NEW YORK — There’s a protracted checklist of Madison Square Garden villains, gamers who experience torturing New York Knicks followers in high-leverage conditions. CJ McCollum grew to become the newest addition to that checklist Monday evening, as his fourth-quarter exploits helped the Atlanta Hawks beat the Knicks 107-106 in Game 2 to tie their first-round…
The New Orleans Pelicans entrance workplace has had a ton of questionable strikes ever since taking up final yr. The determination to commerce their unprotected first-round decide within the 2026 NBA Draft for Derik Queen has been broadly criticized and could have an enduring impression on the franchise. That transfer has overshadowed one other baffling…
Myron MedcalfMar 28, 2026, 09:00 AM ET Close Covers faculty basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Multiple Authors HOUSTON — Ben McCollum was livid. Saliva sat on the sting of his lip, however he did not wipe it off. He was midtirade, and his Iowa group was down 10 factors…
Iowa Hawkeyes males’s basketball head coach Ben McCollum talked to the media on Friday forward of dealing with the Illinois Fighting Illini within the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, and McCollum stated the Illinois participant that does not get sufficient consideration is guard Kylan Boswell, even calling him the group’s “alpha” and “unsung hero.” “Probably essentially…
Myron MedcalfMar 27, 2026, 07:16 PM ET Close Covers school basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Multiple Authors HOUSTON — With the potential for a number of high-profile jobs being open this offseason, Iowa coach Ben McCollum stated Friday that he will return to the Hawkeyes in 2026-27. McCollum has…
When the Atlanta Hawks acquired CJ McCollum in the Trae Young commerce, there was a base assumption that he wouldn’t be on the crew for lengthy. With an expiring $30 million deal, McCollum might have been flipped once more at the commerce deadline or just allowed to stroll in free company. Allowing him to go…
CJ McCollum’s $30.7 million expiring contract, reality be advised, landed him on the coronary heart of the Young commerce with Washington as a lot as something, however he has performed so significantly better than anticipated as a Hawk, constructing on his previous taking part in expertise alongside Daniels in New Orleans. I requested McCollum if…