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It doesn’t appear to be all about the money for Jonathan Kuminga.

The Warriors forward, who currently is a restricted free agent, rejected Golden State’s recent two-year, $45 million contract offer, ESPN’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater reported in a story on Wednesday, citing sources.

Kuminga’s decision, as ESPN reports, largely was due to the Warriors’ insistence on having a team option for the second season and their unwillingness to let him maintain the built-in no-trade clause, which the team requested he waive.

The proposed one-plus-one contract, according to the collective bargaining agreement, would have an inherent no-trade clause, due to Kuminga’s potential next team not maintaining his Bird rights.

Charania and Slater also reported that Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, presented a few contract frameworks to the Warriors during two NBA Summer League meetings in Las Vegas, including a three-year deal worth up to $82 million that let the Warriors stay below the second apron, which would allow them to use the taxpayer midlevel exception.

Golden State, according to ESPN, believes it currently has the best offer on the table for Kuminga for two reasons: One, because of the higher starting salary for the 2025-26 NBA season ($21.7 million) compared to offers from other interested teams like the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings, which tops out at $19.8 million in Year 1, and two, because the two-year team option concept.

It’s unclear what the path forward for Kuminga is, but it doesn’t appear a resolution is imminent.

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It doesn’t appear to be all about the money for Jonathan Kuminga.

The Warriors forward, who currently is a restricted free agent, rejected Golden State’s recent two-year, $45 million contract offer, ESPN’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater reported in a story on Wednesday, citing sources.

Kuminga’s decision, as ESPN reports, largely was due to the Warriors’ insistence on having a team option for the second season and their unwillingness to let him maintain the built-in no-trade clause, which the team requested he waive.

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The proposed one-plus-one contract, according to the collective bargaining agreement, would have an inherent no-trade clause, due to Kuminga’s potential next team not maintaining his Bird rights.

Charania and Slater also reported that Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, presented a few contract frameworks to the Warriors during two NBA Summer League meetings in Las Vegas, including a three-year deal worth up to $82 million that let the Warriors stay below the second apron, which would allow them to use the taxpayer midlevel exception.

Golden State, according to ESPN, believes it currently has the best offer on the table for Kuminga for two reasons: One, because of the higher starting salary for the 2025-26 NBA season ($21.7 million) compared to offers from other interested teams like the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings, which tops out at $19.8 million in Year 1, and two, because the two-year team option concept.

It’s unclear what the path forward for Kuminga is, but it doesn’t appear a resolution is imminent.

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With the Warriors and restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga mired in a monthlong gridlock, I checked in with four people aligned with the NBA in search of an answer to the question at the root of the stalemate:

What do people around the league, not associated with the Warriors, think of the 22-year-old forward?

Willing to share their thoughts were two longtime scouts, one former NBA player who has transitioned to an analyst role and one former player who has spent nearly two decades as an executive in front offices around the league.

All respondents spoke under the condition of anonymity.

What do you see as Kuminga’s value within the league?

Scout No. 1: I can tell you that the [Chicago] Bulls have an interest in Kuminga, just as a whole lot of other teams do. But the problem is, they’re trying to figure him out. Everybody is trying to figure him out.

Analyst:The [Sacramento] Kings (and the Bulls) are interested in him. I really think that young man can help some teams. I don’t know him personally. I don’t know his basketball IQ. I don’t know his psyche. But just looking from an analyst position, the Golden State Warriors have a gem on their hands, and they know it. What I’m curious about is what the f–k is going on at Golden State to where he can’t play?

Exec: I see it from both sides. I see from Jonathan’s side, and I see the team’s side. He’s not asking for No. 1 money, which would be in the high $30 [millions per year]. He is asking for No. 2 money. And maybe they want to give No. 3 money. I think a lot of the issues are because of the way [the Warriors] play, because they are different than everybody else. I just think that if he were on another team — one that’s going where a lot of the NBA is going — he would cause some problems. He already causes problems.

Scout No. 2: He thinks he could be more than just a complementary player, or a third or fourth option. He thinks he could do more. I believe him. And if he were on a team that was young or a team that was rebuilding, and you put him in the starting lineup and gave him minutes, and he knew he was going to get minutes, and he knew he was going to have an opportunity to play through mistakes, then I think he could be an All-Star level player and a primary guy.

He’s 22. How much concern is there about his flaws? And how correctable are they?

Scout No. 1: His mistakes are not taking too many bad shots; it’s the stupid things. Let’s say he does four stupid things a night. If he can cut that to two, then people will want him badly. But so far, he hasn’t been able to do it on a consistent basis.

Exec: Mistakes happen. The question is, are they repeatable mistakes? Are they something that’s consistently going on where in every game, you’re like, “I just can’t trust this guy?” If that’s the situation, should he be in at the end of the games? The Warriors have to ask themselves: Is Kuminga better than his problems?

Any thoughts on how he has developed with Golden State?

Scout No. 1: It’s probably the best situation possible to figure it out, because you’ve got Steph [Curry] as a leader and [Steve] Kerr as coach. Can you imagine the short leash he’d have with [Tom] Thibodeau? If Golden State can’t figure him out, which they can’t, how can the rest of us? They should know him better than anybody else.

Exec: He came to a team that was playing for championships. So, it’s hard for someone to have chances to work through his mistakes. And then it’s a thing. When a guy is “in the freezer” and doesn’t get that full opportunity to just go explore and find out, it’s really, really difficult. The good part is, he’s shown these flashes to just be able to go on scoring bunches. I mean, he did it in the playoffs. Ideally, right now, I think he’s in a great spot when he is not the focal guy.

Scout No. 2: With the Warriors being who they have been over these past 10 years, it’s been hard for all their draft picks to get meaningful playing time … they haven’t really gotten a lot of opportunity like their counterparts, like the guys at OKC, the guys in Orlando. The only way you develop or become better in the NBA is through playing time. You don’t get better working with an assistant coach after practice or before practice, or watching film. You get better in the game and getting those minutes. The Warriors can say they don’t think Kuminga does this well enough, still needs to develop this way. But if you look at what he does have and what he can do, he’s the only Jonathan Kuminga on that team. They don’t have another athlete like him.

Can he help solve Golden State’s offensive issues in the non-Steph minutes?

Exec: He probably doesn’t want to hear it, but if he’s coming off the bench for what they call the non-Steph minutes, he could be great. He could just come in and just get buckets because he has so many tools. If you find out he can play in the non-Steph minutes, look out.

Scout No.2: Maybe. But if he’s going to be a sixth man, you don’t want to pay him [$30 million per year]. That’s the money he wants. He wants All-Star money. And then he’s got to play like an All-Star.

Analyst: I don’t understand why Steve isn’t on top of him, saying, “Look, here’s where we’re at. When Steph is not in the game, it’s you. You’re going to be my No. 1 option. You understand that. And the only reason why you’re No. 2 is because we have Steph Curry.” Think about it. When he comes off the bench, he’s a first-tier scorer going against second-tier defenders. He can cook every night. He can eat like [Minnesota Timberwolves center] Naz Reid.

