Sean Highkin
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Grading Brooklyn Nets-Detroit Pistons DeAndre Jordan Trade
The DeAndre Jordan era in Brooklyn is over. Once thought to be part of a package deal when the Nets landed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in free agency in 2019, Jordan ... → Read More
Inside 'NBA Top Shot,' the Digital Highlights Marketplace Worth Millions
In the third quarter of a regular-season game against the Houston Rockets last February, LeBron James broke away for a two-handed reverse windmill dunk off a steal and pass from Avery Bradley... → Read More
NBA Players Grapple with Painful Injustice of Breonna Taylor Decision
Her name and face have appeared on NBA players' T-shirts and in league-sponsored social justice PSAs during game broadcasts... → Read More
NBA Players Taking Fight for Social Justice into Their Own Hands
As Jacob Blake was added to the long list of Black people law enforcement has brutalized, it became clear to NBA players that previous pleas for social justice from the Florida bubble weren't enough... → Read More
'You'd Laugh If You Were There': NBA Broadcasters Bring Bubble to Life from Afar
PORTLAND, Ore. — Walking into an NBA arena during a pandemic is a surreal experience. The loading-dock entrance at the Moda Center hasn't changed, but now you have to pass a temperature check and sign a liability waiver before entering... → Read More
Final Regular-Season Grades for All 30 NBA Teams
The strangest regular season in NBA history officially ended Friday, four months after it was supposed to... → Read More
Pelicans' Win over Grizzlies Further Clouds Western Conference Playoff Race
The NBA may have designed its Disney bubble's 22-team format primarily as a means to get Zion Williamson onto more television screens, but it created a race for the eighth seed ... → Read More
Why NBA Players, Coaches Are Confident the Bubble Is Working
About a week into the NBA 's great Disney World experiment, the league is beginning to get an indication of how its meticulously crafted "bubble" is going to work... → Read More
Re-Drafting the 2015 NBA Draft Class
If there's ever a draft that proves the entire process is a crapshoot, it's 2015. Sure, the No. 1 overall pick, Karl-Anthony Towns, has lived up to his billing, and a few other All-Stars have emerged... → Read More
Re-Drafting the 2011 NBA Draft Class
The 2011 NBA draft boasts one of the strongest classes of the past decade, both in terms of top-level talent and depth... → Read More
Re-Drafting the 2010 NBA Draft Class
In many drafts, there's a clear No. 1 pick whose identity is known for as much as a year in advance. 2010 was one of those times—all along, it was the John Wall draft, and the one-and-done Kentucky superstar went first overall to Washington... → Read More
Who Ya Got: 72-Win Chicago Bulls or 73-Win Golden State Warriors?
It's finally here. ESPN's The Last Dance documentary on the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls is set to release Sunday at 9 p.m. ET... → Read More
Re-Drafting the 2007 NBA Draft Class
The 2007 NBA draft is most commonly known as the "Oden-Durant draft." It was obvious throughout the previous college season that the top two picks would be Ohio State center Greg Oden ... → Read More
Re-Drafting the 2003 NBA Draft Class
The 2003 NBA draft is on the short list, along with 1984 and 1996, as one of the most important drafts in NBA history. The prize, of course, was LeBron James , the most hyped high school prospect ever... → Read More
Playground-Style Draft Should Be NBA's Next All-Star Evolution
Last year, the NBA made a big show of listening to the demands of the public and putting the All-Star draft on television for the first time... → Read More
Ranking 7 worst NBA trades of last decade, including heists by Celtics, Raptors
These are the NBA trades that really made fans shake their heads in disgust. → Read More
Clippers' Kawhi, PG Additions Set Up Epic Western Conference Fight for Supremacy
If the demise of the Golden State Warriors' dynasty opened up next year's NBA title race, Friday night represented yet another shake-up in the Western Conference... → Read More
What's Next for Young Lottery Teams After 2019 NBA Draft?
As the NBA heads into what could be its most chaotic offseason in some time, many teams already have a lot of young talent in place. There will be competition for the biggest stars on the market, as there always is... → Read More
Where Every NBA Playoff Team Stands Heading into the Postseason
For the first time since 2005, LeBron James will not be participating in the NBA playoffs. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of other intriguing storylines throughout the eight first-round matchups... → Read More
The Good, the Bad, the Petty: What to Make of NBA's 1st Televised All-Star Draft
When the NBA announced last season that the All-Star teams would be picked by two captains, everybody had pretty much the same reaction: Great idea, but why isn't it televised? The All-Star Game badly needed a shake-up... → Read More