NBA By Brian Lewis June 14, 2023 | 18:52 The NBA Finals are over. That means the 2023 NBA Draft is coming up. Brooklyn has three picks in the June 22 draft, including back-to-back first-rounders. Almost without fail since taking over the Nets, general manager Sean Marks has been active on or before draft night, … Read more
Tim McMahonESPN staff writerJune 8, 2023, 8:00 a.m. ET6 minute reading Jokic’s masterful 32-21-10 triple-double leads Nuggets to victory in Game 3 Nikola Jokic scores 32 points with 21 rebounds and 10 assists as the Nuggets hold on to a 2-1 NBA Finals lead over the Heat. With the shot clock running, Denver Nuggets center … Read more
One of the catchiest chants in the NBA is an acknowledgment of one of the game’s most thankless tasks: “Defense!” Clap. Clap. “Defense!” It rained this week as the Miami Heat pulled off the nearly impossible challenge of slowing down two of the league’s most fearsome players — the Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic and Jamal … Read more
DENVER (KDVR) — The Denver Nuggets have won their first NBA championship since joining the league in 1976, but many players have made franchise history along the way. Teams in the NBA, like many sports leagues, will retire a player’s number as a way to recognize their greatness and honor them for the rest of … Read more
What an ending. Your favorite NBA team just won a championship. The superstar, drenched in sweat, fulfilled his hero’s journey. The players are exhausted but jubilant. Some of them are crying. Out comes a shiny trophy, the coveted prize that gives meaning to the grueling season, and it’s obvious who will lift it first: the … Read more
When you watched, you saw the joy. Collin Gillespie looked as happy as any of his Denver Nuggets teammates on the podium, the NBA champions. The rookie was in the middle of the celebration Monday night, just as he had been in college, celebrating Villanova’s 2018 NCAA title in San Antonio. “It was different,” Gillespie … Read more
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A few years ago, before a turbulent college career, Emoni Bates was playing in packed gyms and being touted as the next big thing while drawing comparisons to a young Kevin Durant. He was the best basketball player in his age group by the time he reached sixth grade. But Bates failed … Read more
Oh YoungmisukESPN staff writerJune 15, 2023, 8:00 a.m. ET8 minutes of reading Jeff Green on becoming a champion: All the sacrifice paid off Jeff Green joins Scott Van Pelt to talk about all the sacrifices made to become an NBA champion. DENVER — Reggie Jackson could see tears beginning to well up in Jeff Green’s … Read more