Jun 29, 2025, 01:12 PM ET Bojan Bogdanovic announced his retirement Sunday after 10 NBA seasons with six teams, citing injury. “Sometimes in life, you don’t choose the moment. The moment chooses you,” the 6-foot-7 forward wrote in a social media post. “After 14 months of battling a foot injury, two surgeries and countless efforts … Read more
Getty Images One of the NBA’s top free agents is now the subject of a serious gambling investigation from the U.S. District Attorney’s office. Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley faces allegations of gambling related to NBA games and prop bets during the 2023-24 season as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks, according to ESPN. “An investigation is not a charge,” … Read more
Philadelphia 76ers forward Kelly Oubre Jr. is picking up his $8.4 million player option for next season to return to the team, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Oubre, 29, built upon a successful 2023-24 campaign with the Sixers with an even better year last season, averaging 15.1 points while shooting 47% from the field. Editor’s … Read more
Getty Images One of the NBA’s top free agents is now the subject of a serious gambling investigation from the U.S. District Attorney’s office. Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley faces allegations of gambling related to NBA games and prop bets, according to ESPN. “An investigation is not a charge,” Beasley’s attorney, Steve Haney, told ESPN in a statement. “Malik … Read more
The United States District Attorney’s office is investigating Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley on allegations of gambling related to NBA games and prop bets, sources told ESPN. The allegations are from the 2023-24 season, when Beasley played for the Milwaukee Bucks, sources said. Beasley averaged 11.3 points in 79 games that season, during which he … Read more
Los Angeles Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith is declining his $15.4 million player option for the 2025-26 season and will enter free agency, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Multiple contending teams are expected to pursue Finney-Smith beginning Monday night and a Lakers return is possible. Finney-Smith, 32, landed with the Lakers via a trade from the … Read more
Getty Images Oklahoma City Thunder center Jaylin Williams is signing a three-year contract extension worth $24 million, according to ESPN. Getting Williams a solid extension is another step towards securing the team’s NBA championship core; all 15 of their returning players from the 2025 title-winning squad are on contract through at least 2025-26. Oklahoma City … Read more
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LeBron James will pick up his $52.6 million player option to remain with the Los Angeles Lakers next season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN. While James remaining in Los Angeles next season was a given, this decision ends months of speculation about what sort of contract he would return to the Lakers on. … Read more
Shams Charania: Breaking: Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James is opting into his $52.6 million player option for the 2025-26 season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN. Paul adds: LeBron “knows the Lakers are building for the future … but he values a realistic chance of winning it all.”Source: x.com What’s the buzz on Twitter? … Read more
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is exercising his $52.6 million player option for the 2025-26 season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Sunday. James, the NBA’s career leading scorer, wants to compete for a championship next season and potentially beyond and will be closely monitoring the Lakers’ moves and whether the team … Read more
Oklahoma City Thunder center/forward Jaylin Williams is signing a three-year, $24 million contract extension with the franchise, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The Thunder declined Williams’ $2.1 million team option and negotiated the new raise with his agents, Marcus Monk and Sean Kennedy of Excel Sports. Williams, 23, missed the first two months of the … Read more