NBA All-Star x HBCU Student Showcase: Eric January

The 25-year-old guard has high expectations with Cleveland this season. Donovan Mitchell is exactly what the Cleveland Cavaliers needed. Last season, the Cavs scored 10.6 more points per 100 possessions with Darius Garland on the floor (113.6) than they did with him off the floor (103.0). That was the fifth biggest on-off OffRtg differential among…

* Tonight on ESPN: 2018 NBA Draft Lottery (7:30 p.m. ET) NEW YORK – Five ties among teams that finished the 2017-18 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2018 presented by State Farm. The drawings were conducted by NBA Executive…

Scott Skiles’ record single-game assists record has stood for more than 3 decades. On Dec. 30, 1990, Orlando’s Scott Skiles dished out an NBA-record 30 assists to go with 22 points and only four turnovers to lead the Magic to a franchise-record 155 points in a win over the Nuggets. Skiles’ assists record and Magic…

We are, again, forced to contemplate the meaning of the First Amendment and the national anthem with regard to sports, and those who play them. The decision last week by NFL owners (owners? Doesn’t anyone see the complexity of using that terminology alone?) to require players on NFL teams to stand during the playing of…

Nikola Jokic has scored at least 52 DK points in all but two games over the last month. This slate is going to be tough to evaluate. This marks the trade deadline day, and there will undoubtedly be some significant changes between the time this is published and the time the slate commences. We’ll try…

NEW YORK — The NBA announced today that the 2019 NBA All-Star Draft will be televised by TNT on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. ET. The team rosters for the 68th NBA All-Star Game will be revealed during a special NBA All-Star Draft Show, which will be followed by an extended version of the…