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LeBron, Patrick Mahomes top reactions to Tyrese Haliburton's Game 7 injury

Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton was helped off the court in the first quarter of Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals on Sunday after a noncontact right lower leg injury. Editor’s Picks Haliburton — who had nine early points — received a pass on the wing and proceeded to dribble toward the basket with […]

NBA draft trades: Five deals that would shake up the first round

Jun 20, 2025, 08:00 AM ET The NBA offseason has officially arrived! Sure, Game 7 of the Finals is Sunday, but that doesn’t mean all 30 teams haven’t been working the phones, trying to figure out if there are deals to be made. There are massive storylines yet to resolve, including the Los Angeles Lakers […]

What an NBA title would mean for two generations of Pacers legends

Stephen HolderJun 20, 2025, 01:57 AM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. […]

? Trade Giannis? 8 deals Bucks should consider

Jun 18, 2025, 07:00 AM ET The Milwaukee Bucks have been NBA title contenders, on at least some level, for the past seven seasons, dating to their 60-win season in 2018-19. This qualifies as an outsize window in the modern era, where repeater taxes and aprons have been installed to make this sort of run […]

? Emergency transplant saved Scot Pollard's life

Jun 15, 2025, 08:00 AM ET LAST OCTOBER, SEVEN months after a heart transplant saved his life, 11-year NBA veteran Scot Pollard was back in the hospital. But this time, the visit was not for him. Ozzy Pollard, the third of his four children, was a senior and played tight end for the high school […]

Let's lay out the Spurs' offseason options: Three potential trade offers to entice them

Jun 17, 2025, 07:25 AM ET With Victor Wembanyama in China for nearly two weeks learning more about himself, according to a source, the San Antonio Spurs hope the Frenchman returns to a tweaked roster poised to end a six-year postseason drought. Rife with assets — two lottery picks (No. 2 and No. 14) and […]

What Sunday's shocking trade means for the East, the KD saga and the NBA draft

Tim BontempsJun 15, 2025, 10:51 PM 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. […]

Grading the Desmond Bane trade between the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies

Kevin PeltonJun 15, 2025, 05:11 PM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system The NBA offseason is still at least two Finals games away, but the trade season is already upon us. On Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies agreed to trade guard Desmond […]

Sources: Lakers' Finney-Smith has ankle surgery

Dave McMenaminJun 12, 2025, 02:58 PM 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. Los Angeles Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith underwent surgery on his left ankle and is expected to be able to […]