What do you see as Kuminga’s ceiling?

Analyst: I see a young All-Star in the making. He’s got everything it takes. He got all the tools. Yes, I’ll give him that, because I’ve seen him go up and make some plays that get me out of my seat, that make me go, “Wow, damn.” I’m just shaking my head.

Scout No. 2: He has the potential to be an All-Star level player. And I thought that from the beginning, when he was at Team Ignite, just watching him play at Ignite and seeing how far he had come for a guy who was late to the game, right? And I just think that where you go, what team you go with, makes all the difference in the world in terms of, what opportunities do you get to play? What veterans are there? What is the organization’s position on young players? To me, he has really thrived and delivered when he’s had his opportunity. It’s just that when you’re on a veteran team, it’s hard because everything is centered around those veterans.

Scout No. 1: I do think he can be an All-Star. The question is, how much better has he gotten in the last three years in the areas we’re talking about? He hasn’t improved as much as they would like. Is he a lifetime tease? I don’t know, because he teases you — there’s no question about it. And then he’ll do something stupid. Here’s an example. Tyler Kolek is playing for the Knicks. Third-string point guard. He’s not good enough to get minutes. What he is on the collegiate side, and maybe on the NBA side, is one step slow but two steps smart. Kuminga is the opposite. He’s one step fast, but two steps slow mentally. That doesn’t mean he’s a dumb kid. I don’t mean that at all. Some guys just don’t see the game in real time.

Exec: He’s shown these flashes to just go score in bunches. He did it in the playoffs. I think he’s in a great spot when he is not the focal guy, but he can be a great No. 2 or No. 3. Maybe not a No. 2 yet, but definitely a No. 3 on a good team. But, I don’t know if he is the guy that you can say, hey, we can count on him to be a core foundation piece that’s going to lead us to a championship.

Can he reach his ceiling with the Warriors?

Analyst: Probably not in [Golden State’s] system. Put him in a place like Portland. Put him on a team that plays “four out.” The dude can get his own. Not too many guys in the league right now can go get their own bucket. He can. Just give him the ball and move out of the way, and he can do it.

Scout No. 2: If Steph and Draymond [Green] are going to be around for the next two years, it’s going to be hard for him to ever become himself because of the style. They’re never changing anything for Steph Curry. Steph Curry is going to get to play like Steph Curry for as long as he can put on that uniform.

Exec: Not right now, with Steph and Jimmy [Butler] and Draymond. But you can’t blame him for wanting to go for it because he’s tasted it. He’s had 30-point playoff games, you know? I get where he’s coming from. He wants a chance to go be the guy. The question is, is it in Golden State, with this team?

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With the Warriors and restricted free agent Jonathan Kuminga mired in a monthlong gridlock, I checked in with four people aligned with the NBA in search of an answer to the question at the root of the stalemate:

What do people around the league, not associated with the Warriors, think of the 22-year-old forward?

Willing to share their thoughts were two longtime scouts, one former NBA player who has transitioned to an analyst role and one former player who has spent nearly two decades as an executive in front offices around the league.

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All respondents spoke under the condition of anonymity.

What do you see as Kuminga’s value within the league?

Scout No. 1: I can tell you that the [Chicago] Bulls have an interest in Kuminga, just as a whole lot of other teams do. But the problem is, they’re trying to figure him out. Everybody is trying to figure him out.

Analyst: The [Sacramento] Kings (and the Bulls) are interested in him. I really think that young man can help some teams. I don’t know him personally. I don’t know his basketball IQ. I don’t know his psyche. But just looking from an analyst position, the Golden State Warriors have a gem on their hands, and they know it. What I’m curious about is what the f–k is going on at Golden State to where he can’t play?

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Exec: I see it from both sides. I see from Jonathan’s side, and I see the team’s side. He’s not asking for No. 1 money, which would be in the high $30 [millions per year]. He is asking for No. 2 money. And maybe they want to give No. 3 money. I think a lot of the issues are because of the way [the Warriors] play, because they are different than everybody else. I just think that if he were on another team — one that’s going where a lot of the NBA is going — he would cause some problems. He already causes problems.

Scout No. 2: He thinks he could be more than just a complementary player, or a third or fourth option. He thinks he could do more. I believe him. And if he were on a team that was young or a team that was rebuilding, and you put him in the starting lineup and gave him minutes, and he knew he was going to get minutes, and he knew he was going to have an opportunity to play through mistakes, then I think he could be an All-Star level player and a primary guy.

He’s 22. How much concern is there about his flaws? And how correctable are they?

Scout No. 1: His mistakes are not taking too many bad shots; it’s the stupid things. Let’s say he does four stupid things a night. If he can cut that to two, then people will want him badly. But so far, he hasn’t been able to do it on a consistent basis.

Exec: Mistakes happen. The question is, are they repeatable mistakes? Are they something that’s consistently going on where in every game, you’re like, “I just can’t trust this guy?” If that’s the situation, should he be in at the end of the games? The Warriors have to ask themselves: Is Kuminga better than his problems?

Any thoughts on how he has developed with Golden State?

Scout No. 1: It’s probably the best situation possible to figure it out, because you’ve got Steph [Curry] as a leader and [Steve] Kerr as coach. Can you imagine the short leash he’d have with [Tom] Thibodeau? If Golden State can’t figure him out, which they can’t, how can the rest of us? They should know him better than anybody else.

Exec: He came to a team that was playing for championships. So, it’s hard for someone to have chances to work through his mistakes. And then it’s a thing. When a guy is “in the freezer” and doesn’t get that full opportunity to just go explore and find out, it’s really, really difficult. The good part is, he’s shown these flashes to just be able to go on scoring bunches. I mean, he did it in the playoffs. Ideally, right now, I think he’s in a great spot when he is not the focal guy.

Scout No. 2: With the Warriors being who they have been over these past 10 years, it’s been hard for all their draft picks to get meaningful playing time … they haven’t really gotten a lot of opportunity like their counterparts, like the guys at OKC, the guys in Orlando. The only way you develop or become better in the NBA is through playing time. You don’t get better working with an assistant coach after practice or before practice, or watching film. You get better in the game and getting those minutes. The Warriors can say they don’t think Kuminga does this well enough, still needs to develop this way. But if you look at what he does have and what he can do, he’s the only Jonathan Kuminga on that team. They don’t have another athlete like him.

Can he help solve Golden State’s offensive issues in the non-Steph minutes?

Exec: He probably doesn’t want to hear it, but if he’s coming off the bench for what they call the non-Steph minutes, he could be great. He could just come in and just get buckets because he has so many tools. If you find out he can play in the non-Steph minutes, look out.

Scout No.2: Maybe. But if he’s going to be a sixth man, you don’t want to pay him [$30 million per year]. That’s the money he wants. He wants All-Star money. And then he’s got to play like an All-Star.

