Just in: Three-time All-Star Ben Simmons has agreed on a one-year, $3.5 million deal with the Sacramento Kings, his agents Max Wiepking, Sean Tribe and Ryan Arney tell me and @MarcJSpears. The one-time All-NBA star is back in the NBA for a 10th season after sitting out 2025-26.
BREAKING: The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong probe -- stripping the franchise of 5 first-round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer and suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian Zucker, sources tell ESPN.
Kawhi Leonard will have to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits by the Clippers for his uncle and former business rep, Dennis Robertson. No contract void or suspension for Leonard. And Robertson -- who was fired by Leonard in June -- is being banned by the NBA from all business dealings.
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For NBA Defense Week, take a look back at Luke Kornet's rejection at the buzzer that sealed the win for San Antonio!
(via @spurs)
Carter Bryant telling a story about guarding Devin Vassell and getting cooked in practice:
“Coming into the league, like everybody knew me as a defender and that’s what I did. And obviously like, I carried that with me throughout my rookie year. But like I’ll never forget it was like my second day I got to San Antonio and I’m working out. I hear like a ball bouncing and we have like a smaller shooting gym. I walk over there and it’s Devin Vassell working out with our coach Jimmy Baron and Jimmy’s like, “Oh, Carter, come over here. Guard Devin.” When I tell you I’ve never seen a human being hit that many contested shots in a row. Like I’m playing amazing defense. Like I’m like, “Okay, I assume he’s going to bust my a** today, but like understanding like I’ve never done this before, so just go in and play hard.” I promise you, he probably hit 18 shots in a row. And I’m just like, “Yo, I should not have put my name in the draft. I am not ready to be here.” I’m like, “Bro this is bad.”
(Via @RoadTrippinShow)
I thought I was done when the season ended. I wasn't ready to announce it, and I knew I needed some time to really decide, but I was pretty sure I played my last game. I was honest at that last press conference when I said I needed to look at myself and deicide if I still love
BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.
BREAKING: San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama has signed a five-year, $252 million maximum rookie-scale contract extension, with a player option in the fifth season, sources tell ESPN.
BLOCKBUSTER: The Boston Celtics have agreed to trade Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George, two first-round picks and two second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.