Golden State rallies around Draymond Green, the mad Warrior 11:28 AM 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 OAKLAND, Calif. -- When recounting Draymond Green's reaction to the news he had been suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr simply … [Read more...]

Cavs focused on Game 5, not on Draymond Green's suspension 10:40 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 OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Cleveland Cavaliers will begin their pursuit of what has been a historically impossible feat -- … [Read more...]

Love and war of words: Warriors verbally battle with LeBron James Word spread quickly of Warriors forward Draymond Green's suspension from Game 5 of the NBA Finals for his dust-up with Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, and because opinions are like punches to another man's groin when he knocks you down and steps over you, everyone has one brewing inside them. Former NBA hothead Stephen … [Read more...]

Three Things to Watch For: Cleveland vs. Golden State Game 5 The Golden State Warriors remain in firm control of the 2016 NBA Finals, but their ability to clinch back-to-back championships in Game 5 looked a whole lot better Saturday than it does now. Sunday's news that star forward Draymond Green has been suspended for Monday's tilt following the league's assessment of a flagrant-1 foul for … [Read more...]

Expect Green's suspension to bring out best in Warriors 9:57 PM ET J.A. AdandeESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com senior writer since 2007 Around The Horn panelist Formerly at Los Angeles Times OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors are right back where they started. They began the season by raising a banner and responding to critics. And after a record-setting 88 victories brought … [Read more...]

Klay on LeBron: Guess his feelings just got hurt [unable to retrieve full-text content]Klay on LeBron: Guess his feelings just got hurt … [Read more...]

Stephen Curry wants you to know his awful shoes are actually cool NBA MVP Stephen Curry finally broke out in the NBA Finals on Friday with 38 points in the Golden State Warriors' highly impressive Game 4 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Yet going up 3-1 in the series and putting himself in decent position to claim his first Finals MVP trophy did not allow Curry to transcend the sharpest … [Read more...]

Warriors will miss Green on both sides of the ball 4:29 PM ET ESPN Stats & Information Draymond Green is suspended for Game 5 of the NBA Finals for excessive flagrant fouls. He is the first player suspended in the NBA Finals since Jerry Stackhouse in 2006 (1 game for a flagrant foul on Shaquille O'Neal). Green has made his presence felt on both sides of the ball. Green fills up the stat … [Read more...]

Magic Johnson is no longer the ceremonial VP of the L.A. Lakers For 37 years, Magic Johnson has been a Los Angeles Laker. When he retired as a player in 1991, he was given the option to purchase a small percentage of the team that he accepted, and he briefly worked as Laker coach in 1993-94. He sold his ownership stake in the team in order to be cleared to rejoin the Lakers as a player … [Read more...]

Durant offered cabinet post to stay with Thunder 12:40 PM ET ESPN.com news services Oklahoma's effort to keep Kevin Durant with the Thunder is going all the way to the top job in the state. The Rockets are not among the teams Kevin Durant plans to consider when he becomes a free agent on July 1, despite Houston's long-known intent to chase him, sources say. On July 1, NBA free agency … [Read more...]