Karl-Anthony Towns to wear Flip Saunders' ring at NBA draft lottery 2:38 PM ET James QuintongESPN.com Close Editor for ESPN.com Member of Fantasy Sports Writers Hall of Fame print NBA rookie of the year Karl-Anthony Towns will have a special good luck charm around his neck as he represents the Minnesota Timberwolves at Tuesday's draft lottery, as the team looks to win the No. 1 … [Read more...]

Toronto mayor John Tory didn't like the Raptors being called 'Other' So here’s a silly one [Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] Websites, dating back to the late 1990s, love to put up polls. It’s a good way to engage with readers, to gauge their interests and/or opinions, and yeah also a swell way to ramp up pageviews. They’re usually a harmless … [Read more...]

From heavy favorites to underdogs, Warriors face questions 2:19 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 print Oakland, Calif. -- In two quarters, the Golden State Warriors went from up 14 on the Oklahoma City Thunder to their season being under threat. That’s how long … [Read more...]

2016 NBA draft lottery primer: 5 big things to know The 2016 NBA draft lottery takes place in New York City on Tuesday, locking in the order of selections for the first round of the June 23 NBA draft. Let us prepare for television's most exhilarating spectacle by running through the relevant details, digits and David Stern made sure New Orleans got the No. 1 pick in the Anthony Davis draft … [Read more...]

NBA Fantasy Trends: OKC Life After Death Lineup What a game on Monday night. By now you’ve probably seen the stats and #HotTakes, so I’m going to take a different approach. Let’s focus on the most exciting lineup in the league right now. When you think Warriors lineups, the first thing that comes to mind is the death lineup of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala, Harrison Barnes and … [Read more...]

Amazing illustrations for the NBA conference finals 3:19 PM ET Hannah WhittenESPN.com Editor Close Assistant Editor Joined ESPN in 2015 Alabama native, Ole Miss graduate print We've FINALLY made it to the NBA conference finals, and Asur Illustrations is at it again with her renditions for each matchup. Take a look: Toronto Raptors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers If we're basing the Eastern … [Read more...]

Enes Kanter promptly roasts Skip Bayless after Thunder's Game 1 win In the trolliest of trolls, ESPN turned Fox Sports talking head Skip Bayless attempted to urinate on the straight fire that was the Thunder's second-round upset of the Spurs, tweeting, "Not sure the Thunder can win a single game against the Warriors," during Oklahoma City's Game 6 win over San Antonio. Not sure the Thunder … [Read more...]

Thunder are growing up, and that has been a difference-maker 10:44 AM ET print OAKLAND, Calif. -- It was early March and Kevin Durant was sitting with his head tilted down in front of his locker, rubbing the side of his face. "They were disciplined, we weren't," Durant said. "We want to be a great team. We're fooling ourselves. If we just want to be a great team, the way we're playing, … [Read more...]

Steven Adams sorry for 'poor choice of words' about Warrior guards Steven Adams chooses the wrong words to describe the Warriors' guards. "They're quick little monkeys," he says. pic.twitter.com/ss5DbHilqD— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 17, 2016 In a live postgame interview with ESPN's Chris Broussard following his Thunder's Game 1 win over the Warriors in the Western Conference finals, … [Read more...]

NBA VP: No travel call on Westbrook a miss 4:05 AM ET Tim MacMahonESPN Staff Writer Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM print OAKLAND, Calif. -- A traveling violation should have been called on Russell Westbrook on a critical possession in the final minute of Monday's Game 1 of the … [Read more...]