Analyst: I don’t understand why Steve isn’t on top of him, saying, “Look, here’s where we’re at. When Steph is not in the game, it’s you. You’re going to be my No. 1 option. You understand that. And the only reason why you’re No. 2 is because we have Steph Curry.” Think about it. When he comes off the bench, he’s a first-tier scorer going against second-tier defenders. He can cook every night. He can eat like [Minnesota Timberwolves center] Naz Reid.

What do you see as Kuminga’s ceiling?

Analyst: I see a young All-Star in the making. He’s got everything it takes. He got all the tools. Yes, I’ll give him that, because I’ve seen him go up and make some plays that get me out of my seat, that make me go, “Wow, damn.” I’m just shaking my head.

Scout No. 2: He has the potential to be an All-Star level player. And I thought that from the beginning, when he was at Team Ignite, just watching him play at Ignite and seeing how far he had come for a guy who was late to the game, right? And I just think that where you go, what team you go with, makes all the difference in the world in terms of, what opportunities do you get to play? What veterans are there? What is the organization’s position on young players? To me, he has really thrived and delivered when he’s had his opportunity. It’s just that when you’re on a veteran team, it’s hard because everything is centered around those veterans.

Scout No. 1: I do think he can be an All-Star. The question is, how much better has he gotten in the last three years in the areas we’re talking about? He hasn’t improved as much as they would like. Is he a lifetime tease? I don’t know, because he teases you — there’s no question about it. And then he’ll do something stupid. Here’s an example. Tyler Kolek is playing for the Knicks. Third-string point guard. He’s not good enough to get minutes. What he is on the collegiate side, and maybe on the NBA side, is one step slow but two steps smart. Kuminga is the opposite. He’s one step fast, but two steps slow mentally. That doesn’t mean he’s a dumb kid. I don’t mean that at all. Some guys just don’t see the game in real time.

Exec: He’s shown these flashes to just go score in bunches. He did it in the playoffs. I think he’s in a great spot when he is not the focal guy, but he can be a great No. 2 or No. 3. Maybe not a No. 2 yet, but definitely a No. 3 on a good team. But, I don’t know if he is the guy that you can say, hey, we can count on him to be a core foundation piece that’s going to lead us to a championship.

Can he reach his ceiling with the Warriors?

Analyst: Probably not in [Golden State’s] system. Put him in a place like Portland. Put him on a team that plays “four out.” The dude can get his own. Not too many guys in the league right now can go get their own bucket. He can. Just give him the ball and move out of the way, and he can do it.

Scout No. 2: If Steph and Draymond [Green] are going to be around for the next two years, it’s going to be hard for him to ever become himself because of the style. They’re never changing anything for Steph Curry. Steph Curry is going to get to play like Steph Curry for as long as he can put on that uniform.

Exec: Not right now, with Steph and Jimmy [Butler] and Draymond. But you can’t blame him for wanting to go for it because he’s tasted it. He’s had 30-point playoff games, you know? I get where he’s coming from. He wants a chance to go be the guy. The question is, is it in Golden State, with this team?

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Marcus Morris Sr. remains in a Broward County, Florida, jail after appearing in court and being denied bond in a case where prosecutors have said he owes $265,000 to two prominent Las Vegas casinos and bounced checks to pay those bills off.

Morris was arrested on Sunday in Florida and made his first appearance in court, where his attorneys asked for a bond, saying that his being out of jail would speed up the resolution of this matter, reports TMZ Sports. The judge denied the request, saying he would only release Morris for extradition to Nevada, or if the arrest warrants were withdrawn (likely because the bill was paid). Morris did not speak during the proceedings; his brother (and fellow NBA player) Markieff Morris was in the courtroom supporting him. Markieff had previously posted on social media supporting his brother.

That amount of money is $265,000, according to court documents reviewed by TMZ. Morris reportedly got a marker for $115,000 from the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in May 2024, and in June of that year got a $150,000 marker from the Wynn Hotel. In both cases, Morris gave the casinos a bad check to cover the money owed, and those bounced checks led to the fraud charge for writing bad checks and the arrest. Because of the sums involved, these are felony counts.

Morris’ manager denied there was fraud involved in a social media post.

Nevada is looking to extradite Morris, however, his attorney told Chuck Shilken of the Los Angeles Times that a large payment had already been made to resolve the issue.

Morris played 13 seasons in the NBA after being selected as the No. 14 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. For his career, Morris averaged 12 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Morris most recently played for Cleveland during the 2023-24 season. Last season, Morris was invited to the New York Knicks training camp but was waived before the season started and was never picked up by another team.

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Marcus Morris Sr. remains in a Broward County, Florida, jail after appearing in court and being denied bond in a case where prosecutors have said he owes $265,000 to two prominent Las Vegas casinos and bounced checks to pay those bills off.

Morris was arrested on Sunday in Florida and made his first appearance in court, where his attorneys asked for a bond, saying that his being out of jail would speed up the resolution of this matter, reports TMZ Sports. The judge denied the request, saying he would only release Morris for extradition to Nevada, or if the arrest warrants were withdrawn (likely because the bill was paid). Morris did not speak during the proceedings; his brother (and fellow NBA player) Markieff Morris was in the courtroom supporting him. Markieff had previously posted on social media supporting his brother.

That amount of money is $265,000, according to court documents reviewed by TMZ. Morris reportedly got a marker for $115,000 from the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in May 2024, and in June of that year got a $150,000 marker from the Wynn Hotel. In both cases, Morris gave the casinos a bad check to cover the money owed, and those bounced checks led to the fraud charge for writing bad checks and the arrest. Because of the sums involved, these are felony counts.

Morris’ manager denied there was fraud involved in a social media post.

Nevada is looking to extradite Morris, however, his attorney told Chuck Shilken of the Los Angeles Times that a large payment had already been made to resolve the issue.

Morris played 13 seasons in the NBA after being selected as the No. 14 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. For his career, Morris averaged 12 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Morris most recently played for Cleveland during the 2023-24 season. Last season, Morris was invited to the New York Knicks training camp but was waived before the season started and was never picked up by another team.

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Jonathan Kuminga reportedly declined another offer from the Golden State Warriors as he seeks a longer extension with the franchise. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Dubs have attempted to secure a deal with Kuminga, who turned down the offer due to the terms. 

According to Shams Charania and Anthony Slater, the Warriors are offering Kuminga a two-year deal worth $45 million. However, a team option for the second year of the contract, as well as the team’s refusal to maintain a built-in no-trade clause, has become the point of contention for the 22-year-old rising star. 

Golden State signed Kuminga to a four-year rookie contract after drafting him with the seventh pick in 2021. He has since been a consistent role player for Steve Kerr’s side and contributed to their 2022 title win. 

Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, met with the team during the Summer League in Las Vegas and presented some ideas for a deal, including a three-year, $82 million deal. If it materializes, the deal would keep Golden State below the second apron and allow them to use the taxpayer midlevel exception, per ESPN. 

