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After a decorated 18-year career, former Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook announced his retirement from the NBA on Wednesday. Westbrook, 37, spent one season in Washington after the team acquired him in a December 2020 trade that sent John Wall and picks to the Houston Rockets. Advertisement The standout guard averaged a triple-double — 22.2 points, 11.7 assists and 11.5 …

It was already known that the Lakers would play the Warriors three times during October entering Wednesday. Now, a fourth matchup in the month has been revealed.  The Lakers will travel to San Francisco to play the Warriors on Oct. 30 to kick off their NBA Cup Group Play slate. It was already known that the Lakers would play the …

For Bob Iger, his and Josh Kushner’s purchase of the majority ownership of the Lakers from Mark Walter for a historic $12.5 billion valuation was still sinking in as of late Wednesday morning. Because after the former Disney CEO and his business partner originally pursued ownership stakes in the NBA’s potential expansion in Las Vegas, it came to their attention …

Russell Westbrook is calling it a career. The former NBA MVP announced his retirement Wednesday with a farewell video on social media narrated by Michael B. Jordan, bringing an end to his 18-year NBA career. Advertisement “Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end,” Westbrook wrote in the caption. “You had to be there. And now it’s …

The Los Angeles Lakers have two new owners, after Bob Iger and Josh Kushner purchased the franchise from Mark Walter for a jaw-dropping $12.5 billion sum. It didn’t take long for Lakers superstar guard Luka Dončić to weigh in on the sale, as he made a social media post in the wake of the deal that read, “Being a Laker means …

There was a deep exhale.  Now there’s…a giant shrug? What’s to become of the Lakers? Who knows. The darlings of the NBA, who have won 17 championships, have undergone two stunning ownership changes in the last 14 months after being owned by the Buss family for 47 years. Advertisement The Buss family sold the Lakers to Mark Walter in Oct. …

Los Angeles Lakers fans are still trying to unpack what Bob Iger and Josh Kushner’s $12.5 billion purchase of the team might mean, in terms of the Lakers’ future success. More specifically, fans want to know whether these two new majority owners can return to the team to its former glory, given that six seasons since a NBA championship feels …

The Golden State Warriors still have two roster spots remaining thanks to their offseason strategy of “LeBron James Or We’re Staying The Same.” One player who seems to fit what the Warriors look for an in end-of-the-bench signing is a veteran forward known as “The Minivan,” Georges Niang. The 33-year-old forward missed all of last season with an injury to …

The Bucks’ 2026-27 schedule is finally beginning to form. Over the past week, the Bucks have finalized their five-game preseason schedule and revealed their four-game NBA Cup slate. Milwaukee will trot out a ragtag group of rookies and bubble players over eleven days of preseason action. The Bucks will play at Fiserv Forum on Oct. 5 against a heavily hyped, …

Nobody saw this coming. When the Buss family sold their majority stake in the Lakers 14 months ago — ending 46 years of being a family-run business — it didn’t come out of nowhere. There had been speculation for years that as the deep pockets needed to run a competitive major American sports franchise grew, the Buss family had no …

Russell Westbrook’s NBA career was so much more than racking up triple-doubles, but it’s with that stat that he leaves his most notable legacy in the NBA record books. The longtime NBA point guard announced his retirement Wednesday, ending a career that saw him earn nine All-Star nods, three assist titles, two scoring titles and the 2016-17 NBA MVP award. …

Russell Westbrook announced his retirement from the NBA on Wednesday, ending an 18-year career that included an MVP award, nine All-NBA selections, two scoring championships and will ultimately lead him to basketball’s Hall of Fame. Westbrook broke the news himself in a social-media video narrated by actor Michael B. Jordan, surprising many in the league who thought he would eventually …

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The Lakers’ path was certain after Mark Walter agreed to buy the Lakers at a valuation of $10 billion in June 2025.  They were going to be built in the likeness of the Dodgers, who have won three World Series championships since Walter and Guggenheim Baseball Management took over ownership in 2012.  Advertisement But just 14 months later, the Lakers …

Russell Westbrook’s NBA career was so much more than racking up triple-doubles, but it’s with that stat that he leaves his most notable legacy in the NBA record books. The longtime NBA point guard announced his retirement on Wednesday, ending a career that saw him earn nine All-Star nods, three assist titles, two scoring titles and the 2016-17 NBA MVP …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Warriors fans and fans across the country. The Golden State Warriors limped into the play-in tournament in 2025-26, and were eliminated before the playoffs. But in 2024-25? They made quite a run, and arguably the only thing that …

As the NBA continues to slowly roll out the schedule for the 2026-27 regular season, some marquee games and events have already been announced. One of those is the Emirates NBA Cup, the NBA’s in season tournament. We’ve known for a while what four teams would accompany the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference’s Group A, but now we know …

Things move quickly in the basketball world, but you’d struggle to find something happening as fast as the selling of the Lakers. Mark Walter officially became the majority owner of the Lakers in October of last year and has sold it to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner for a record $12.5 billion. Advertisement There wasn’t even a whiff of a …

So you thought the Phoenix Suns were done for the offseason, did you? Well, surprise surprise. They’re not done making moves. On Wednesday, the Suns waived Haywood Highsmith, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. Phoenix acquired Highsmith last February after he signed with the team as a free agent following his release from the Brooklyn Nets earlier in the month. He …

Bob Iger has some explaining to do. The former Walt Disney power player is now the pending co-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers after he and business partner Josh Kushner agreed on Wednesday to a $12.5 billion purchase of the franchise from controlling owner Mark Walter. Advertisement Lakers fans surely have a wide range of thoughts regarding the transfer of …

As part of its weeklong schedule release (sigh), the NBA announced the schedule for the group-play round of the Emirates NBA Cup on Wednesday. We already knew that the Sixers were placed into a Group of Death with the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers. Granted, that news quickly got buried by the Sixers trading for …

While we probably still have another month (at least) until we hear that Jalen Duren has signed a new contract with the Detroit Pistons, let’s entertain the idea of what a JD sign-and-trade could look like this late in the summer. A couple of caveats, first: Advertisement I’m only trading Jalen Duren if I’m getting a center back in the …

The general public will have no shortage of opportunities to watch the Philadelphia 76ers play basketball this season (at least on television, in-person viewing may be much harder). We previously detailed how the Sixers would take part in the NBA’s opening night and Christmas Day slates, with their home opener against Cleveland also nationally televised. On Wednesday, two more nationally-televised …

So instead of the Dodgerfication of the Lakers, we’re getting the Disneyfication of the Lakers. Hakuna Matata? Yes, it’s weird and distressing, watching billionaires play catch with our ballclubs. Advertisement But this high-stakes game of hot potato that resulted in Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner acquiring the Lakers for $12.5 billion from Mark Walter less than a year after the …

Less than a year after Mark Walter officially took majority ownership of the Lakers, the franchise is now being sold to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for $12.5 billion. This sale is not only a shock, but comes with many questions. One very notable one is what happens to current governor Jeanie Buss? Advertisement When Walter took over the team, the agreement …