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The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue honoring Phil Jackson, who coached the franchise to five NBA championships across two stints from 1999 to 2011. The Lakers will unveil the statue on April 9 outside Crypto.com Arena before hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves. “Phil Jackson defines championship basketball for a reason,” Lakers governor Jeanie Buss…

The New Orleans Pelicans agreed to trade Jordan Hawkins, Micah Peavy, a future second-round pick and a future second-round pick swap to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for AJ Johnson and Taj Gibson on Tuesday, league sources confirmed to The Athletic. ESPN was first to report the news. The Pelicans move on from two of…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Hey, I’m headed on vacation! I’ll be gone for the next two weeks, but do not fear. The venerable and dope Shakeia Taylor will be taking the reins of The Bounce until Sept. 28, when we’ll…

PHILADELPHIA – The kids, wide-eyed, waited their turn to speak to Mike Gansey. In the sweltering Francis J. Myers recreation center, one by one, well-wishers, Philadelphia 76ers personnel and family members approached the man who has been the team’s president of basketball operations for fewer than four months. Advertisement Those months have been spectacular, which…

The LA Clippers will have to play basketball at some point. After getting bludgeoned by the NBA’s sledgehammer following a yearlong investigation into alleged salary-cap circumvention, it’s fair to wonder how the Clippers go on to try to extend the league’s longest active streak of winning seasons to 16 years and beyond. Advertisement As part…

LeBron James joined a growing list of athletes teaming up with prediction market services Saturday, announcing a forthcoming partnership with Polymarket via social media. The Philadelphia 76ers star and future Hall of Famer’s partnership follows in the footsteps of stars such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bryson DeChambeau and Lionel Messi, all of whom revealed deals with…

The NBA announced crushing punishments for the LA Clippers, owner Steve Ballmer and two executives after a year-long investigation concluded they broke league rules by funneling millions to Kawhi Leonard through lucrative sponsorship deals. The Clippers lost five first-round draft picks, while Ballmer was suspended for a year and fined $30 million. Clippers president Lawrence…

The 2026-27 NBA season will be Charles Barkley’s final season on “Inside the NBA.” Maybe. Barkley said on an episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” released Thursday that the next season of “Inside the NBA” would be the last one for both him and host Ernie Johnson. Barkley told Simmons that Johnson asked him to stay…

A second bidder on a potential expansion NBA franchise in Seattle is developing a plan to build a new arena on land near Marysville, a Washington town located 35 miles north of the Emerald City. BlackSun Private Equity, a New York-based firm that in August submitted a bid to bring the NBA back to Seattle,…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. The plan for today was to complete the Bounce position rankings with the top 40 forwards in the NBA. Then the league decided to give us the punishment for the LA Clippers. So we’re pushing the…