Kevin Durant confirms he will lead Team USA at the Olympics in Rio It is going to be a busy summer for Kevin Durant. The Oklahoma City Thunder superstar is the best player to hit unrestricted free agency since LeBron James and figures to entertain several suitors, one of which figures to be the Golden State Warriors. Whether Durant joins the team that eliminated OKC this spring or not, he … [Read more...]

Splashless: Warriors' solemn 'morning after' 10:41 PM ET Ethan Sherwood StraussESPN Staff Writer Close Covers the Golden State Warriors for ESPN.com Contributes to ESPN's TrueHoop blog Hosts TrueHoop TV Live There's no escaping the pain, as much as they try. As the sports world celebrates LeBron James' incredible accomplishment, the Warriors reckon with their historic season … [Read more...]

LeBron James has an Instagram message for all the doubters The Cleveland Cavaliers' first-ever NBA championship silenced considerable questions over the construction of the team, LeBron James's decision to return to his first franchise, and many other issues regarding a squad that didn't appear to find itself until the postseason. It was a strong statement, the first comeback from 3-1 down … [Read more...]

Day after Game 7, Cleveland basking in the afterglow 7:45 PM ET CLEVELAND -- The video billboard on the side of a building in downtown Cleveland said it all: "CHAMPIONS." Nearby, dozens of fans waited in line outside the Cavaliers' team store at Quicken Loans Arena to purchase some new championship apparel on Monday afternoon. A day after the city's 52-year title drought ended, nearly everyone … [Read more...]

Pippen: 1995-96 Bulls 'live on' as greatest team 1:33 PM ET ESPN.com news services The 2015-16 Golden State Warriors might have eclipsed the record for regular-season wins, but their failure to win a championship means the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls are still the greatest team in NBA history, at least according to two of that team's most vocal players. Draymond Green accepted blame for … [Read more...]

Witnesses: Thousands greet Cavs in Cleveland 4:50 PM ET CLEVELAND -- LeBron James said he wanted to bring a championship trophy home to Cleveland. And that's just what he did on Monday afternoon -- literally. James and the Cavaliers arrived in Cleveland just after 12:30 p.m. ET to great fanfare at Hopkins International Airport. James, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Ultimate … [Read more...]

City of Cleveland's celebration is literally lit, from outer space Cleveland !!! #nbafinals2016 #Cleveland #Lebron pic.twitter.com/8vkUWOss64— Terry W. Virts (@AstroTerry) June 20, 2016 After 52 years without a championship, you probably expected the City of Cleveland's celebration of their Cavaliers' stunning title victory to be lit, as the kids say, and as expected it was — quite … [Read more...]

The Golden State Warriors? Gone till November. The Golden State Warriors should not be ashamed of themselves. [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] This year’s version of the team won 88 games between October and early June, and they were involved in a tie game in the final minute of a Game 7 to win it all on Sunday night before falling just short. Was … [Read more...]

LeBron trolls hard, comes home wearing an Ultimate Warrior shirt After a brief pitstop in Las Vegas to properly celebrate winning the first NBA championship in franchise history and the first title for a Cleveland professional sports team in 52 years, the Cleveland Cavaliers returned home to Northeast Ohio on Monday, with superstar LeBron James bringing the Larry O'Brien Trophy to more than … [Read more...]

Kevin Love finally got his stop, and the Cavs got their title Kevin Love entered Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals primed to be basketball watchers' primary punching bag if the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Golden State Warriors for the second straight season. The clear No. 3 man in Cleveland's Big Three had struggled mightily to defend the Warriors' bread-and-butter Stephen Curry-Draymond … [Read more...]