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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 2, 2023, 11:40 AM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Utah Jazz‘s G League affiliate, the Salt Lake City Stars, is hiring former Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski as head coach, sources told ESPN on Friday. Wojciechowski, who has been living in the Salt Lake

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 2, 2023, 01:01 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Phoenix Suns are finalizing a deal to hire Frank Vogel as coach, sources told ESPN on Friday. The Suns offered Vogel the job Friday morning and are expected to complete terms on a long-term

Associated Press Jun 2, 2023, 07:14 PM ET DENVER — Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant not being charged with a crime for twice displaying a gun on social media will not prevent the NBA from handing down more discipline, commissioner Adam Silver said Friday. Silver is preparing to announce whatever penalty is coming Morant’s way

ESPN News Services Jun 2, 2023, 08:51 PM ET DETROIT — Monty Williams is taking over the Detroit Pistons. The team said Friday it reached an agreement with Williams to fill its coaching vacancy. Terms of the deal were not announced, but sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski Williams agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million contract.

Associated Press Jun 1, 2023, 10:58 PM ET DENVER — Nikola Jokic got a triple-double in his NBA Finals debut, Jamal Murray scored 26 points and the Denver Nuggets had little trouble with the cold-shooting Miami Heat on the way to a 104-93 win in Game 1 on Thursday night. Jokic finished with 27 points,

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 2, 2023, 06:46 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM No, Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic‘s point toward his hand as he walks off the floor after wins is not a reference to the championship

May 31, 2023, 10:43 PM ET Coach Monty Williams has agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million contract with the Detroit Pistons, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the largest coaching deal in NBA history. Williams was fired by the Phoenix Suns earlier in May after four seasons as their head coach. The move came after the

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 07:12 PM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. DENVER — The Miami Heat understand that if they

May 31, 2023, 12:12 AM ET The New York Knicks will not extend the contract of general manager Scott Perry, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday night, confirming reports. Perry, who was on an expiring contract, worked under president Leon Rose and executive vice president William Wesley this season, as the resurgent Knicks qualified

Kendra Andrews, ESPNMay 30, 2023, 07:07 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob couldn’t fathom why Bob Myers — his general manager and president for the last 12 years — would decide to step down. “I’m not going to sit here and tell you I understand it because I don’t,” Lacob

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2023, 07:21 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 29, 2023, 11:00 PM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. BOSTON — Jimmy Butler called his shot. A year

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2023, 10:26 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Team USA will play an exhibition game against Puerto Rico on Aug. 7 in Las Vegas to start its preparations for the FIBA World Cup later this summer. USA

May 30, 2023, 08:00 AM ET The top-seeded Denver Nuggets are headed to their first NBA Finals in franchise history and will face the surprising eighth-seeded Miami Heat, who have surged back to the Finals via the play-in tournament. The Nuggets, behind the leadership of two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, will look to capture the franchise’s

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 30, 2023, 02:27 AM ET BOSTON — Jimmy Butler had the ball and surveyed the scene. It was early in the fourth quarter of Monday’s Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, and the Miami Heat had absorbed everything the Boston Celtics — and the raucous crowd inside TD Garden — had

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2023, 02:33 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books BOSTON — Ten years ago, after a historically painful Game 6 loss to the Miami Heat that cost them a championship after an incomprehensible Ray Allen shot, the battle-tested

Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterMay 27, 2023, 06:38 PM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate MIAMI — Even during this, the best and most important stretch of basketball he’s played in his life, Caleb Martin‘s thoughts regularly revert back to the workout that

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 26, 2023, 07:05 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is