There are shoes yet to drop. Big ones. So goes the unending NBA offseason. This year, the issue is the plight of the restricted free agent, whose originating team has the right to match any offer made to him by another team. Yet, the issue this summer is not the threat of some team dropping an offer sheet on the …
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By Mike Vorkunov, Sam Amick and James Mirtle Billionaire financier Tom Dundon and a group of investors have an agreement to buy the Portland Trail Blazers. Dundon is also the owner of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, which confirmed his effort to purchase the Trail Blazers in a statement to The Athletic. Dundon later confirmed to The Athletic that he is …
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Former Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins will remain in the NBA after taking an assistant coaching position with the New Orleans Pelicans. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP Syracuse, N.Y. ― After moving to the NBA last season as an assistant coach with the Phoenix Suns, Mike Hopkins is set to begin a second year in the NBA with a new team. Hopkins, the …
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The dog days of the NBA offseason have set in. Just about the only thing hanging over the league right now is the frozen restricted free agent market keeping four young players from agreeing to new deals. It’s brought the rest of the NBA’s summer activity to a halt with it. There’s still plenty of time left for a big …
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Fortunes can change quickly in the NBA, and you only need to look at the two teams in the 2025 NBA Finals for proof. The Thunder ended the 2021-2022 season at 24-58 overall. The Indiana Pacers finished that season 25-57. Three years later, the two franchises played a Game 7 for the championship. That’s all the motivation today’s cellar-dwellers should …
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Is there one more big move left in the NBA offseason? A year ago, the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves completed a buzzer-beater blockbuster that exchanged Karl-Anthony Towns for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo on the eve of media day. The year before that, Damian Lillard was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in late Sept. just before teams reported …
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David PurdumJul 18, 2025, 03:33 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 A professional bettor placed 30 wagers in 46 minutes, all involving Terry Rozier in a 2023 NBA game, according to documents obtained by ESPN that reveal new details about the suspicious betting under scrutiny by federal investigators. On the morning of March …
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