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One month after New York Knicks owner James Dolan said his franchise “accepted” an invitation to the White House to celebrate their NBA championship, Finals MVP Jalen Brunson said the team had not yet talked about a potential visit. “That’s something that we actually haven’t discussed as a team,” Brunson said in an interview with…

As the basketball world continues to wait for LeBron James to decide where he will play in his record-setting 24th NBA season, Rich Paul, his longtime friend and agent, said teams will have to keep on waiting, insisting that James does not yet know his decision. “We’re not going to be rushed,” Paul said on…

Two Egyptian nationals have been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of offences related to their running of an unauthorised offshoot of the Streameast sports piracy platform. Streameast has become a “piracy brand” rather than a single domain or website and has been a huge player in the world of illegal…

LAS VEGAS — The Washington Wizards can feel pleased that they won three of their five games in the NBA Summer League. After all, even in a slate of glorified exhibitions, it is better to win and defend well than to lose. In the long run, few will care (or even remember) that the Wizards’…

Cameron Boozer watched a lot of the New York Knicks during their run to their first NBA championship in more than 50 years. He watched how they moved offensively. He observed how they shared the basketball and how they seemed to know where each other would be at all times. He eyed how they moved…

What happens when the greatest of all time moves on? The body of the 2026 World Cup is not yet cold, and Argentina are in the early stages of coming to terms with their defeat against Spain in Sunday’s final. There might be something even bigger for them to adjust to, though, in the near…

PORTLAND, Ore. — They are two parties who want the same thing. The city of Portland says it wants to make a deal with the Trail Blazers on a new arena lease. The Trail Blazers say they will sign a 20-year lease if the city signs off on funding that will open nearly $600 million…

LAS VEGAS — When the Golden State Warriors selected Yaxel Lendeborg with the 11th pick in last month’s NBA Draft, the 23-year-old still couldn’t quite believe it. For a young man rarely at a loss for words, the pick, by one of the league’s premier franchises, was hard to comprehend. “Honestly, I didn’t even have…

It’s always easier for teams to admit a mistake and move on when there’s a different decision-maker in charge. The Atlanta Hawks did so Sunday by bidding adieu to the top pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Atlanta sent Zaccharie Risacher and two second-round picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder to get defensive stopper Luguentz…

LAS VEGAS — “What are they doing?” In talking with NBA execs and staffers during my eight-day stay in Vegas (a delightful place to visit in mid-July) for summer league, I was surprised how often this came up in relation to other teams, not to mention at least one prestigious white-shoe law firm. Usually, front…