Over the past month, Kuminga and Turner have explored the market for sign-and-trade options, which led to promising conversations with the Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns. The conversations reportedly led to proposals of four-year deals worth around $90 million, with a player option for the final season. 

 

Jonathan Kuminga reportedly declined another offer from the Golden State Warriors as he seeks a longer extension with the franchise. On Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Dubs have attempted to secure a deal with Kuminga, who turned down the offer due to the terms.

According to Shams Charania and Anthony Slater, the Warriors are offering Kuminga a two-year deal worth $45 million. However, a team option for the second year of the contract, as well as the team’s refusal to maintain a built-in no-trade clause, has become the point of contention for the 22-year-old rising star.

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Golden State signed Kuminga to a four-year rookie contract after drafting him with the seventh pick in 2021. He has since been a consistent role player for Steve Kerr’s side and contributed to their 2022 title win.

Kuminga’s agent, Aaron Turner, met with the team during the Summer League in Las Vegas and presented some ideas for a deal, including a three-year, $82 million deal. If it materializes, the deal would keep Golden State below the second apron and allow them to use the taxpayer midlevel exception, per ESPN.

Over the past month, Kuminga and Turner have explored the market for sign-and-trade options, which led to promising conversations with the Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns. The conversations reportedly led to proposals of four-year deals worth around $90 million, with a player option for the final season.

 

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Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey is a well-respected executive around the league. He’s won everywhere he’s been, though he’s still looking for that first NBA championship.

Because of that, Morey could catch some flack for downplaying what the Los Angeles Lakers were able to accomplish during the 2019-20 NBA season. With the season severely impacted thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, teams had to play in a bubble down the stretch and into the playoffs. 

When the dust settled, the Lakers overcame those restraints, winning the team’s first title in a decade. And its only title, so far, with superstar LeBron James. 

But Morey — and others around the league — don’t see it that way. Morey said he and many others don’t consider the Lakers’ 2019-20 title a “genuine championship,” according to The Athletic.

“Had the Rockets won the title, I absolutely would have celebrated it as legitimate, knowing the immense effort and resilience required. Yet, everyone I speak to around the league privately agrees that it doesn’t truly hold up as a genuine championship. Perhaps the lasting legacy of the NBA bubble is that the NBA should be proud of its leadership at both the beginning and end of the pandemic, even though the champion will forever be marked by an asterisk.”

It’s a bold claim, one that is certain to get Morey a ton of hate. Despite that, he still went on the record to call out the Lakers, and imply that many others around the NBA don’t respect that title. 

If Morey is correct and many others share that sentiment, no one else is coming forward to share those thoughts. Every other person who answered a question about the legitimacy of the Lakers’ championship in The Athletic’s piece argued it’s a valid title, though none of those answers came from NBA executives. 

It’s unclear why the Lakers’ 2019-20 NBA title is downplayed. Given the circumstances surrounding the pandemic, there’s an argument to be made it was one of the toughest championships in league history. That’s the track journalists Tim Reynolds and Kyle Goon took in The Athletic’s piece.

But Joe Vardon, the author of the article, provided one factor that may have helped the Lakers in the bubble. Vardon mentioned that the teams in the bubble didn’t have to travel, and that may have given the Lakers, who were a veteran squad, an advantage over other teams.  

Maybe that was the difference for the James-led squad, though every other team played under the exact same circumstances.

Regardless of how others around the league feel, there’s not much to be done. The NBA was applauded in Vardon’s piece for the way it handled the bubble, and it isn’t going to come out and invalidate a championship.

As far as the league is concerned, the Lakers are the champions of the very legitimate 2019-20 NBA season. Anyone claiming otherwise comes off looking like a sore loser. 

 

Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey is a well-respected executive around the league. He’s won everywhere he’s been, though he’s still looking for that first NBA championship.

Because of that, Morey could catch some flack for downplaying what the Los Angeles Lakers were able to accomplish during the 2019-20 NBA season. With the season severely impacted thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, teams had to play in a bubble down the stretch and into the playoffs.

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When the dust settled, the Lakers overcame those restraints, winning the team’s first title in a decade. And its only title, so far, with superstar LeBron James.

But Morey — and others around the league — don’t see it that way. Morey said he and many others don’t consider the Lakers’ 2019-20 title a “genuine championship,” according to The Athletic.

“Had the Rockets won the title, I absolutely would have celebrated it as legitimate, knowing the immense effort and resilience required. Yet, everyone I speak to around the league privately agrees that it doesn’t truly hold up as a genuine championship. Perhaps the lasting legacy of the NBA bubble is that the NBA should be proud of its leadership at both the beginning and end of the pandemic, even though the champion will forever be marked by an asterisk.”

It’s a bold claim, one that is certain to get Morey a ton of hate. Despite that, he still went on the record to call out the Lakers, and imply that many others around the NBA don’t respect that title.

If Morey is correct and many others share that sentiment, no one else is coming forward to share those thoughts. Every other person who answered a question about the legitimacy of the Lakers’ championship in The Athletic’s piece argued it’s a valid title, though none of those answers came from NBA executives.

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It’s unclear why the Lakers’ 2019-20 NBA title is downplayed. Given the circumstances surrounding the pandemic, there’s an argument to be made it was one of the toughest championships in league history. That’s the track journalists Tim Reynolds and Kyle Goon took in The Athletic’s piece.

But Joe Vardon, the author of the article, provided one factor that may have helped the Lakers in the bubble. Vardon mentioned that the teams in the bubble didn’t have to travel, and that may have given the Lakers, who were a veteran squad, an advantage over other teams.

Maybe that was the difference for the James-led squad, though every other team played under the exact same circumstances.

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Regardless of how others around the league feel, there’s not much to be done. The NBA was applauded in Vardon’s piece for the way it handled the bubble, and it isn’t going to come out and invalidate a championship.

As far as the league is concerned, the Lakers are the champions of the very legitimate 2019-20 NBA season. Anyone claiming otherwise comes off looking like a sore loser.

 

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]]> moranelkarifnews : MLB broadcaster takes subtle swipe at WNBA star Angel Reese https://moranelkarifnews.com/moranelkarifnews-mlb-broadcaster-takes-subtle-swipe-at-wnba-star-angel-reese/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:29:36 +0000 https://moranelkarifnews.com/moranelkarifnews-mlb-broadcaster-takes-subtle-swipe-at-wnba-star-angel-reese/ Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster John Kruk took a shot at Chicago Sky star Angel Reese during the team’s game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. The Phillies were leading 6-0 in the top of the sixth inning when NBC Sports Philadelphia play-by-play man Tom McCarthy sent a happy birthday wish to his friend’s wife. […]

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Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster John Kruk took a shot at Chicago Sky star Angel Reese during the team’s game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

The Phillies were leading 6-0 in the top of the sixth inning when NBC Sports Philadelphia play-by-play man Tom McCarthy sent a happy birthday wish to his friend’s wife. McCarthy praised his friend for being a “heck of a basketball player” when he played at Rider and Monmouth.

