Valentine's heroics give Bulls Summer League title in crazy finish The NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League is more about the chance to see top draft picks and youngsters before real games start than about the competition itself. A few more games like Monday night’s tournament final between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls could change that opinion soon enough. [Follow Dunks Don’t … [Read more...]

KD, Green, Thompson take floor for U.S. drills 8:50 PM ET Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate LAS VEGAS -- The basketball world was given a glimpse of Kevin Durant sharing the court with a couple of his new Golden State Warriors … [Read more...]

Durant, Green, Thompson on floor for U.S. drills 7:57 PM ET Dave McMenaminESPN Staff Writer Close Cavs and NBA writer for ESPN.com Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14 and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09 Syracuse University graduate LAS VEGAS -- The basketball world was a given a glimpse of Kevin Durant sharing the court with a couple of his new Golden State … [Read more...]

George Hill learned about his trade to Utah via a voicemail from Larry Bird George Hill hears a ring. (Getty Images) The NBA moves fast. It’s a league dominated by individual players, and the resulting movement. If you’re not up on everything, you’ll fall behind; and Woj and Shams already know what you’re having for dinner. On August 18th. [Follow Dunks Don’t Lie on Tumblr: The best slams … [Read more...]

$50 million for fit and finishes: Why the Bucks paid Miles Plumlee Miles Plumlee throws down a reverse dunk in front of Thaddeus Young during a March 2016 Bucks-Nets game. (AP/Seth Wenig) Another restricted free agent returned to his most recent employer on Monday, as another free-agent big man drank deeply of the bounty of this summer’s $24 million salary cap spike. [Follow Dunks Don’t Lie … [Read more...]

Rotoworld Podcasts: Bench Players Podcast Monday, July 18, 2016 Starting isn't everything, so we go over all the bench players on the radar. Some of them are obvious, but we go over some of our favorite under-the-radar targets. Brandon Knight is probably the best off-the-bench target, and we'll also hit on a lot of the changes in depth charts. Here's the podcast: Mike Gallagher has … [Read more...]

Warriors COO Rick Welts: We never expected to land Kevin Durant The Warriors will now have a bit less money to work with to keep Kevin Durant and the gang together after next season. (AP/Beck Diefenbach) Right up until the moment that Kevin Durant announced he intended to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors, I never thought it would actually happen. The 2014 … [Read more...]

Report: Nets' Bojan Bogdanovic escaped failed Turkish coup on a boat Brooklyn Nets wing Bojan Bogdanovic, not to be confused with former Phoenix Suns first-round pick Bogdan Bogdanovic (although I now fear I’ve just confused you even more), was just trying to enjoy some much-needed rest and relaxation with his girlfriend in Turkey’s Bodrum Peninsula before his Croatian … [Read more...]

Report: Nets' Bojan Bogdanovic escaped Turkish coup on a boat La Ga No…Par dana odmora prije nastavka misije Rio #sretnanovagodina #elbabo #bzb #rioparty #cacemicopcabana A video posted by Bojan Bogdanovic (@44bojan) on Jul 13, 2016 at 3:29am PDT Brooklyn Nets wing Bojan Bogdanovic, not to be confused with former Phoenix Suns first-round pick Bogdan Bogdanovic (although I now fear … [Read more...]

Agent: Bucks to re-sign Plumlee to $52M deal 12:29 PM ET Marc SteinESPN Senior Writer Close • Senior NBA writer for ESPN.com• Began covering the NBA in 1993-94• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics Restricted free agent big man Miles Plumlee is re-signing with the Milwaukee Bucks, according to his agent. Mark Bartelstein, who is based in Chicago, told ESPN.com on Monday that Plumlee … [Read more...]