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LeBron James has made another decision: He has launched a YouTube golf channel. The NBA’s all-time leading scorer has been very public about expanding his horizons to the fairways, links and greens (and also upset some folks in Memphis while on a golf course earlier this season). Now the 41-year-old is making things YouTube official.…

The much-anticipated discovery of the Cooper Flagg NBA Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card, expected to sell for millions if it reaches public auction, drew a full range of emotions from everyone involved when it was pulled on Monday. Rhody Breakers’ Chris Card, who had found the one-of-a-kind Flagg Debut Patch redemption card in a box…

The San Antonio Spurs’ schedule for the upcoming season includes games in France and England, with a league-high 34 appearances on national TV. It also includes three “home” games in Austin. While the Spurs continue to grow their fanbase along the I-35 corridor, they’re also trying to fund a massive arena complex set in San…

Basketball’s Hall of Fame opens its doors. The chosen few enter with drop steps and post spins. These latest additions to Springfield range from the fiery rim-running of Amar’e Stoudemire to the dexterous grace of Candace Parker. Saturday’s proceedings show love to MVPs, gold medalists, head coaches and even one referee. Here’s what fans of…

Dennis Schröder has found a new team — again. The Cleveland Cavaliers are trading the veteran point guard to the Charlotte Hornets for Tre Mann and cash, league sources told The Athletic on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized. It will be the 12th team Schröder has played for in his…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Want to know who the stars of the future are? The NBA has a new web miniseries called “Road to Peach Jam.” Top prospects in the EYBL like Beckham Black, Colton Hiller, JJ Crawford, AJ Williams…

DALLAS — In 1994, Gregg Popovich had a job offer he was mulling over. The San Antonio Spurs wanted him to return to the franchise to become the team’s general manager. Popovich had previously worked for the organization as an assistant on Larry Brown’s staff from 1988 to 1992. Brown and his staff were fired,…

In the summer of 2004, Mike D’Antoni was 53 years old and had a career record of 35-76 as an NBA coach. His future induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame seemed … unlikely. Yet here we are, more than two decades later, and D’Antoni is heading into the Hall of Fame this weekend. From…

Doc Rivers is being enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend. If you looked at the internet and social media over the past 15 years, you’d never know Rivers was a Hall of Fame coach. He has been the target of memes, jokes and commentary about historic collapses in the NBA playoffs.…

The up-and-down relationship between Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant will be an essential part of their basketball stories for years to come, but as Westbrook moves into the next phase of his life, Durant made clear Thursday whatever tension might have existed between the two is firmly in the past. Advertisement A day after Westbrook…