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“It’s all because I missed a lot of shots, and he cleaned them up,” McCarthy joked.

Kruk replied, “There’s someone here in Chicago that does that a lot,” appearing to reference Reese. McCarthy acknowledged that she “gets her points,” while Kruk fired back, “she gets her rebounds too.”

“We’ll be getting some tweets about that, I’m sure,” Kruk added before the broadcasters returned to action.

Reese fired off a post on X about an hour after Kruk’s comments went viral.

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“Clout is one helluva DRUG. like it really gets to a point,” she wrote.

Reese returned to the Sky’s lineup on Tuesday night, playing 32 minutes. She scored 22 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and recorded three assists. She also had three steals and three blocks. However, the Sky fell to the Washington Mystics.

She’s in the midst of putting together a better statistical season than her rookie year. She’s averaging 14.2 points and 12.6 rebounds per game so far.

While Reese has been known for cleaning up her own misses, she turned the slights against her into an ingenious marketing campaign. 

Reese trademarked “Mebounds” in hopes of capitalizing on the criticism.

“Whoever came up with the ‘mebounds’ thing, y’all ate that up. Because ‘mebounds,’ rebounds, crebounds… anything that comes off that board, it’s mine,” she wrote in a June post.

“And a brand? That’s six figures right there. The trolling, I love when y’all do it because, like, the ideas be good. Like, when y’all have to alter my face and s— because I’m cute, all right, whatever. That doesn’t get me. But when y’all came up with ‘mebounds,’ because statistically, all the rebounds that I get aren’t always just mine. They’re, like, the defenses, too, or somebody else on my team. But, when y’all came up with ‘mebounds,’ y’all ate.”

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster John Kruk took a shot at Chicago Sky star Angel Reese during the team’s game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

The Phillies were leading 6-0 in the top of the sixth inning when NBC Sports Philadelphia play-by-play man Tom McCarthy sent a happy birthday wish to his friend’s wife. McCarthy praised his friend for being a “heck of a basketball player” when he played at Rider and Monmouth.

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Angel Reese dribbles the ball

“It’s all because I missed a lot of shots, and he cleaned them up,” McCarthy joked.

Kruk replied, “There’s someone here in Chicago that does that a lot,” appearing to reference Reese. McCarthy acknowledged that she “gets her points,” while Kruk fired back, “she gets her rebounds too.”

“We’ll be getting some tweets about that, I’m sure,” Kruk added before the broadcasters returned to action.

Reese fired off a post on X about an hour after Kruk’s comments went viral.

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John Kruk at Phillies game

“Clout is one helluva DRUG. like it really gets to a point,” she wrote.

Reese returned to the Sky’s lineup on Tuesday night, playing 32 minutes. She scored 22 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and recorded three assists. She also had three steals and three blocks. However, the Sky fell to the Washington Mystics.

She’s in the midst of putting together a better statistical season than her rookie year. She’s averaging 14.2 points and 12.6 rebounds per game so far.

While Reese has been known for cleaning up her own misses, she turned the slights against her into an ingenious marketing campaign. 

Reese trademarked “Mebounds” in hopes of capitalizing on the criticism.

“Whoever came up with the ‘mebounds’ thing, y’all ate that up. Because ‘mebounds,’ rebounds, crebounds… anything that comes off that board, it’s mine,” she wrote in a June post.

Angel Reese drives to the basket

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“And a brand? That’s six figures right there. The trolling, I love when y’all do it because, like, the ideas be good. Like, when y’all have to alter my face and s— because I’m cute, all right, whatever. That doesn’t get me. But when y’all came up with ‘mebounds,’ because statistically, all the rebounds that I get aren’t always just mine. They’re, like, the defenses, too, or somebody else on my team. But, when y’all came up with ‘mebounds,’ y’all ate.”

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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]]> moranelkarifnews : Giants’ Heliot Ramos suffers mind-boggling baserunning mistake in loss to Pirates: ‘Mental error’ https://moranelkarifnews.com/moranelkarifnews-giants-heliot-ramos-suffers-mind-boggling-baserunning-mistake-in-loss-to-pirates-mental-error/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:29:35 +0000 https://moranelkarifnews.com/moranelkarifnews-giants-heliot-ramos-suffers-mind-boggling-baserunning-mistake-in-loss-to-pirates-mental-error/ San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos committed a bizarre baserunning blunder in the team’s 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Matt Chapman was at the plate with Ramos on second base and Wlily Adames on first base in the bottom of the first inning. Pirates pitcher Bailey Falter got Chapman to pop […]

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San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos committed a bizarre baserunning blunder in the team’s 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

Matt Chapman was at the plate with Ramos on second base and Wlily Adames on first base in the bottom of the first inning. Pirates pitcher Bailey Falter got Chapman to pop up in front of the mound.

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The home plate umpire called an infield fly rule, which is used to prevent the defensive team from intentionally dropping a pop-up in hopes of turning a double play. Naturally, Ramos and Adames would have stayed on base, and the next batter would be up.

Instead, Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes let the ball drop in front of him, and it caught Ramos a bit off guard. Ramos was caught trailing too much off of second and Hayes threw the ball to second baseman Nick Gonzalez to achieve the quick-thinking double play.

Ramos called it a “mental error” after the game, according to NBC Sports Bay Area.

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“Trying to do too much, overthinking. I messed up. That’s the only thing I can say about it. It’s been happening a lot. I’m just trying to get better, do better every day, every time. Trying to work on it, even on my defense. It hasn’t been the best,” Ramos said.

“I don’t want to mess it up. I don’t know what to do. All I’m doing is working every day, trying to fix everything.”

It was that kind of game for the Giants as they were only able to get two hits the entire game. Falter allowed two hits and only one run. The Pirates’ bullpen did its job to shut down the Giants’ offense and win the game.

Pirates shortstop Liover Peguero and catcher Joey Bart contributed the RBI in the win.

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San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos committed a bizarre baserunning blunder in the team’s 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

Matt Chapman was at the plate with Ramos on second base and Wlily Adames on first base in the bottom of the first inning. Pirates pitcher Bailey Falter got Chapman to pop up in front of the mound.

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Heliot Ramos vs Pirates

The home plate umpire called an infield fly rule, which is used to prevent the defensive team from intentionally dropping a pop-up in hopes of turning a double play. Naturally, Ramos and Adames would have stayed on base, and the next batter would be up.

Instead, Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes let the ball drop in front of him, and it caught Ramos a bit off guard. Ramos was caught trailing too much off of second and Hayes threw the ball to second baseman Nick Gonzalez to achieve the quick-thinking double play.

Ramos called it a “mental error” after the game, according to NBC Sports Bay Area.

