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Luka Dončić invited his Los Angeles Lakers teammates to his home country of Slovenia for a minicamp in August and offered to pay for their intercontinental travel, according to a league source who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Dončić, who didn’t participate in the Lakers’ veteran camp in Las…

The broadcast homes of the New York Knicks and Yankees and five other area pro sports teams will stream their games exclusively at a new location. MSG Networks and YES Network announced that starting with this upcoming NBA and NHL season, they will stream the Yankees, Knicks, Rangers, Nets, Devils, Islanders and Sabres games on…

Nothing beats finding a bargain. Doing so in the sports collectibles world these days, with more attention and money pouring into the industry than ever before, makes unearthing a deal particularly thrilling. And lucrative. Quinn Brown, a 19-year-old professional thrifter from Portland, Ore., spotted a Los Angeles Lakers warmup jacket bearing Wilt Chamberlain’s name on…

If Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown do harbor some level of animosity toward each other now, that is truly a shame. For so long, they were a shining example of how much an NBA superstar duo could survive together. They were proof that not every team should make wholesale changes at the first sign of…

This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here. It’s the summer of 2011. Blake Drazner is about to go to eighth-grade football practice on a brutally hot Chicago day when he notices one of his classmates walking down the block with a…

Draymond Green agreed to re-sign with the Golden State Warriors on a one-year deal worth $27.7 million and will return to the organization for his 15th season, according to a league source who spoke on condition of anonymity so they could speak candidly about a deal that has not been announced. Green, 36, averaged 8.4…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Today, Manu Ginóbili turns 49 years old. He’s one of my favorite players of all time and could have been a superstar, but decided to sacrifice for the greater good of the Spurs. He has some…

When LeBron James finally chose the Philadelphia 76ers last week, perhaps no one outside of Philadelphia was happier than the NBA’s scheduling team. Just as the teams waited on the NBA legend to make his last decision, so did the league office. As NBA commissioner Adam Silver pointed out earlier this month, on Day 16…

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Alex here, filling in again as Chris takes a break. Inside: 📈 A rejuvenated conference 😬 UNC football GM on leave 💔 A tragic story in the NFL Geography: Just how back is the NBA’s…

Now that the Denver Nuggets have matched the Oklahoma City Thunder’s offer sheet for restricted free-agent forward Spencer Jones, the attention turns to Denver’s 23-year-old dynamic forward, Peyton Watson. The Nuggets have offered Watson, a restricted free agent, $70 million over five seasons, according to league sources who spoke to The Athletic on condition of…