LOS ANGELES — Reasons for the Clippers to trade Kawhi Leonard are apparent. So are reasons to keep the seven-time All-Pro forward who turned 35 on Monday.

For now, the team is engaged in discussions and entertaining offers for Leonard, who is highly regarded despite being central to a league investigation into allegations of salary-cap ...Read more

Wake me when the Golden State Warriors actually do something.

Just let me know if general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. creates his own route instead of taking the easy win in front of him.

Because it seems as if nothing has changed: the exact same kind of rumors are once again emanating from, what I can safely presume is the same dubious, yet ...Read more

NEW YORK — After months of speculation, Ja Morant is on the move.

In an aggressive swing, the Portland Trail Blazers are acquiring the two-time All-Star guard in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, ESPN reported.

Veteran forward Jerami Grant and 25-year-old forward Kris Murray are headed to Memphis in return.

The high-flying Morant, 26, has...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Draymond Green will be a free agent for the second time in his decorated NBA career.

League sources confirmed to the Bay Area News Group that the Golden State Warriors lifer will decline his $27.7 million player option and enter unrestricted free agency. ESPN’s Shams Charania was the first to report the news.

The 36-year-...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – The Golden State Warriors appear prepared to add two future Hall of Famers this summer after Draymond Green declined his $27.6 million player option.

LeBron James and Anthony Davis are reportedly both interested in coming to the Bay Area, and both just so happen to be represented by the same agency – Klutch Sports Group – ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former NBA players Malik Beasley and Edward Davis were indicted Monday on federal allegations related to a sports gambling scheme that focused on at least four games during the 2023-24 season, making them the latest players to face charges in a widespread sports betting scandal.

Beasley, 29, most recently a guard with the Detroit ...Read more

MIAMI — Forward Andrew Wiggins on Monday exercised the $30.2 million player option on the final season on his Miami Heat contract, the South Florida Sun Sentinel has confirmed through at NBA source, making him eligible to be dealt for the first time since February’s NBA trading deadline.

Wiggins faced a 5 p.m. ET Monday deadline with his ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — If only. If Rob Pelinka could use the Dodgers' blueprint to renovate, Lakers fans wouldn't even be sweating this summer.

But, you know. Baseballs and basketballs, apples and oranges.

The windup and sales pitch are the same, though: Deliver a sustainable, high-rising, championship build. On time and … about that budget. One ...Read more

DENVER — The Avalanche are Van Halen. The Nuggets are a minivan.

The Avs are Doja Cat. The Nuggets? Hello Kitty.

The difference between the approach of the local hockey team and resident hoops club remains striking. What makes it more confusing is that they are both owned by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

The Avs throw caution to the wind....Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — That Charlotte to Phoenix pipeline is still quite active.

Three days after agreeing to send LaMelo Ball to Minnesota, the Hornets are trading Miles Bridges along with a 2029 first-round pick and a 2027 second-round pick to the Suns, league sources confirmed to The Charlotte Observer on Sunday.

In return, the Hornets are ...Read more

MIAMI — Yes, the Miami Heat’s world changed dramatically Monday, from lost at sea in the wake of four consecutive trips to the play-in round to Pat Riley reeling in Giannis Antetokounmpo.

But it was as if the perception of the before and after also changed dramatically.

In the weeks and months ahead of Riley’s biggest move over the past ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A video made the rounds on social media last week that showed Tim Connelly and Chris Finch taking a walk across a bridge in downtown Minneapolis.

Without context or foresight, that quick image captured by a fan in his car offered nothing more than the Timberwolves president of basketball of operations and head coach getting some...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Magic have waived veteran forward Jonathan Isaac, a league source confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel on Saturday.

Had Orlando kept Isaac on its roster beyond Sunday, Isaac’s salary would’ve increased from $8 million guaranteed to a fully guaranteed $14.5 million for the 2026-27 season.

Instead, Isaac, 28, will become ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — At time of this reading, Jaden McDaniels sits atop the Wolves depth chart at power forward.

Now he needs to play like a top forward.

This is following the trades of Julius Randle on Monday and Naz Reid on Thursday. Two moves that sent separate lightning strikes through the Wolves fan base that, combined, has led to a starting ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There’s a downside to the championship-or-bust mentality that permeates this city. The further one looks into the future, the less visceral the present becomes. One of the local radio stations posted a poll the other day. It asked Phillies fans if they were enjoying the team’s current run of success, or if they were waiting ...Read more

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thomas Haugh and Alex Condon grew up on opposite sides of the globe.

One was raised amid the rolling farmland of rural Pennsylvania. The other came of age along Australia’s sun-soaked west coast.

Neither could have imagined a basketball-obsessed teenager half a world away would one day become his closest friend.

When ...Read more

The WNBA announced Thursday that Alyssa Thomas has been suspended for one game after reviewing the now-viral moment that involved the Phoenix Mercury forward's fist making contact with Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark's throat after landing on her during a recent game.

The league's action came the day after the Mercury's 111-109 victory against...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sigh.

The hated Heat have done it again.

Yes, the Miami Heat have managed to once again overshadow the Orlando Magic.

It’s no secret the the NBA has always felt a little different in Florida. Two franchises entered the league within a year of each other, both trying to carve out an identity in a transient state better ...Read more

CHICAGO — Caleb Wilson took less than three days before he threw down the gauntlet.

He needed just enough time to finish celebrating his selection by the Bulls with the No. 4 pick in Tuesday night’s NBA draft in New York, to pack up his family for a flight to Chicago and to tour his new digs on Madison Street.

By the time Wilson sat down ...Read more