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Heliot Ramos grounds into a double play

“Trying to do too much, overthinking. I messed up. That’s the only thing I can say about it. It’s been happening a lot. I’m just trying to get better, do better every day, every time. Trying to work on it, even on my defense. It hasn’t been the best,” Ramos said.

“I don’t want to mess it up. I don’t know what to do. All I’m doing is working every day, trying to fix everything.”

It was that kind of game for the Giants as they were only able to get two hits the entire game. Falter allowed two hits and only one run. The Pirates’ bullpen did its job to shut down the Giants’ offense and win the game.

Bryan Reynolds makes a catch

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Pirates shortstop Liover Peguero and catcher Joey Bart contributed the RBI in the win.

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Last summer, Chris Paul was, like many Southern Californians, curious about the new Inglewood arena that the Los Angeles Clippers were only weeks away from opening.

Unlike most locals, however, Paul had been one of the best players in the NBA while playing for the Clippers from 2011-17. And although he was about to play for the San Antonio Spurs, he still knew well the new arena’s ultimate tour guide: Steve Ballmer, the Clippers’ owner, who showed the point guard around.

“I was like, ‘Damn, I wonder what the locker room looks like?’” Paul said.

One year later, Paul walked back into the locker room before his introduction Monday as the Clippers’ latest offseason signing and took note of the differences between his two eras playing for the franchise. New arena, new logo and this: During his first stint, he headlined a team of young, athletic upstarts challenging the league’s entrenched title contenders. Next season, the 40-year-old Paul and the Clippers will still be pursuing their first NBA championship — but this time behind aspirations that hinge on the NBA’s oldest roster.

“There’s a lot of gratitude or whatnot to still get a chance to play at this age,” Paul said.

The NBA has never been more of a young man’s league. Last season’s average age was 26.3 years, and tireless young legs propelled both Oklahoma City and Indiana to June’s NBA Finals. Oklahoma City made the finals with an average age of 25.6 years, the second-youngest team to reach the championship round in the previous 70 years. And when the Thunder won the championship, they were the youngest to do so since 1977.

After the Clippers’ last season ended in the first round, the team’s top basketball executive, Lawrence Frank, described adding youth and athleticism as a priority.

Yet the Clippers have since become one of the NBA’s most fascinating teams by eschewing such youth, betting that experience will give them a puncher’s chance.

The team expects to play a nine-man rotation, Frank said this month, but could credibly go 11 deep. The average age of those 11 is more than 33 years old, which Yahoo Sports determined would be a year older than the previous oldest roster in NBA history.

“What’s age? It’s just a number, right?” Frank joked with reporters earlier this month.

At 40, Paul might be an outlier as the NBA’s second-oldest active player, behind only LeBron James, but he fits right into an offseason that has seen the team sign 37-year-old center Brook Lopez, retain 37-year-old do-everything forward Nicolas Batum, re-sign 36-year-old guard James Harden and sign 32-year-old former All-Star guard Bradley Beal. Of the team’s 11 players who are largely expected to earn regular playing time, just three — Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr. and offseason acquisition John Collins, all of whom will be 28 when the season begins — are under 30.

“The goal is to get this team as good as we possibly can get it, regardless of age, and everyone’s entitled to the judgments they want to make on the group,” Frank said last week, after the signing of Paul. “We’re super excited about the group. I think part of the things that, with age, typically, people worry about [is] increased chance for injury. That’s why we lean into the depth.”

The Clippers, clearly, see their experience as a strength. Yet there is a reason only the 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks (31.6 years) and 1997-98 Chicago Bulls (32.1 years) have won NBA titles with an average age older than 31. Deep playoff runs require skill, which the Clippers undoubtedly possess, but also durability and stamina, and no one can foresee what next season holds for Beal, who has played 196 out of a possible 328 games his past four seasons, or Kawhi Leonard, who has played 157.

Yet when asked about the team’s age, Frank immediately recited that Paul and Lopez, the Clippers’ oldest players, had started a combined 162 out of 164 possible games just last season.

“So it’s not like these guys were productive three years ago, or four years ago, they were productive players last year,” Frank said.

The Clippers aren’t the only contender to believe it needed more seasoning. Houston was one of last season’s biggest success stories, producing the Western Conference’s second-best record despite owning the league’s ninth-youngest roster, with an average age, by minutes played, of 25.2. Yet after losing in the playoffs’ first round, Houston decided it needed Kevin Durant, who’ll turn 37 before the season starts, to realize its potential.

Going old in a league that skews young wasn’t the Clippers’ master plan. In the short term, and by Frank’s admission, landing Lopez as a free agent was no guarantee, Beal wasn’t initially expected to be available — becoming a free agent only after Phoenix bought his contract to the tune of $96 million — and signing Paul required the starter for virtually his entire two-decade career to accept a role as a reserve. The Clippers made those moves, ultimately, because they allowed the team to improve, regardless of age, while still being “disciplined to our plan,” Frank said.

That long-term plan, as rival executives view it, has seen the team unwilling to extend pricey contracts past 2026, a priority that will wipe clean virtually the Clippers’ entire current payroll within two seasons. It’s just the type of blank slate, in an attractive market like Los Angeles, that might woo a disgruntled star seeking a trade, or a big-name free agent.

Most teams would clear their books and transition for the future by filling the team with low-cost, younger players. Yet the Clippers have not begun a youth movement for a variety of reasons. One is resources: A 2019 trade with Oklahoma City hamstrung the number of available first-round picks the Clippers could use to theoretically rebuild their roster through the draft. As a workaround, the Clippers have tried giving second chances to young, talented players who had burned through their welcome with previous teams for either on-court or legal reasons, yet none has panned out.

Philosophy has also been a significant factor in why the Clippers have owned the league’s oldest roster each of the past three seasons. Ballmer, the owner and former Microsoft chief executive, does not believe that building a roster to intentionally lose its way to a top draft pick is good for business, or retaining fans in a city already saturated by its rival.

“Each year we are going to put the best possible team we can, while staying disciplined to our plan, to give ourselves and give our team and give our fans the best possible experience of a team that’s trying to compete at the highest level,” Frank said.

That was an attractive enough pitch for Paul, who wanted not only to chase a first championship in his 21st season, but to do so while living in the same city as his wife and children for the first time since he last left the Clippers, in 2017.

“Tell you the truth, my wife and my kids probably tired of me already,” Paul said.

Paul spoke with a broad smile all afternoon Monday when talking about his return to the franchise. But before he could exit a reception celebrating his reunion, one of the estimated 650 fans who had packed a court inside Intuit Dome spoke up, catching his attention.

Sitting a few rows back from a raised stage where Paul sat, the fan told Paul what had been said about the team’s offseason moves: that the team’s roster now included so many older 30-or-older players that they were being called “uncs,” or uncles.

“I’m definitely an ‘unc,’” Paul said. “I think we got a great mix of young guys, older guys and whatnot. And it’s up to us to figure it out.”

