Report: Jimmer Fredette will go to China, play for Yao Ming’s team Jimmer Fredette looks on. (Elsa/Getty Images) Former national college player of the year and 2011 NBA lottery pick Jimmer Fredette will reportedly continue his basketball career in China: [Follow Dunks Don’t Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Source: Jimmer Fredette, former #10 overall NBA draftee, agreed … [Read more...]

Joel Embiid shows off moves in workout video 12:03 PM ET Joel Embiid hasn't played in an NBA game since being drafted with the No. 3 pick in 2014, but the Philadelphia 76ers center is expected to be ready for the 2016-17 season and showed off a recent workout video on Twitter -- complete with a chiseled physique to go along with his basketball moves. Rookie year....... @DrewHanlen … [Read more...]

Abe Pollin's widow on Michael Jordan's 2003 firing: 'It was purely business' Ted Leonsis, Jordan and Pollin celebrate MJ’s 2000 hiring. (Getty Images) In 2003, after two years spent working as the Washington Wizards’ swingman and three and a half seasons working as the team’s personnel chief in either an official or unofficial capacity, Michael Jordan retired as an active … [Read more...]

Rasheed Wallace, Stephen Jackson bring more bottled water to Flint Rasheed Wallace delivers water in Flint, Mich. (Screencap via Rachel Nichols on Facebook) Former NBA players Rasheed Wallace and Stephen Jackson visited Flint, Mich., this past weekend to deliver water to residents still affected by the water crisis that has rocked the city for more than two years. [Follow Dunks Don’t Lie on … [Read more...]

Michael Jordan makes his pick to star in ‘Space Jam 2,’ and it’s not LeBron Blake Griffin faces off against Marvin the Martian in a 2015 Jordan Brand commercial. (Screencap via Jordan Brand) Each year, during his Flight School summer basketball camp, Michael Jordan takes questions from campers. Sometimes, those campers ask questions about his Hall of Fame career, about the finer points of … [Read more...]

Mark Cuban says he paid free agent Dirk Nowitzki far more than Dirk asked for Dirk checks the scoreboard, Cuban checks the books. (Getty Images) When the dust settled on yet another swing-and-miss offseason for the Dallas Mavericks, you knew the inevitable was coming. A Kobe Bryant-styled (kind of) contract for Dirk Nowitzki that would make up from the massive pay cuts he took in 2014-15 and … [Read more...]

Sources: Ex-NYK coach Fisher eyes playing again 12:41 PM ET Ex-New York Knicks coach Derek Fisher hinted at a possible comeback as a player on Tuesday night when he posted a workout video with the hashtag "Imnotdoneyet." Sources told ESPN on Wednesday that Fisher has indeed been "exploring options and expressing interest in playing again." It is unclear what those options are, but Fisher … [Read more...]

J.R. Smith sprayed $23,000 worth of champagne after the Cavs won J.R. Smith acknowledges the crowd during the Cavaliers’ 2016 NBA Championship victory parade and rally. (Mike Lawrie/Getty Images) We all knew that J.R. Smith had a really good time after the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Golden State Warriors to win the 2016 NBA championship back in June; we just didn’t know specifically, … [Read more...]

Armstrong cautions LeBron: Don't chase a ghost 11:41 PM ET Chris BroussardESPN Senior Writer Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Formerly at the New York Times, 1998-2004 Covering the NBA since 1995 B.J. Armstrong played six seasons and won three championships with Michael Jordan, which gives him an up-close, personal and unique perspective on the psyche of the player widely … [Read more...]

Who should star in 'Space Jam' sequel? MJ makes his pick 4:48 PM ET Rumors of a sequel to the 1995 film "Space Jam" have been swirling around Hollywood and the NBA for years, usually with the name of Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James attached as the potential star. But Michael Jordan, the star of the original "Space Jam," has another idea. Asked by a camper at his recent basketball … [Read more...]