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LAS VEGAS — As Kawhi Leonard watched a Toronto Raptors game courtside at Thomas & Mack Arena Monday night, he sat several seats down from the franchise’s general manager and its former governor. He is a former Raptors star and seemingly a future one, but for now he remains in limbo. As the NBA’s probe…

LAS VEGAS — The Washington Wizards have shut down rookie wing AJ Dybantsa and second-year wings Will Riley and Tre Johnson for the remainder of the team’s NBA Summer League games, Wizards summer league coach T.J. Sorrentine told The Athletic on Tuesday. The decision should not come as a surprise. The Wizards opened their summer…

LAS VEGAS — NBA champion coach Mark Daigneault of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Detroit Pistons’ J.B. Bickerstaff are expected to join USA Basketball coach Erik Spoelstra’s staff for the next two-year cycle for the men’s national team that concludes with the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, according to multiple league sources with direct knowledge…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. No, we still don’t have any updates on LeBron James and where he’s signing. So we’re keeping this a LeBron-free zone for today. Check back on Friday, and maybe we’ll have an answer. Advertisement Wham, Bam…

LAS VEGAS — What’s the most enduring image of the Washington Wizards’ time in Nevada so far this summer? AJ Dybantsa maneuvering around and through four defenders for an emphatic two-handed dunk during his summer-league debut? Tre Johnson dribbling between his legs and stepping back for a pinpoint 3-pointer as part of a 26-point performance?…

It could take time getting used to seeing Jaylen Brown in a Philadelphia 76ers jersey, but the possibilities for his new team are tantalizing. To preview how the 76ers will evolve after trading for Brown, The Athletic put together a roundtable with Celtics writer Jay King and 76ers writer Tony Jones. Advertisement How will Brown…

LAS VEGAS — Mike Gansey and the Philadelphia 76ers don’t have an inkling which way the LeBron James leaves are turning. The Sixers, led by their new President of Basketball Operations, are among several teams that have aggressively pursued James. But even though his roster has already improved significantly on paper this offseason, Gansey’s eyes…

LAS VEGAS — One day into free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers uncorked a series of rapid-fire moves. A trade for Walker Kessler. Deals with Quentin Grimes, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Collin Sexton quickly followed. Then, they traded Deandre Ayton for Jaden Hardy and second-round picks, and added Kevon Looney. It was a complete overhaul of…

LAS VEGAS — It counted as only one sequence in a 40-minute NBA Summer League exhibition, but sometimes a single moment can reveal a larger truth about a young player’s potential. In the middle of the first quarter late Sunday afternoon, with the Washington Wizards on defense, 6-foot-9 wing AJ Dybantsa switched onto the Sacramento…

“This stuff is hard. And you got to stay together, if you’ve got the guts. And you don’t find the first door and run out of it.” — Pat Riley, June 19, 2014 LAS VEGAS — We’re here again, just like 16 and 12 years ago, respectively. The whole NBA is once again awaiting LeBron…