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The legal flare-up between Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban and team governor Patrick Dumont is over — at least for now. Cuban’s lawyers withdrew the Rule 202 Petition earlier this week, which they filed in court in July. In that petition, they sought sworn testimony from a corporate representative from Arena Development Intermediate, a…

The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold. Again. Only 14 months after agreeing to purchase the Lakers at a record-setting $10 billion valuation, Mark Walter is selling the team to Bob Iger, the former Disney CEO, and Joshua Kushner at a valuation of more than $12 billion, according to a source with knowledge of the…

The NBA continued its 2026-27 schedule rollout Wednesday by revealing additional games scheduled to air on Prime Video. The first night of NBA Cup group play, Oct. 30, will feature the New York Knicks facing the Philadelphia 76ers at 7:30 p.m. Eastern, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers facing the Golden State Warriors at 10…

PHOENIX — In the weeks before the 2002 NBA Draft, Jerry Colangelo had made up his mind. He wanted Amar’e Stoudemire, the explosive, powerful forward from Florida who had attended six different high schools. Normally, the Phoenix Suns chairman was against drafting players who had not attended college, but Stoudemire, he quickly learned, was different.…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Dwight Howard is in a hurry and doesn’t have much time to talk. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, an eight-time NBA All-Star now competing as the captain of the LA Riot in the Big3, isn’t rude, but it’s clear he intends to get onto the Intuit Dome court to go…

The one-of-a-kind Cooper Flagg NBA Rookie Debut Patch Autograph card with splashy public offers from the Dallas Mavericks and a variety of collectors and auction houses was hit on Monday night. Rhody Breakers, which operates out of Baseball Cards of RI in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, pulled the card for a customer in a box…

The Lewis family, who own Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, are exploring a bid for the NBA Europe team in London. It would represent a foray into other sports for the family, who have owned Spurs since Joe Lewis acquired a controlling stake in 2001. The Lewis family own 70.12 per cent of ENIC, Tottenham’s…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. The NBA announced its opening-week schedule and Christmas Day slate today. To nobody’s surprise, LeBron James and the 76ers are featured heavily; they play the Knicks on opening night at Madison Square Garden, host the Cavaliers…

At this time of the NBA offseason, most teams typically have their roster work completed and find themselves ready for a new season. This has not been a normal offseason for the Miami Heat. Miami traded four players and three first-round picks (plus a first-round pick swap and a second-round pick) to pry two-time NBA…

Hope! That’s what the offseason is supposed to bring NBA fans when their team drafts a future star or signs a free agent who fills a clear need. And yet, sometimes we end up seeing a lot more concern than anything. Sometimes it’s the moves that didn’t happen that leave a franchise wondering, “Where do…