Offseason Beat: Fantasy Basketball Breakouts When setting your fantasy basketball big board in preparation for the season ahead, we all want to find value where others may not be looking. That exercise can become both overwhelming and exhausting when running through a laundry list of players, so I’m going to focus on established names that have an opportunity to take the next step in order to … [Read more...]

Enes Kanter trolls Kevin Durant and Lakers fans 2:37 PM ET Jovan Buha With news that Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook has agreed to a three-year, $85 million contract extension with the team, Thunder big man Enes Kanter had fun Thursday at the expense of former teammate Kevin Durant and Los Angeles Lakers fans. After reports broke indicating Westbrook was going to sign an … [Read more...]

Metta World Peace blames low minutes for not scoring '15 or 20' points last season Metta World Peace runs the offense. (Getty Images) Metta World Peace wants to be back in the NBA as an active player. Makes sense; the salary cap has shot up, and the NBA lifestyle is a swank one even on the end of the bench. Von Wafer wants back in, so does Ben Gordon, Flip Murray too, and even Derek … [Read more...]

Source: NBA, New Orleans near deal for '17 ASG 10:21 AM ET ESPN.com news services The NBA is close to deal with New Orleans officials to move the 2017 All-Star Game to the city, ESPN has confirmed. The game is scheduled to take place on Feb. 19, 2017. A formal announcement is expected to take place next week, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate, which first reported the story. Last … [Read more...]

The Blazers' Oregon Trail to contention 12:00 AM ET The Portland Trail Blazers didn't want to pay Evan Turner and Allen Crabbe a combined $35 million per season on mega-deals that will be hard to trade -- a problem for a suddenly capped-out team that can only jolt the roster by swapping players. They wanted Hassan Whiteside, a sneering rim-runner just a year older than Damian Lillard with … [Read more...]

Source: New Orleans likely for '17 NBA ASG 9:45 AM ET ESPN.com news services The NBA is close to deal with New Orleans officials to move the 2017 All-Star Game to the city, ESPN has confirmed. The game is scheduled to take place on Feb. 19, 2017. A formal announcement is expected to take place next week, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate, which first reported the story. Last month, the … [Read more...]

Sources: Westbrook agrees to new deal with OKC 1:52 AM ET Chris Broussard Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Formerly at the New York Times, 1998-2004 Covering the NBA since 1995 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News All-Star guard Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder have … [Read more...]

Reebok to release original signed Shaqs in 22 11:47 PM ET Shaquille O'Neal has teamed up with sports collectibles company Steiner Sports to offer fans the chance to celebrate his Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction next month in the biggest way possible: his size 22 shoe. The company will announce Thursday at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City that it is … [Read more...]

Reebok to release original signed Shaqs in 22s 10:56 PM ET Shaquille O'Neal has teamed up with sports collectibles company Steiner Sports to offer fans the chance to celebrate his Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction next month in the biggest way possible: His size 22 shoe. The company will announce on Thursday at the National Sports Collectors Convention in Atlantic City that it … [Read more...]

Wiggins attempts 720-degree dunk 1:30 PM ET Rachel MarcusESPN Editor Close ESPN Editor Joined ESPN in 2013 Maryland native, Syracuse graduate Andrew Wiggins, the NBA dunk contest needs you. The Minnesota Timberwolves guard just tried a 720-degree dunk. That's two full spins in the air. In this video, it looked as if he was pretty darn close to making the dunk. 👀 A video posted by Andrew … [Read more...]