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For two hours, they dined and talked in a South Carolina steakhouse, and what Portland Trail Blazers coach Micah Nori noticed most about his lunch partner was the sincerity of his words, the seriousness of his facial expressions and the excitement that was unable to be contained. Ja Morant told his new coach that he…

LeBron James is back — we just don’t know where or what that actually means yet. The legendary player announced Tuesday that he will be playing a record 24th NBA season, but it won’t be with the Los Angeles Lakers. Already, teams are lining up for his services. The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers…

Walker Kessler did not like what he was being offered by the Utah Jazz in restricted free agency. He decided to go out and find a new home, hoping the Jazz would work with him and that new team on a sign-and-trade. Luckily for him, that’s exactly what he found in the Los Angeles Lakers.…

As Day 2 of free agency got underway Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Lakers landed one of the market’s top shooting guards. Quentin Grimes agreed to a four-year, $60 million deal with the Lakers that includes a player option in the final season, league sources granted anonymity to discuss front-office strategy said. ESPN first reported…

The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a four-year, $52 million deal with power forward Sandro Mamukelashvili, league sources with knowledge of the negotiations told reporters. The contract includes a player option for the fourth and final season. ESPN first reported the deal. Mamukelashvili, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound forward, spent the 2025-26 season with the Toronto…

The Utah Jazz are trading starting center Walker Kessler to the Los Angeles Lakers, a league source confirmed to The Athletic. As part of the deal, the Lakers are sending Utah unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and first-round swaps in 2028 and 2030. Kessler, a restricted free agent, is set to sign a…

Free agent center Mitchell Robinson will leave the NBA champion New York Knicks to sign a 3-year, $47 million contract with the rival Boston Celtics, according to a league source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been completed. Robinson gets a contract the Knicks are unable to match without going…

Nikola Vučević is heading back to Orlando. The center has agreed to a one-year deal with the Magic, according to a league source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been completed. The deal is for $3.9 million, according to a league source. Vučević played for the Magic from 2012 to…

Veteran point guard Mike Conley has agreed to a deal with the Boston Celtics, according to a league source who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been completed. The 38-year-old averaged 4.5 points in 18.4 minutes in two separate stints with the Minnesota Timberwolves last season. He was traded away in…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Yesterday’s free-agency action was kind of mild. Trades have become the new free agency, and we didn’t see a ton of movement in the market. At least not yet. Ten years ago, we had Timofey Mozgov,…