Over the course of Stephen Curry’s 17-year career he’s played with and against some of the best basketball players in NBA history. Coupled with Curry’s illustrious Hall of Fame career, he’s surely a great judge of giving his opinion on some basketball debates everyone likes to converse about. During an appearance on 360 with Speedy, … Read more
Ja Morant is perhaps the most electrifying dunker we have in the NBA right now. He and Anthony Edwards can jostle for who has the best in-game dunks we’ve seen, and it would certainly be a tight battle, but the things Morant is able to pull off — at 6-foot-2 in a frame that would … Read more
Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker induced widespread eye-bulging earlier this summer when they signed gargantuan extensions which, once they kick in, will make them the league’s highest paid players. The Oklahoma City Thunder will pay Gilgeous-Alexander an estimated $75 million in 2030-31, the final year of his new contract. Meanwhile, … Read more
Getty Images The Golden State Warriors are at an impasse this offseason as they figure out what to do with Jonathan Kuminga’s restricted free agency. There’s been no indication yet that there will be any sort of conclusion in the immediate future, though there has been interest from a couple of teams to do a … Read more
Getty Images Stephen Curry isn’t really known to be a guy who does a ton of trash talking when he’s on the court. Even when someone tries to get under his skin, he’ll just respond by draining multiple 3s in their face and doing his signature shimmy down to the other end of the floor. … Read more
Following his buyout from the Phoenix Suns, Bradley Beal signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, joining a veteran-laden group on the hunt for an NBA title. NBA great Dwyane Wade thinks this was the perfect landing spot for Beal at this point in his career. On his podcast “Time Out with Dwyane Wade,” the former … Read more
We’re excited to unveil our very early 2027 NBA Mock Draft, featuring writeups on the projected top 10 picks and a full 60-pick projection for both rounds. While the 2027 class is currently viewed as weaker than the two drafts preceding it, largely due to a less-heralded high school senior class, there’s still plenty of … Read more
The Damian Lillard era is over in Milwaukee, and the two-year run fell short of the lofty expectations many across the NBA placed on the Bucks. The superstar tandem of Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo failed to advance beyond the first round of the 2024 and 2025 playoffs, and they fell short of the 50-win threshold … Read more
Getty Images The Lakers have had a decent offseason thus far. Los Angeles added Deandre Ayton on a steep discount, which gives Luka Doncic the kind of pick-and-roll threat he always thrived with in Dallas. Jake LaRavia isn’t a particularly home run of a signing, but he still has room to improve and playing off Dončić should … Read more
It’s been a quiet offseason for the Golden State Warriors so far, who haven’t added a single new player to their roster. In fact, they lost Kevon Looney, who signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. Jonathan Kuminga’s restricted free agency has certainly hamstrung the Warriors, and there appears to be no urgency from Kuminga’s side … Read more
Getty Images The San Antonio Spurs enter next season with a loaded backcourt. There are pros and cons to that, and certainly the Spurs didn’t plan for that to happen. But once the ping pong balls fell in their favor to land them the No. 2 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, it was all but … Read more
Tim Bontemps Close Tim Bontemps ESPN Senior Writer 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