Team USA going the hero ball route and having trouble with it 1:57 PM ET Micah AdamsESPN.com Following Team USA’s three-point win over Serbia, Paul George provided some insight into why the United States was struggling: "We just have to start getting some movement. We're relying on our natural talent so much. It's so easy to guard us. Teams are just loading up and watching us play one-on-one." … [Read more...]

Rotoworld Podcasts: Steals Fantasy Podcast Wednesday, August 17, 2016 If one of your guards isn't bringing the steals, it will certainly reflect on his overall nine-cat value. This edition focuses on players who should help you out in that category after the first four rounds of drafts. There's some talk of system changes along with how a minutes change could affect a player. We'll finish off … [Read more...]

LeBron: 'My dream' is to own an NBA team 12:43 PM ET LeBron James already locked up his immediate future this offseason, signing a three-year, $100 million extension with the Cleveland Cavaliers. On Wednesday, he provided a glimpse of what his post-playing plans could look like. "I feel like my brain, as far as the game of basketball, is unique," James said, appearing as a guest on the … [Read more...]

Report: Pierce not done, to play for Clippers 12:15 PM ET ESPN.com news services Although it isn't written in stone, Paul Pierce has decided to return to the NBA for a 19th season, league sources told the Orange County Register. Pierce, 38, has debated whether to retire or play a second season with the LA Clippers. His coach, Doc Rivers, has said that if Pierce decided to walk away, plans are … [Read more...]

Olympic Power Rankings: Team USA still on top of the world? 11:29 PM ET RIO DE JANEIRO -- There's no getting around it for your internationally known Committee (of One). It was precisely 12 days ago in this cyberspace when we wrote that the United States would "romp to the gold" in Olympic men's basketball. This U.S. men's basketball team commands respect, but as international teams become … [Read more...]

Barkley critical of Team USA's roster construction 3:31 AM ET ESPN.com news services As the United States men's Olympic basketball team has struggled by its own lofty standards in Rio de Janeiro, former NBA player and current TNT analyst Charles Barkley said the team's woes are rooted in the construction of its roster. "It's not a good team to put together," Barkley, 53, told … [Read more...]

LeBron: Social change 'starts person by person' 12:12 AM ET SANDUSKY, Ohio -- LeBron James elaborated Tuesday on the call for social change he delivered at last month's ESPYS. "Myself and my brothers Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony -- you guys probably have heard of those guys," James told the crowd at an event hosted by his LeBron James Family Foundation at Cedar Point … [Read more...]

Carmelo Anthony visits Rio's favelas during Team USA off day 2:22 PM ET The United States men's basketball team had a couple of days off this week, in advance of an Olympic quarterfinal match against Argentina. Some players may have relaxed on the cruise ship housing the men's and women's teams or visited different sites around Rio de Janeiro. But Carmelo Anthony used the opportunity to … [Read more...]

U.S. draws Argentina in men's hoops quarters 1:45 PM ET RIO DE JANEIRO -- Team USA will face its old friends from Argentina on Wednesday in the men's basketball quarterfinals at the Rio Olympics. Argentina's loss Monday night in its Group B finale against Spain, coupled with Croatia's subsequent rout of Lithuania, dropped the Manu Ginobili-led Argentines to fourth place in the group -- but … [Read more...]

Lakers' Young: Relationship with Russell on mend 9:17 AM ET ESPN.com news services Nick Young has found the high road and the humor in his controversy-filled spring and romance-less summer. Five months after Los Angeles Lakers teammate D'Angelo Russell posted a video of him talking about picking up girls -- and two months after his public breakup with pop star fiancé Iggy Azalea -- Young … [Read more...]