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Willie Green highlights a Pelicans player who's on his way to superstardom: "There's not many people that can do what he's doing at 18 years old"

But when it was the New Orleans Pelicans' turn to call a name at pick number seven, they turned the NBA world on its head by selecting University of Oklahoma product Jeremiah Fears. It wasn't because ...

Not Reaves: Lakers head coach JJ Redick highlights a key player role despite their recent defeat

The Los Angeles Lakers have had a shaky start to the 2025 NBA preseason, dropping their first two games. Nonetheless, head coach JJ Redick singled out a standout performance in the lineup, and it was ...

NBA media day 2025: Luka and Jokic's jokes and top highlights

That left the remainder of the league's media days to Monday. From Kevin Durant with the Houston Rockets to Luka Doncic with ...
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Adam Silver on NBA and ‘highlights’: Not wrong, definitely too glib

“This is very much a highlights-based sport.” – NBA commissioner Adam Silver A lot of folks are dunking on the NBA commissioner for his comment earlier this week, emphasizing that the NBA is ...

NBA to count missed end-of-quarter heaves as team field goals to encourage buzzer-beating attempts, per report

The NBA will implement a new change for the 2025-26 season: unsuccessful end-of-period heaves will now be recorded as a ...

Clippers Star Is NBA's Biggest Riser in Latest ESPN Player Rankings

The Clippers' 2024-2025 success story would not have come to fruition without their star center Ivica Zubac's elevation of play. While James Harden's All-Star ...

NBA birthdays: Players born on July 18

With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including four leap-day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of ...