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New addition Walker Kessler is convinced the Lakers have the right guys to be "a nasty defensive team" and a contender in the Western Conference this season

Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell has signed a new multi-year contract extension with Adidas - a deal that will take him through a 10th signature shoe with the same brand, becoming the seventh active NBA player to accomplish the feat.

Sixers coach Nick Nurse envisions LeBron James setting the table for the offense this season. "I consider him a great offense creator," Nurse said.

After supplanting Harrison Barnes as a starter last season, Spurs forward Julian Champagnie was rewarded with a three-year, $45MM extension at the end of June. “It meant the world to me,” Champagnie said, according to Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News. “I’m happy they trust me doing my job.” As Orsborn writes, the 76ers […]

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are expected to be the leaders of the Lakers’ offense this season, and an aggressive group of wing defenders is getting them ready for that role, Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register writes in a subscriber-only story. “They all annoy the hell out of me,” Reaves said of the […]

A second bidder has emerged in pursuit of an NBA expansion franchise in Seattle. BlackSun Private Equity, a New York-based firm that submitted a bid in August to bring the NBA back to Seattle, is working with the Tulalip Tribes to construct the arena on tribal-owned land if the bid succeeds. The groups are developing plans to build a new arena on land near Marysville, Washington, a town roughly 35 miles north of Seattle Nick Rathod, BlackSun's chief global strategy and communications officer,...

The Portland Trail Blazers have signed wing Hyunjung Lee to an Exhibit 10 contract, Lee's agency announced. An Exhibit 10 contract is a non-guranteed deal that is set up for Lee to eventually join the Rip City Remix of the G League following the preseason. Lee has spent the last three seasons playing for teams in Japan and Australia. He previously played in the G League during the 2022-23 after going undrafted out of Davidson. The 6-foot-7 wing is also a prominent member of the South Korean n...

The Minnesota Timberwolves explored the possibility of convincing Sasha Vezenkov to return to the NBA, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. No formal offer was made, with Vezenkov likely signaling that he was not looking to return. The Wolves then pivoted and signed Jonathan Kuminga. Vezenkov averaged 5.4 points and 2.3 rebounds for the Kings during the 2023-24 season before returning to Europe.

Former first-round pick Dillon Jones is signing with the Sixers on an Exhibit 10 deal, reports Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports (Twitter link). The 26th overall pick in the 2024 draft, Jones spent his rookie season in Oklahoma City, then was traded to Washington during the summer of 2025. Waived by the Wizards at the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have officially re-signed guard James Harden to a three-year, $97 million contract. Harden had delayed finalizing the deal pending LeBron James' free agency decision, as well as Cleveland's sign-and-trade acquisition of Peyton Watson. Harden appeared in 70 games last season, all starts, split between 44 games with the Los Angeles Clippers and 26 with the Cavaliers following a February trade. He averaged 23.6 points along with 8.0 assists, fourth in the league, 4.8 rebo...

The Hawks have promoted Peter Dinwiddie to executive vice president of basketball operations, the team announced today in a press release. Dinwiddie’s previous position was senior vice president of strategy and analytics. Dinwiddie was hired by Atlanta in June 2025 along with Bryson Graham. Graham has since left the organization to become the head of […]

The Hawks intend to waive guard Devin Carter, league sources tell NBA insider Jake Fischer (Twitter link). Michael Scotto of HoopsHype confirms the news (via Twitter). Carter is owed a guaranteed $5,158,080 this season. The Hawks will decline their fourth-year option on Carter, valued at $7,370,897 for the 2027/28 campaign, as part of the transaction. […]