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PHOENIX — Miles Bridges on Wednesday came across as someone who wanted to prove himself to the Phoenix Suns fanbase. As someone who wanted to make a difference in the community and as someone who wanted to elevate a basketball team to a higher level. It will take some doing to convince everyone, but for…

NBA Summer League is over after 94 games played in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Sacramento and Las Vegas over 16 days. The Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies put in extra time, with both teams playing in a pre-Nevada invitational and then meeting in Sunday’s championship at Thomas & Mack Center, where the Warriors…

Jalen Duren is the latest free-agent straggler. Inside a league that is increasingly worried about expensive rosters, NBA teams are squeezing players who hit what purports to be the open market. Duren, a restricted free agent, is this summer’s personification of the trend. Organizations own the right of first refusal on restricted free agents, and…

Days after agreeing to a monster contract extension, Victor Wembanyama reminisced about the last three years of his NBA career. The highlights. The multiple accolades. The latest postseason push that helped make the extension an easy decision. His basketball profile continues to grow. On and off the court. Advertisement On July 10, the San Antonio…

On Sunday, Zaccharie Risacher became the NBA’s first No. 1 pick since 2017 to not make it to his third year with the team that drafted him. The Hawks traded Risacher, the top pick in 2024, to Dallas in a three-team deal that also sent Lu Dort to Atlanta. Markelle Fultz was the last former…

LAS VEGAS — The first rule of NBA Summer League is to ignore everything you saw at summer league. Three years ago, Victor Wembanyama was terrible, and Houston’s Cam Whitmore won Summer MVP. How’d that translate to the real games? That said, there is considerable evidence that summer-league performance does at least have some predictive…

For a moment, it looked like the Miami Heat knew LeBron James’ next destination. Then, they quickly said it was all just an innocent mistake. A link for a live stream titled “LeBron James Introductory Press Conference,” scheduled for July 27, was briefly posted on Tuesday to the Heat’s YouTube channel. It was later deleted.…

It’s well known that Steph Curry is a lock for induction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame once he’s eligible. And why not? He’s a four-time NBA champion, two-time NBA MVP (including being the league’s first unanimous) and the greatest 3-point shooter in hoops history. Curry’s name resides alongside that of his hopeful future teammate,…

The Athletic has live coverage of LeBron James’ free agency decision.  Forget momentarily about all of the points, rebounds, assists and championships, about his brilliant basketball mind and his business acumen. The most incredible part about LeBron James right now is that at 41 years, 6 months and 21 days of age, he is still in…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. No, LeBron James still hasn’t picked a new destination as we enter the fourth week of free agency. Yes, this feels very drawn out. But let me pose this question: What if he just isn’t in…