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Sources: Grizzlies to send Valanciunas to Pelicans

4:47 PM ET The New Orleans Pelicans are finalizing a trade to send Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe and two future first-round picks – including the 10th overall pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft – to Memphis for center Jonas Valanciunas and the 17th overall pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Determined to create significant financial flexibility
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Cade Cunningham on how fatherhood fuels his NBA dream

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Texans place Marcus Cannon, Lane Taylor on PUP The Texans placed offensive linemen Marcus Cannon and Lane Taylor on the physically unable to perform list. Cannon, 33, had minor knee surgery after the Texans’ organized team activities. Cannon joined the Texans in a trade from the Patriots in March. As
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Luka drops 48 in Olympic debut, flirts with record

4:43 AM ET Associated Press SAITAMA, Japan — Luka Doncic is only a 22-year-old Olympic rookie, a player who might still be a few years away from his best basketball. Sergio Hernandez doesn’t need to wait. “For me, I said this two years ago: He is the best player in the world, including the NBA,”
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Will the Jazz re-sign Mike Conley? | Woj & Lowe YouTube Exclusive

Will the Jazz re-sign Mike Conley? | Woj & Lowe YouTube Exclusive In this YouTube-exclusive segment, Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe discuss Mike Conley’s future with the Utah Jazz. #Woj&Lowe #NBA ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: https://plus.espn.com/​​​​​ 📱Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn​​​​​ 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2yxs3Og​​​​​ ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube:
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The U.S. can’t win gold with KD playing like this

TOKYO — After the U.S. men’s basketball team lost to France on Sunday, 83-76, giving the Americans their first loss in the Olympics since 2004, Coach Gregg Popovich took umbrage at the idea the outcome was somehow a surprise. He had a point, of course. It’s “a diss to the French team [to think] we
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France stuns Team USA, rallies for 83-76 victory

10:08 AM ET The Unites States faltered down the stretch Sunday in a 83-76 loss to France at the Olympics. The U.S. led 74-67 with 3:41 remaining, before Evan Fournier ignited a 14-0 run that helped France secure the victory. Fournier finished with 28 points for France. It is the United States’ first Olympic basketball
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Draymond: ‘Respect’ to Finals players in Tokyo

9:06 AM ET TOKYO — Devin Booker, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday arrived in Japan on a private jet just before 11 p.m. Saturday, less than 24 hours before Team USA opens Olympic play against France in a vital game out of the gate. It was a brutal travel day after an exhausting playoff stretch,
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Our picks for the best possible Olympic 3×3 team

TOKYO — A seemingly very American sport debuted at the Olympics here on Saturday without a team of American men. 3×3 basketball looks like it was designed in a Chicago playground lab, with the express purpose of adding to Team USA’s medal haul. And it probably will, on the women’s side. But on the men’s
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Reacting to the news that the Trail Blazers have rejected draft pick offers for McCollum | The Jump

The Jump plays “Something, Nothing or Everything” with the report that the Portland Trail Blazers are turning down offers of draft picks for CJ McCollum. ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: https://plus.espn.com/​​​​​ 📱Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn​​​​​ 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2yxs3Og​​​​​ ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE​​​​​ ☑️Watch ESPN on YouTube TV:
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