 

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As NBA teams chase youth in the quest for a title, this team is trying the opposite approach

Last summer, Chris Paul was, like many Southern Californians, curious about the new Inglewood arena that the Los Angeles Clippers were only weeks away from opening.

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Updated on July 29, 2025 at 10:12 pm

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Last summer, Chris Paul was, like many Southern Californians, curious about the new Inglewood arena that the Los Angeles Clippers were only weeks away from opening.

Unlike most locals, however, Paul had been one of the best players in the NBA while playing for the Clippers from 2011-17. And although he was about to play for the San Antonio Spurs, he still knew well the new arena’s ultimate tour guide: Steve Ballmer, the Clippers’ owner, who showed the point guard around.

“I was like, ‘Damn, I wonder what the locker room looks like?’” Paul said.

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One year later, Paul walked back into the locker room before his introduction Monday as the Clippers’ latest offseason signing and took note of the differences between his two eras playing for the franchise. New arena, new logo and this: During his first stint, he headlined a team of young, athletic upstarts challenging the league’s entrenched title contenders. Next season, the 40-year-old Paul and the Clippers will still be pursuing their first NBA championship — but this time behind aspirations that hinge on the NBA’s oldest roster.

“There’s a lot of gratitude or whatnot to still get a chance to play at this age,” Paul said.

The NBA has never been more of a young man’s league. Last season’s average age was 26.3 years, and tireless young legs propelled both Oklahoma City and Indiana to June’s NBA Finals. Oklahoma City made the finals with an average age of 25.6 years, the second-youngest team to reach the championship round in the previous 70 years. And when the Thunder won the championship, they were the youngest to do so since 1977.

After the Clippers’ last season ended in the first round, the team’s top basketball executive, Lawrence Frank, described adding youth and athleticism as a priority.

Yet the Clippers have since become one of the NBA’s most fascinating teams by eschewing such youth, betting that experience will give them a puncher’s chance.

The team expects to play a nine-man rotation, Frank said this month, but could credibly go 11 deep. The average age of those 11 is more than 33 years old, which Yahoo Sports determined would be a year older than the previous oldest roster in NBA history.

“What’s age? It’s just a number, right?” Frank joked with reporters earlier this month.

At 40, Paul might be an outlier as the NBA’s second-oldest active player, behind only LeBron James, but he fits right into an offseason that has seen the team sign 37-year-old center Brook Lopez, retain 37-year-old do-everything forward Nicolas Batum, re-sign 36-year-old guard James Harden and sign 32-year-old former All-Star guard Bradley Beal. Of the team’s 11 players who are largely expected to earn regular playing time, just three — Ivica Zubac, Derrick Jones Jr. and offseason acquisition John Collins, all of whom will be 28 when the season begins — are under 30.

“The goal is to get this team as good as we possibly can get it, regardless of age, and everyone’s entitled to the judgments they want to make on the group,” Frank said last week, after the signing of Paul. “We’re super excited about the group. I think part of the things that, with age, typically, people worry about [is] increased chance for injury. That’s why we lean into the depth.”

The Clippers, clearly, see their experience as a strength. Yet there is a reason only the 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks (31.6 years) and 1997-98 Chicago Bulls (32.1 years) have won NBA titles with an average age older than 31. Deep playoff runs require skill, which the Clippers undoubtedly possess, but also durability and stamina, and no one can foresee what next season holds for Beal, who has played 196 out of a possible 328 games his past four seasons, or Kawhi Leonard, who has played 157.

Yet when asked about the team’s age, Frank immediately recited that Paul and Lopez, the Clippers’ oldest players, had started a combined 162 out of 164 possible games just last season.

“So it’s not like these guys were productive three years ago, or four years ago, they were productive players last year,” Frank said.

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The Clippers aren’t the only contender to believe it needed more seasoning. Houston was one of last season’s biggest success stories, producing the Western Conference’s second-best record despite owning the league’s ninth-youngest roster, with an average age, by minutes played, of 25.2. Yet after losing in the playoffs’ first round, Houston decided it needed Kevin Durant, who’ll turn 37 before the season starts, to realize its potential.

Going old in a league that skews young wasn’t the Clippers’ master plan. In the short term, and by Frank’s admission, landing Lopez as a free agent was no guarantee, Beal wasn’t initially expected to be available — becoming a free agent only after Phoenix bought his contract to the tune of $96 million — and signing Paul required the starter for virtually his entire two-decade career to accept a role as a reserve. The Clippers made those moves, ultimately, because they allowed the team to improve, regardless of age, while still being “disciplined to our plan,” Frank said.

That long-term plan, as rival executives view it, has seen the team unwilling to extend pricey contracts past 2026, a priority that will wipe clean virtually the Clippers’ entire current payroll within two seasons. It’s just the type of blank slate, in an attractive market like Los Angeles, that might woo a disgruntled star seeking a trade, or a big-name free agent.

Most teams would clear their books and transition for the future by filling the team with low-cost, younger players. Yet the Clippers have not begun a youth movement for a variety of reasons. One is resources: A 2019 trade with Oklahoma City hamstrung the number of available first-round picks the Clippers could use to theoretically rebuild their roster through the draft. As a workaround, the Clippers have tried giving second chances to young, talented players who had burned through their welcome with previous teams for either on-court or legal reasons, yet none has panned out.

Philosophy has also been a significant factor in why the Clippers have owned the league’s oldest roster each of the past three seasons. Ballmer, the owner and former Microsoft chief executive, does not believe that building a roster to intentionally lose its way to a top draft pick is good for business, or retaining fans in a city already saturated by its rival.

“Each year we are going to put the best possible team we can, while staying disciplined to our plan, to give ourselves and give our team and give our fans the best possible experience of a team that’s trying to compete at the highest level,” Frank said.

That was an attractive enough pitch for Paul, who wanted not only to chase a first championship in his 21st season, but to do so while living in the same city as his wife and children for the first time since he last left the Clippers, in 2017.

“Tell you the truth, my wife and my kids probably tired of me already,” Paul said.

Paul spoke with a broad smile all afternoon Monday when talking about his return to the franchise. But before he could exit a reception celebrating his reunion, one of the estimated 650 fans who had packed a court inside Intuit Dome spoke up, catching his attention.

Sitting a few rows back from a raised stage where Paul sat, the fan told Paul what had been said about the team’s offseason moves: that the team’s roster now included so many older 30-or-older players that they were being called “uncs,” or uncles.

“I’m definitely an ‘unc,’” Paul said. “I think we got a great mix of young guys, older guys and whatnot. And it’s up to us to figure it out.”

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The Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies will face each other in London and Berlin in January 2026 [Getty Images]

The NBA is to return to the United Kingdom for the first time since 2019, with a match in London in 2026 and Manchester in 2027.

London’s O2 Arena has been selected to host a regular-season game between the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, 18 January 2026.

It will be the first NBA game in the UK since the Washington Wizards’ win over the New York Knicks in January 2019, with London previously having hosted yearly matches between 2011 and 2019.

