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Topps, the Fanatics-owned trading card company, hopped into the NBA newsbreaking business Friday morning. It announced that LeBron James would be signing with the Philadelphia 76ers via a social media post displaying James’ first autographed trading card in a 76ers uniform. Timestamps on the posts from James, Topps’ X account post and ESPN’s Shams Charania…

The unpredictable free agency saga of LeBron James finally ended on Friday with the superstar signing a two-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, catapulting them to third on the 2027 NBA title oddsboard, behind only the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder. Joining the Sixers is yet another surprising free agency decision from James;…

The Minnesota Timberwolves threw everything they possibly could at LeBron James to try to persuade him to chase a championship with them. Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball got on the phone with him. Alex Rodriguez led ownership’s pitch given their common ground as superstar athletes who have become business moguls. Tim Connelly’s longstanding working relationship…

Decisions, decisions! You could argue that no player in NBA history has made more impactful ones than LeBron James, at least when it comes to free agency. LeBron has now had four major decisions in his career, and they’ve all sent sizable ripples through the league. With James deciding to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers…

The idea of Stephen Curry and LeBron James pairing up for an entire NBA season with the Golden State Warriors was fun to think about for a few weeks. But now that James has decided to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers and the pairing isn’t going to happen, the Warriors have to move forward. James…

LeBron James has found the next stop in his historic NBA career. The league’s all-time leading scorer has agreed to join the Philadelphia 76ers, he announced Friday on social media, beginning the record 24th season of a career that has already redefined longevity and greatness. The deal is for two years and $8 million, a…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Rafer Alston turns 50 today! You may look at him as an 11-year veteran NBA point guard, who saw most of his action with the Houston Rockets. But for those of us obsessed with And1 Mixtapes…

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The Oklahoma City Thunder have no qualms with the second apron. Their cost-cutting summer was just that — cost-cutting. Trading away three rotation players, including all-defensive wing Lu Dort, for a mishmash of second-round picks was not a basketball strategy. It was, as the team’s general manager Sam Presti said earlier this week, a move…

LAS VEGAS — When it comes to NBA Summer League, how bad is bad? What do we make out of it going forward? Take the Chicago Bulls’ Dailyn Swain, for instance. The 15th pick in the draft out of Texas, he shot 4 of 31 in his four summer-league games. He missed all seven of…