Last season, the Boston Celtics took down the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals in a series that was not particularly close. With ESPN's Mike Breen, JJ Redick, Doris Burke, and Lisa Salters ...

First Take host Stephen A. Smith shed light on his heated exchange with LeBron James at a Los Angeles Lakers game that went ...

Smith told USA TODAY Sports from the green room ... As part of the NBA’s new 11-year, $76 billion TV deal starting next season, ESPN/ABC, NBC and Amazon Prime Video will televise NBA games.

Taking ESPN ... it as a sports fan, but that’s the reality from a business standpoint. The most interesting part of the fallout from the rants is that it appears the Inside the NBA Twitter ...

“The NBA absolutely should be a comp,” said Daniel Cohen, who leads the media rights division at sports media company Octagon and has consulted for MLB. “[The ESPN breakup] is way overblown.