Updated Top 100 rankings for the 2025 NBA draft: Who's rising and falling?
Players from Illinois and Oklahoma move up the ranks, but it's still Cooper Flagg's show as his impressive games of late keep him locked in at No. 1.
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Our latest NBA mock draft: Who shakes up the top five?
Duke's Cooper Flagg is still the favorite to be drafted No. 1, but a newcomer has moved into the top 5. Let's project all 30 first-round picks.
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Grading the latest NBA trades: Clippers' deal setting up another move?
Kevin Pelton grades all sides of the 2024-25 season's biggest deals, including P.J. Tucker finally getting a trade out of Los Angeles.
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NBA trade tracker: Jazz send Clippers two veterans
Tracking all the major trades and their details as the 2024-25 NBA regular season rolls on.
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Bobby Marks' NBA trade deadline tiers: Deals, biggest questions for all 30 teams
The Feb. 6 trade deadline is fast approaching. Here's what you need to know about all 30 teams, including deals for each that would shake up the league.
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NBA intel: Three teams are forming a Wemby blockade atop the West
Victor Wembanyama is charging toward West supremacy. Problem is, OKC, Houston and Memphis aren't going anywhere. And each can get even stronger at the trade deadline.
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How Bradley Beal still controls the NBA trade deadline in Phoenix
Next week's trade deadline is just one of the hurdles facing the league's most expensive roster.
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NBA draft asset rankings: How OKC and four other teams amassed over 60 first-rounders
With plenty of key picks certain to be traded between now and the deadline, ESPN NBA insider Bobby Marks is ranking each team's collection of draft assets from 1-30.
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NBA intel: Which teams are feeling trade deadline desperation?
Which NBA contenders are most desperate to make a trade? Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst have new intel, plus the latest from the Paris games and the other lineup change that's fueling Miami.
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Who's the best international NBA draft prospect?
Jeremy Woo details why Nolan Traore from France is the highest-ranked international prospect on ESPN's NBA draft board.
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How does Dylan Harper compare to Jalen Green?
ESPN's NBA draft analyst Jeremy Woo discusses how impressive Rutgers freshman Dylan Harper has been and how he stacks up against Jalen Green and Jordan Clarkson.
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Five NBA players most likely to be traded -- and the latest on a new $5B league
NBA execs weigh in on the players not named Jimmy Butler who are likely to be traded, and why a member of LeBron James' inner circle is advising a multibillion-dollar hoops venture.
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Scouting 10 NBA draft risers: Why one prospect 'has a skill set that everyone is trying to find'
With half the college hoops season done, big games from prospects such as Michigan's Danny Wolf are catching scouts' attention. Here are 10 names to know.
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The NBA's most surprising and disappointing players, according to league insiders
NBA coaches, scouts and execs share their most surprising and most disappointing players of the first half, plus the latest on Bradley Beal and Detroit's trade deadline plans.
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'You cannot intimidate Pat Riley': What we're hearing on the Butler-Heat stalemate
Jimmy Butler wants to be traded. Miami boss Pat Riley says no. We have the latest intel on the simmering Heat saga, plus why one active team has more trades to make.
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The best men's basketball players at every age, from 14 to 40-year-old LeBron
In honor of LeBron's 40th birthday, we're picking the best men's basketball players at every age from the NBA to college to high school.
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NBA trade intel, scouting Bronny and more buzz from the G League Showcase
While at the G League Showcase, ESPN's Bobby Marks and Jeremy Woo hear from NBA insiders on trade deadline intel, Cooper Flagg's ascent and league expansion.
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NBA trade outlooks for all 30 teams: Big questions, tradable picks and apron updates
What trade decisions face the league's contending, middling and lottery-bound franchises? Bobby Marks examines all 30 teams' deadline outlooks.
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NBA execs debate Cooper Flagg's future: Biggest strengths and best comps
The Duke freshman is undoubtedly the No. 1 pick in the 2025 draft, but executives say a tempering of "generational" expectations would be wise.
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NBA trade intel: What we're hearing on seven teams with major decisions
What trades are league insiders expecting from the Warriors, Lakers, Heat and other potentially active teams? Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst have the latest intel.
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The Knicks' free safety is saving their defense -- one blocked 3 at a time
OG Anunoby is everywhere on defense. Plus, the factors behind Tyrese Haliburton's struggles and why short-handed Orlando is still a major threat.
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NBA scouts' and execs' early insights on the Karl-Anthony Towns trade
How are Randle, Towns, Klay and other stars impacting their new teams? NBA scouts and execs weigh in.
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NBA draft snapshot: Projections, prospects and teams we're watching (yes, including Philly)
Guided by BPI, ESPN's NBA insiders are breaking down the teams, prospects and draft storylines to watch, including the uncertain future of four key traded picks.
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NBA trade grades: Breaking down the most impactful deals
Kevin Pelton grades all sides of the 2024-25 season's biggest deals, including P.J. Tucker finally getting a trade out of Los Angeles.
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NBA trade tracker: Details for all deals for 2024-25
Tracking all the major trades and their details as the 2024-25 NBA regular season rolls on.
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NBA trade deadline 2025: Latest deals, news, reports
The latest from our NBA experts on deals ahead of the Thursday trade deadline.
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LeBron James' most notable Madison Square Garden appearances
The Los Angeles Lakers face the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden Saturday night on ABC. Here are some of LeBron James' memorable performances at the world's most famous arena throughout the years.
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Sources: Clippers trade Tucker, Bamba to Jazz for Eubanks, Mills
The Clippers are trading forward P.J. Tucker, center Mo Bamba, a future 2nd-round pick and cash to the Jazz for forward Drew Eubanks and guard Patty Mills, sources told ESPN.
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Fantasy basketball: Should you trade LeBron James?
What is LeBron James' fantasy value in 2025 and in what situations might it be worth trading him? Eric Moody takes a closer look.
