Second-year Cleveland Cavaliers forward Emoni Bates had a career day Sunday in the team's regular-season finale vs. the Indiana Pacers, coming off the bench to score 25 points in a 126-118 double ...

Emoni Bates has given back to the program that once helped him become a household name on the basketball court. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward donated $100,000 to the Bates Basketball Academy in ...

Emoni Bates has posted a message expressing regret about decommitting from Tom Izzo and Michigan State basketball nearly four years ago. Bates, 21, posted Thursday to his official Facebook page he ...

To address this, the Wine and Gold drafted Emoni Bates in the second round of the 2023 Draft, seeing the tremendous upside he could provide to the team. The rookie had some positive moments in the ...

Cleveland Cavaliers guard/forward Emoni Bates underwent successful arthroscopic surgery today to treat a torn meniscus in his right knee. The procedure was performed by Cavaliers team physician ...

Emoni Bates is a basketball prodigy who is currently on a two-way contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Bates attended Lincoln High School in Ypsilanti. After a ...

LAS VEGAS — Emoni Bates knew exactly how many players with NBA experience the Memphis Grizzlies had on the floor Monday afternoon inside the Cox Pavilion. That was one of many motivating factors ...

Wasserman mocked Bates to the Knicks at No. 21 back in November of 2022. “Despite what certain teams might think about Bates’ decision-making and demeanor, his combination of 6′9″ size and ...

They found one, selecting Eastern Michigan swingman Emoni Bates with the No. 49 overall pick. The 6-foot-9 Bates, who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a teenager with the headline “Born ...

Eastern Michigan basketball's Emoni Bates has been drafted No. 49 overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2023 NBA draft. Bates on Thursday became the first player from Eastern Michigan to be ...

Emoni Bates, the 6-foot-9 prospect once called “a young Kevin Durant,” began his NBA pre-draft workouts this week with the Dallas Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets, who own five ...

In a way, Emoni Bates' convoluted amateur journey ended the way we all thought it would: an early declaration for the NBA draft. His legend started quickly and grew even faster. As a freshman in ...