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LeBron James nearly added another first to his résumé on Sunday — this time nowhere near a basketball court. The Philadelphia 76ers star came within inches of recording his first career hole-in-one during a golf outing that included former Los Angeles Lakers teammate Austin Reaves, his son Bronny James and members of the Bob Does Sports crew. Advertisement James posted …

The NBA isn’t ready to let the Los Angeles Clippers off the hook just yet — and it made that abundantly clear after an ESPN report suggested the league’s investigation had taken a potentially significant turn. ESPN reported Monday that investigators have found no evidence Clippers owner Steve Ballmer personally funneled money through team sponsors to Kawhi Leonard as a …

The Knicks are NBA champions. That’s true now; it’ll be true when the season opens against Philly in October, it’ll be true in the Finals rematch against the Spurs on Christmas, and it’ll be true all the way until next June, when history suggests that a ninth NBA champion in nine years will be crowned. Advertisement The last team to …

The investigation into whether the LA Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer circumvented the NBA salary cap using sponsors to funnel money to Kawhi Leonard “found no evidence” to prove the allegations, according to a new report at ESPN. The league office quickly pushed back hard on that report. The investigation and report from the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & …

Mark Walter’s legacy with the Los Angeles Lakers was short-lived, but was quietly a roller coaster of a ride. Details continue to emerge about his roughly yearlong tenure at the helm of the franchise, a period filled with behind-the-scenes upheaval that contributed to a “weird vibe” throughout last season, as one source described it in a new report by The …

Jeanie Buss is opposing the reported sale of her family’s stake in the Lakers to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner, arguing her siblings can’t legally execute a sale without her approval. In a letter obtained by the California Post addressed to the lawyers representing her five other siblings in the Buss family trust (Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse) – …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Raptors fans and fans across the country. This week’s survey asks Toronto Raptors fans to identify which player must soar to new heights to best take advantage of Kawhi Leonard’s presence. Advertisement Leonard, who turned 35 in June, …

When ESPN reported that the NBA didn’t find legitimate evidence proving Steve Ballmer, Los Angeles Clippers owner, committed salary circumvention on Monday, it sent the basketball world reeling. But when the NBA responded with its own announcement, claiming there were “significant inaccuracies” in the report, it confused an already disoriented audience. Advertisement Later in the day, reporter Baxter Holmes said …

It’s the end of an era, not just in Los Angeles, but for basketball and the NBA. Maybe. After nearly 50 years in the business of running the Los Angeles Lakers, the Buss family announced Monday that it’s fully divesting its stake in the franchise. Advertisement In a statement shared with ESPN’s Shams Charania Monday, the Busses announced that they’re …

The Buss family is selling its remaining ownership shares in the Los Angeles Lakers to new majority co-owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, who have an agreement with Mark Walter to buy the franchise for a historic valuation of $12.5 billion. When Walter purchased the majority ownership of the Lakers from the Buss family last year at a valuation of …

The Buss family, officially, no longer owns the Los Angeles Lakers. Less than a week after Bob Iger and Josh Kushner purchased Mark Walter’s stake in the franchise, the Buss family opted to sell its remaining nearly 18% in the Lakers to the pair as well, as reported by Shams Charania of ESPN. The Buss family provided a statement to …

Hours after her siblings announced their intent to sell the family’s remaining 17.8% ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to the new majority ownership group led by Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, Jeanie Buss — the team’s current governor — said through her attorney that she will contest any attempt to sell. The public feud between the Buss siblings …

Jeanie Buss is not going quietly into that good night. While Shams Charania of ESPN reported on Monday that the Buss family would be selling its remaining 17.8% stake in the Lakers, it doesn’t appear that was a unanimous decision. Advertisement Alex Sherman of CNBC obtained a letter sent to the law firms of the Buss siblings not named Jeanie …

Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is contesting her family’s plans to sell sell its remaining shares in the NBA team to new majority owners Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger. In a letter obtained by USA TODAY Sports and first reported by CNBC, Buss’ attorney Adam F. Streisand refuted an earlier report from ESPN that all six siblings – Jim, …

The Buss family is selling their remaining ownership stakes in the Lakers to the new majority owners. The family, which has had ownership stakes in the Lakers since the late Dr. Jerry Buss purchased the franchise in 1979, is selling its remaining ownership stake in the franchise to businessman Josh Kushner and former The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger. …

For many fans in Philadelphia (maybe all of them), I’m not sure the 2026-27 Sixers will feel like a real team until we see them play a game. Adding Jaylen Brown and none other than LeBron James in one offseason was a truly breathtaking turn of events for this team, and it’s not too long now until we see the …

The Buss family’s attempt to sell its remaining 17.8% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers has hit a snag. Despite reporting that all six Buss siblings had agreed to sell their shares in the team, there is one that is reportedly contesting the sale: Jeanie Buss, the eldest daughter of former owner Jerry Buss and governor of the team. In …

It turns out burning bridges with all of your siblings might come back to haunt you. On Monday, the Buss Family Trust agreed to sell its remaining nearly 18% of the Lakers to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner, a surprising final twist in the family’s ownership of the team. Whatever Hollywood-esque storyline you can come up with about how this …

The Buss family’s attempt to sell its remaining 17.8% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers has hit a snag. Despite reporting that all six Buss siblings had agreed to sell their shares in the team, there is one that is reportedly contesting the sale: Jeanie Buss, the eldest Buss daughter and the CEO and governor of the team. In a …

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Nets fans and fans across the country. Whatever win total you have in mind for the Brooklyn Nets, double it before you ask Jordi Fernandez. Advertisement For whatever it means to the Nets, oddsmakers and pundits don’t project …

The NBA investigation into whether payments from Clippers team sponsors to star player Kawhi Leonard were a prohibited attempt to circumvent the salary cap has moved to a contentious discussion phase between the team and the league, people with knowledge of the case not authorized to discuss it publicly confirmed to The Times on Monday. ESPN reported that the probe …

Uh, oh. Here we go again, perhaps. Sunday afternoon, we covered a report that former Cleveland Browns DE Za’Darius Smith was expected to rejoin the team after a visit to Berea. Smith seemed a bit confused by that report, as he commented on social media that he had another workout lined up with another team before deleting that comment. Advertisement …

It’s truly the end of an era. The Buss family has agreed to sell its remaining 17.8% of the Lakers to the team’s incoming owners, Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, a story broken by ESPN’s Shams Charania and since confirmed by multiple sources. Advertisement When the Buss family first sold its majority stake to Mark Walter last year, the family …

The new owners of the Los Angeles Lakers are consolidating their control over the franchise and amplifying their stake in the team. The Buss family agreed to sell its remaining 17.8% stake in the franchise on Monday, Aug. 17 to new majority owners, businessman Joshua Kushner and former Disney CEO Robert Iger. Advertisement “We have decided as a family to …

The end of an era. The Buss Family Trust is selling its 17.8% stake of the Lakers, according to media reports Monday, giving its final shares of the team to new majority owners Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger, who bought the controlling ownership stake from Mark Walter last week for a record valuation of $12.5 billion. The sale ends a …