LeBron James said he wanted to give the Los Angeles Lakers something back by taking close to $3 million less in his deal to keep the team from the salary cap's second apron.

"Like when you're in a relationship — like I've been married for a while now. I've been with my wife since high school — there's certain things that sometimes you have ...Read more

Angel Reese only needed 20 games to etch her place in the WNBA history books.

The Chicago Sky rookie set a new WNBA record for consecutive double-double performances on Sunday after logging double-digit rebounds and points for the 13th straight game. Reese broke the record in the third quarter of Sunday’s game in her signature style, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Someone who knows the inner workings of the NBA business and how the Charlotte Hornets operate was checking in, eager to discuss the big news.

Miles Bridges is coming back, agreeing to a three-year $75 million pact to stay teamed alongside good buddy LaMelo Ball and emerging young talent Brandon Miller. The stare down is ...Read more

The Fourth of July fell on a Tuesday in 1939, and the New York Yankees were playing the traditional holiday doubleheader, this time at home against the Washington Senators.

The crowd that day in the House That Ruth Built was 61,808, The retired Babe was in attendance to help honor his co-legend, Lou Gehrig, who was now being sent into ...Read more

DeMar DeRozan will not return to Chicago this fall.

The veteran will head to Sacramento to join the Kings on a sign-and-trade deal with the Bulls, according to a report by ESPN, ending his three-year tenure as a crucial catalyst in Chicago.

This is the latest major step toward a serious rebuild for the Bulls, breaking up the central trio that ...Read more

The Detroit Pistons continue to make key additions to their roster this offseason.

The Pistons have agreed to sign guard Malik Beasley, a league source confirmed Saturday to The Detroit News. Shams Charania of The Athletic, who was first to report the deal, indicated that the deal is for one year and $6 million.

By adding Beasley, 27, the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Joel Embiid referenced his television appearance during the NBA Finals, when the superstar big man said he hoped the Philadelphia 76ers could improve their roster this summer while side-eyeing Paul George next to him on the ESPN desk.

Naturally, Embiid now believes the Sixers accomplished that goal after landing George, the ...Read more

When Veronica Burton was waived by the Dallas Wings just 55 days ago, the third-year WNBA point guard never stopped preparing for her next opportunity. It came quickly when she was picked up by the Connecticut Sun three weeks into the season on June 8, and 26 days later Burton stepped into the team’s starting lineup for the first time against ...Read more

DENVER — Free agency lulled Danver Nuggets fans to sleep, only to jolt them awake at last.

Croatian big man Dario Saric and the Nuggets have agreed to a two-year, $10.6 million contract with a player option on the second year, league sources told The Denver Post on Saturday. An eight-year NBA veteran, Saric has played with five teams, most ...Read more

On and off the court, Bronny James is encountering a new experience — playing at the NBA level while also being the center of attention.

In his first postgame news conference with the Los Angeles Lakers, the typically low-key James displayed the demeanor many would expect of a 19-year-old still adapting to the spotlight.

With mic in hand, ...Read more

As LeBron James sat in the upper balcony of the practice facility at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where Team USA is holding its training camp ahead of the Summer Olympics, James answered questions as an Olympian and as a Laker.

After he walked down the stairs and was handed a phone with Bronny James' first summer league bucket cued up, ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Hawks announced Saturday that they signed France's Zaccharie Risacher, who they selected with the first overall pick in the NBA draft, to his rookie deal.

Though the team did not announce the terms of the contract, rookies typically sign four-year contracts, with the first two years fully guaranteed. The team usually has options...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Caleb Martin has agreed to a multiyear free agent contract with the 76ers, a source confirmed to The Inquirer Saturday morning. ESPN reported the deal is for four years and $32 million.

To create the necessary salary cap space to sign Martin, the Sixers will waive reserve big man Paul Reed, whose deal was nonguaranteed for the ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Miles Bridges isn’t going anywhere.

The Charlotte Hornets and Bridges agreed to a three-year, $75 million deal, league sources confirmed to The Observer on Saturday. Bridges repeatedly said he wanted to return and now he’s back to team up with good friend LaMelo Ball.

Bridges was the Hornets’ most durable player in ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons continue to make key additions to their roster this offseason.

The Pistons have agreed to sign guard Malik Beasley, a league source confirmed Saturday to The Detroit News. Shams Charania of The Athletic, who was first to report the deal, indicated that the deal is for one year and $6 million.

By adding Beasley, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid were still chatting around 2 a.m., as Sunday turned into Monday.

Though the 76ers’ All-Star guard was curious if his team would land Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George — free agency’s most prominent target — Maxey had finally resigned to the fact that he needed to get some sleep ahead of ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — If you watched the presidential debate last week, then you know immigration has become a major issue in American politics.

Likewise, if you watched the NBA draft last week, then you know immigration has also become a major issue in American basketball.

Specifically, because of the foreign invasion, the National Basketball ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Among Daryl Morey’s more quotable moments of the offseason was his assessment of the trade-deadline move that brought Buddy Hield to the Sixers in February.

“I think at no fault of Buddy’s, the fit was less good than I thought,” Morey, the 76ers president of basketball operations, said at his season-end news conference ...Read more