Jeff Teague says he played this season with a bad knee injury The Atlanta Hawks face a major decision this summer at point guard, where they have two fairly effective players who would start at the position for many NBA teams. Both 27-year-old Jeff Teague and 22-year-old Dennis Schröder are set to become free agents in the 2017 offseason, as well, which means that it would behoove the Hawks … [Read more...]

Cavs assistant's tirade fueled team in Game 3 4:16 PM ET ESPN.com news services A tongue-lashing from an unlikely source reportedly helped to motivate the Cleveland Cavaliers, who rebounded from a demoralizing Game 2 defeat to thrash the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Timofey Mozgov's pick that left Klay Thompson with a thigh bruise in Game 3 of the Finals on … [Read more...]

Report: Justin Bieber got into a fight after Cavs-Warriors Game 3 At first blush, it seemed like the roughest thing Justin Bieber would have to deal with on Wednesday night was getting booed mercilessly by the capacity crowd in attendance at Quicken Loans Arena for Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals, even though he was faithfully rocking the T-shirt that the Cleveland Cavaliers passed out to … [Read more...]

Rotoworld Podcasts: NBA Podcast for June 9 Thursday, June 09, 2016 The Cavs looked like the Warriors in Game 3. We discuss some of their go-to plays and how they thumped the Warriors. We'll talk about what adjustments the Warriors will need to make after this ugly loss. Do they, though? Also, some talk of Jeff Teague, Jordan Clarkson, the draft and more. Mike Gallagher has covered fantasy … [Read more...]

If Warriors can't count on Curry, what can they do? 12:07 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 CLEVELAND -- The Golden State Warriors are up 2-1 in these NBA Finals, but they now have a problem beyond the optics of just having been crushed by 30 points. It’s their … [Read more...]

Star contrast: LeBron grows brighter while Curry seems to fade Jun 8, 2016 J.A. AdandeESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com senior writer since 2007 Around The Horn panelist Formerly at Los Angeles Times CLEVELAND -- All along LeBron James pushed back against the conventional wisdom from all corners: the all-knowing Phil Jackson to the egg avatar Twitter accounts. You know the storyline, that … [Read more...]

Video: Andre Drummond blocks Danish boy, makes America great again Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond is supposed to be serving as an NBA ambassador during his European vacation, but it appears he's making small children never want to play the sport again instead. As a small Danish boy drives to the hoop for what assumes will be an uncontested layup during an exhibition game in Odense, … [Read more...]

Kyrie on LeBron alley-oop: 'I wanted to see something great' It was indisputably the highlight of the Cleveland Cavaliers' 120-90 Game 3 blowout of the Golden State Warriors — a remarkable display of athleticism by LeBron James to corral a little-too-high pass from Kyrie Irving and flush an alley-oop that pushed his team's lead to 20 with 2:44 remaining in the third quarter. Whether he … [Read more...]

Cavs get back into NBA Finals with dominant home-court win 1:21 AM 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 CLEVELAND -– LeBron James called Wednesday's Game 3 both a "must-win" and "do-or-die" opportunity, and then went out and … [Read more...]

Warriors' Thompson calls Mozgov pick 'dirty' 4:39 AM ET Brian WindhorstESPN Senior Writer Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books CLEVELAND -- Golden State Warriors star Klay Thompson accused Cavaliers center Timofey Mozgov of dirty play following a collision that left Thompson with a thigh bruise during Game 3 of the … [Read more...]