In the 2000-01 season, the average NBA team attempted 13.7 3-pointers per game. In the 2024-25 campaign, that figure jumped to 37.6. No center averaged even four assists 25 years ago. Nikola Jokić just reached double digits. Hand-checking was allowed and zone defense was not. That has since flipped. Only one international player won an … Read more
The Micah Parsons trade that sent shockwaves through the NFL on Thursday evening felt eerily similar. A Dallas sports team trading a superstar in his mid-20s for a middling return with a major payday looming? That’s the Luka Dončić trade somehow replicated in less than a year. Dončić is perhaps the best offensive player in basketball. … Read more
The Dallas Mavericks are using the waive and stretch provision on 2023 first-round pick Olivier Maxence-Prosper, per ESPN’s Shams Charania, making the 22-year-old forward a free agent for next season. ‘O-Max’ isn’t a massive name you’d recognize, but being a former first-round pick garners enough attention to make you wonder why the Mavericks dumped him … Read more
Getty Images Dennis Schröder was the target of racial abuse from fans during Germany’s 107-88 win over Lithuania on Saturday in Tampere, Finland. The German Basketball Association stated that two fans were identified and ejected from the game, with another identified on video by FIBA and subsequently banned from all future 2025 EuroBasket games. Schröder, … Read more
Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić is primarily known for his playmaking, but the Denver Nuggets star is more than capable of putting the ball in the basket at an impressive rate, as she showed Saturday during Serbia’s 84-80 win over Latvia at EuroBasket 2025. Jokić poured in 39 points on 15 of 26 from the … Read more
Getty Images Former NBA fan favorite Jeremy Lin announced his retirement from basketball, ending a professional career that dated back to 2010 and included an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors. Lin transcended basketball as the first Taiwanese-American player in league history and with his “Linsanity” run during the 2011-12 season, wherein he sparked a surge … Read more
Luka Dončić is no stranger to triple-doubles. Just seven seasons into his NBA career, he’s already seventh on the league’s all-time list with 82. Until Sunday, however, he had never recorded one at EuroBasket with Slovenia. In fact, few players ever have at the historic European competition. With 26 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists … Read more
Getty Images EuroBasket 2025 tipped off on Wednesday as 24 teams and plenty of NBA stars compete to be crowned men’s basketball champions of Europe. Games will be played in the four host countries of Cyprus, Finland, Poland and Latvia. The knockout stage, including the third-place and championship game, will be held in Riga, Latvia, … Read more
Aug 31, 2025, 08:00 AM ET EuroBasket 2025 begins on Aug. 27 with 24 teams once again competing to be champions of Europe. The 24-team tournament is back for the first time since Spain beat France to take gold in 2022. The field is broken into four groups of six with the top four teams … Read more
Tim BontempsAug 29, 2025, 08:00 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
Aug 28, 2025, 07:00 AM ET ESPN’s 2025 Summer Forecast has answered some of the league’s biggest questions heading into the NBA’s 80th season and gave its predictions for the league’s biggest questions and awards, as well as the East and West standings. They will now round out the forecast with conference champion and Finals … Read more
Aug 27, 2025, 11:11 AM ET 2K Games has revealed improvements to NBA 2K26’s management modes, MyNBA and MyGM. Among these additions is the ability to play the mode’s playoffs portion online with friends or strangers. After seeding the bracket, the player can invite up to 15 friends or simply make the playoffs available to … Read more