What makes a winning basketball player? It’s a hard question to quantify with any sort of consistent answer. So much of it depends on circumstance. Timing. Situation. No player is in total control everything, or even, to some degree, anything around them. All that said, I’ll say this about Trae Young: If he can’t deliver … Read more
By the time NBA free agency opened at 6 p.m. ET on June 30, the biggest names on the free agency market were Myles Turner, Dorian Finney-Smith and Nickeil Alexander-Walker. With respect to those three talented players, the lack of star power in free agency this year (and last year) has been quite notable. The … Read more
The main on-court event on the NBA summer calendar begins Thursday when the Las Vegas Summer League tips off from Sin City. There are seven games on Thursday’s slate, including a matchup between Cooper Flagg’s Dallas Mavericks and Bronny James’ Los Angeles Lakers. While Flagg, the No. 1 overall pick in last month’s draft, has to wait until … Read more
Getty Images Perennial NBA All-Star and Dallas Mavericks center Anthony Davis has undergone a procedure to repair a detached retina that he suffered during the 2024-25 season, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. Davis, who was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Mavericks as part of a blockbuster midseason trade in exchange for … Read more
Dallas Mavericks All-Star Anthony Davis underwent a procedure to repair a detached retina that he suffered during the season, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Davis is expected to be healthy for training camp, his first with the Mavs since being dealt to Dallas in the blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to Los Angeles. Davis … Read more
Shams Charania: Dallas Mavericks All-Star Anthony Davis underwent a procedure to repair a detached retina that he suffered during the season, sources tell ESPN. Davis played through multiple hits to the face last year. He is expected to be healthy for next training camp.Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania What’s the buzz on Twitter? Shams Charania @ShamsCharania Dallas … Read more
The 2025 NBA playoffs produced a string of devastating injuries with each of Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton seeing their seasons come to an end with torn Achilles tendons. Haliburton is already ruled out for the entire 2025-26 season, and the other two face uphill battles to avoid missing a full year of … Read more
Kevin Durant is joining the fifth team of his career as he moves to Houston to try to help the Rockets win their first championship in 30 years. Durant’s last two stops have not gone according to plan, as the Nets and Suns both tried to build star-studded rosters around KD that never lived up … Read more
WNBA: Dallas Wings at Phoenix Mercury Dallas Wings guard JJ Quinerly (11) drives against the Phoenix Mercury in the first half at… Dallas Wings guard JJ Quinerly (11) drives against the Phoenix Mercury in the first half at Footprint Center. more © Rick Scuteri | 2025-07-07 WNBA: Dallas Wings at Phoenix Mercury Dallas Wings guard … Read more
If you went to bed early on Monday night, then you missed out on what was the best game of the Summer League thus far. The Utah Jazz defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 112-111, as GG Jackson had his foot on the line of a 21-foot jumper he made at the buzzer, that would have tied … 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. 💰 Good morning to all but especially to … PAOLO BANCHERO AND THE ORLANDO MAGIC There’s Magic in the air in … Read more
Zach KramJul 8, 2025, 07:00 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. Although the NBA’s 2025-26 Eastern Conference race looks … Read more