crown a European basketball champion, tips off Wednesday and runs through Sept. 14 in Cyprus, Finland, Poland and Latvia. The tournament will feature 24 countries and dozens of NBA players.  The competition showcases the best basketball stars in Europe, which also happen to … Read more

You, a discerning basketball fan, surely know that EuroBasket 2025 will tip off on Wednesday and that Nikola Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Dončić are participating. You know that the tournament features 24 national teams, separated into four groups, and that 16 teams — the top four in each group — will advance to the … Read more