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Editor’s note: The news that the Milwaukee Bucks had agreed to pay Gary Trent Jr. $64 million over four years broke during Las Vegas Summer League. We asked our NBA experts for their reaction to the signing: John Hollinger: Sitting in a row of media folks watching a summer league game as the news broke,…

Mark Cuban has gone to court over frustrations that he’s being kept in the dark about the Dallas Mavericks moving forward in their quest to build a new arena. Cuban’s lawyers have filed a petition in Dallas County district court seeking sworn testimony from a corporate representative of the Arena Development Institute, a company formed…

LAS VEGAS — Caleb Wilson did not need to conjure motivation. Not now. For five months, he’d counted the days until his next chance to prove himself. On Friday night, he scrolled back to look at the picture of himself in a blue hospital gown, sitting up in an inclined bed fresh out of a…

This figured to be a rough summer for Moses Moody. The extensive rehabilitation on his left knee alone is enough to push a player to the brink of his sanity. But added to that is the uncertainty about his future with the Golden State Warriors. Speculation season, also known as NBA free agency, turned up…

When Victor Wembanyama’s pen glided across the page in front of him at his home in France, he became an incredibly rich man. Just not quite as wealthy as he could’ve been. On Friday, as relics of his past, nods to his future and the key figures of his professional life surrounded him, Wembanyama signed…

LAS VEGAS — Trae Young knows the narrative that surrounds him now that he has signed a four-year, $213 million contract to remain with the Washington Wizards. That he’s lost a step. That he’s so ball-dominant that he will take needed developmental reps away from Wizards prospects such as AJ Dybantsa, Kyshawn George and Tre…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. It did not take long, with me sitting near John Hollinger in the Thomas & Mack Center at Las Vegas Summer League, for Atlanta Hawks and Arizona Wildcats legend Salim Stoudamire to become a topic of…

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs have agreed to a five-year rookie contract extension, the team announced Friday. The deal is worth a projected $252 million, a team source, granted anonymity to discuss confidential matters, confirmed. The deal will begin in the 2027-28 season, after the final year of Wembanyama’s rookie contract. The value…

Former Miami Heat teammates Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro were involved in a physical altercation in Las Vegas on Friday morning, the Heat confirmed to The Athletic. The incident took place at a gym inside the Resorts World Casino in front of an AAU team run by Herro. According to multiple sources who witnessed the…

LAS VEGAS — The Kawhi Leonard reunion in Toronto is on hold — for now. The agreed-upon trade between the Raptors and LA Clippers is now in limbo — and potentially in jeopardy — after it was paused Thursday because of the NBA’s ongoing Aspiration investigation into the Clippers. The stunning development came Thursday, when…