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The bids for NBA Europe are in, and commissioner Adam Silver’s office is encouraged by both the level of interest and the money attached to the new league. A Tuesday deadline for non-binding proposals passed at midnight ET, and two sources familiar with the submissions said multiple bidders proposed investments of at least $1 billion.…

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LOS ANGELES — Tom Dundon’s first day as owner of the Portland Trail Blazers came with a simple message to his players: The standard is changing. In a short meeting with his team inside Intuit Dome before Tuesday’s game against the LA Clippers, Dundon told his players he appreciates what they do, but he expects…

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers reached 50 wins Tuesday night, a familiar benchmark that carries a very different meaning this time around. A 127-113 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers marked their fourth consecutive win and improved them to 17-5 since the All-Star break, a stretch that included a nine-game winning streak and has…

Former WNBA star Elena Delle Donne and revered college coach Mark Few are part of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2026 class, league sources confirmed. Delle Donne, an Olympic gold medalist, WNBA champion, two-time league MVP and seven-time All-Star, retired in 2025 after an illustrious career with the Chicago Sky and Washington Mystics. Few,…

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry went through his first full practice in two months on Tuesday as he continues to rehab from a runner’s knee injury. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said that Curry will get some 5-on-5 scrimmaging in after practice — a significant step that Curry hasn’t been able…

Jaden Ivey will receive his full $10.1 million salary this season even after the Chicago Bulls waived the guard for what they called “conduct detrimental to the team,” according to sources briefed on the matter. In the days prior to his release, Ivey, 24, had spoken about his religious beliefs in multiple Instagram livestreams, calling…

Masai Ujiri will become a principal owner of the WNBA expansion team Toronto Tempo, which will begin play this season, the franchise announced Tuesday. Ujiri was the lead basketball executive in charge of the Toronto Raptors from 2013-2025, culminating in the franchise’s only NBA title in 2019. “As an honourary Canadian, I’m excited to be…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. The NCAA women’s Final Four is set. UConn will face South Carolina, and UCLA will take on Texas on Friday, starting at 7 p.m. ET. All four teams are No. 1 seeds. That hasn’t happened since…

If the playoffs started today, we’d be confused as to why the final two weeks of the season and Play-In Tournament were scrapped. Because the playoffs are supposed to begin April 18 with all of the pomp and circumstance and lead-up we’ve grown accustomed to. We’d also be worried that another pandemic is affecting the…