Manchester will host a regular-season game for the first time in 2027 at the Co-Op Arena, with the teams involved to be revealed before the start of that season.

The city previously held a pre-season match between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Philadelphia 76ers in October 2013 at the city’s other major indoor entertainment venue, which is now called the AO Arena.

The Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, said: “London is now the undisputed sporting capital of the world and the NBA coming to The O2 in January 2026 will further cement our global status.”

Councillor Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council, added: “Manchester once again has shown what a magnificent draw it is for major events, and we are thrilled to welcome the NBA back to our city.”

The NBA will hold two games in Europe in each of 2026, 2027 and 2028.

Berlin will host the other game in 2026 with Paris doing so in 2027, while in 2028 they will both host a match.

The teams involved in the 2027 and 2028 matches will be named before the start of those seasons.

The 2025-26 season gets under way on Tuesday, 21 October.

NBA’s matches in Europe in 2026, 2027 and 2028

2026

  • Thursday, 15 January: Orlando Magic v Memphis Grizzlies – Uber Arena, Berlin
  • Sunday, 18 January: Memphis Grizzlies v Orlando Magic – O2 Arena, London

2027

  • One match at Accor Arena, Paris
  • One match at Co-op Live, Manchester

2028

  • One match at Uber Arena, Berlin
  • One match at Accor Arena, Paris

NBA announcement comes with four Britons in league

OG Anunoby in action
OG Anunoby of the New York Knicks made 92 appearances during the 2024-25 season, the third most in the Knicks’ squad [Getty Images]

Mayor of London Khan met with NBA deputy commissioner and chief operating officer Mark Tatum in September 2024 to discuss the return of matches to London and has remained in regular contact.

BBC Sport understands Khan also recently met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver to discuss the league’s return to London and the growth of basketball in the city.

The news comes in a summer that has also seen Nottingham-born Amari Williams, 23, picked up in the second round of the NBA Draft by 2023-24 champions the Boston Celtics.

When Williams makes his official debut for the Celtics later this year, it will make him the fourth active Briton in the NBA.

OG Anunoby of the New York Knicks is Britain’s star name in the league, while Tosan Evbuomwan plays for the Brooklyn Nets.

Jeremy Sochan (San Antonio Spurs) completes the list of British NBA players, although internationally he represents Poland.

Belfast-born CJ Fulton also featured for the Minnesota Timberwolves during the summer league, putting him in a position to potentially be signed by an NBA side later this year.

In March 2025, NBA commissioner Silver announced that in collabaration with FIBA, the NBA is exploring the creation of a professional men’s league across Europe.

At present, a proposed semi-open league of up to 16 teams that would include permanent clubs in European cities such as London, Manchester, Berlin and Paris is being discussed.

In terms of participation, basketball is currently the second most-popular team sport in the United Kingdom with one-and-a-half million participants on a weekly participants.

It is thought that there are around eight million UK-based basketball fans and it is currently the most popular sports league in the UK among Gen Z audiences.

 

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The NBA is to return to the United Kingdom for the first time since 2019, with a match in London in 2026 and Manchester in 2027.

London’s O2 Arena has been selected to host a regular-season game between the Orlando Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, 18 January 2026.

It will be the first NBA game in the UK since the Washington Wizards’ win over the New York Knicks in January 2019, with London previously having hosted yearly matches between 2011 and 2019.

Manchester will host a regular-season game for the first time in 2027 at the Co-Op Arena, with the teams involved to be revealed before the start of that season.

The city previously held a pre-season match between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Philadelphia 76ers in October 2013 at the city’s other major indoor entertainment venue, which is now called the AO Arena.

The Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, said: “London is now the undisputed sporting capital of the world and the NBA coming to The O2 in January 2026 will further cement our global status.”

Councillor Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council, added: “Manchester once again has shown what a magnificent draw it is for major events, and we are thrilled to welcome the NBA back to our city.”

The NBA will hold two games in Europe in each of 2026, 2027 and 2028.

Berlin will host the other game in 2026 with Paris doing so in 2027, while in 2028 they will both host a match.

The teams involved in the 2027 and 2028 matches will be named before the start of those seasons.

The 2025-26 season gets under way on Tuesday, 21 October.

NBA’s matches in Europe in 2026, 2027 and 2028

2026

  • Thursday, 15 January: Orlando Magic v Memphis Grizzlies – Uber Arena, Berlin

  • Sunday, 18 January: Memphis Grizzlies v Orlando Magic – O2 Arena, London

2027

  • One match at Accor Arena, Paris

  • One match at Co-op Live, Manchester

2028

  • One match at Uber Arena, Berlin

  • One match at Accor Arena, Paris

NBA announcement comes with four Britons in league

OG Anunoby in actionImage source, Getty Images

Mayor of London Khan met with NBA deputy commissioner and chief operating officer Mark Tatum in September 2024 to discuss the return of matches to London and has remained in regular contact.

BBC Sport understands Khan also recently met with NBA commissioner Adam Silver to discuss the league’s return to London and the growth of basketball in the city.

The news comes in a summer that has also seen Nottingham-born Amari Williams, 23, picked up in the second round of the NBA Draft by 2023-24 champions the Boston Celtics.

When Williams makes his official debut for the Celtics later this year, it will make him the fourth active Briton in the NBA.

OG Anunoby of the New York Knicks is Britain’s star name in the league, while Tosan Evbuomwan plays for the Brooklyn Nets.

Jeremy Sochan (San Antonio Spurs) completes the list of British NBA players, although internationally he represents Poland.

Belfast-born CJ Fulton also featured for the Minnesota Timberwolves during the summer league, putting him in a position to potentially be signed by an NBA side later this year.

In March 2025, NBA commissioner Silver announced that in collabaration with FIBA, the NBA is exploring the creation of a professional men’s league across Europe.

At present, a proposed semi-open league of up to 16 teams that would include permanent clubs in European cities such as London, Manchester, Berlin and Paris is being discussed.

In terms of participation, basketball is currently the second most-popular team sport in the United Kingdom with one-and-a-half million participants on a weekly participants.

It is thought that there are around eight million UK-based basketball fans and it is currently the most popular sports league in the UK among Gen Z audiences.

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President Donald Trump took a shot at former President Joe Biden while discussing a recent clip of Trump golfing on Tuesday.

While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump bragged about a drive that was caught on camera and shared on the internet. 

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Trump poked fun at his predecessor while bragging. 

“Did you get to see my drive on the first hole? Pretty long, pretty long. That’s no Joe Biden, let me tell you. That’s not Biden, right? That was a good drive,” Trump said. 

Trump initially took shots at Biden’s golf skills during their infamous June 27 debate in Atlanta. Trump said he won two club championships when discussing fitness, while adding Biden couldn’t drive a ball 50 yards.

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Then in August, while on the range with pro golf star Bryson DeChambeau and YouTuber Travis Miller, Trump joked “You think Joe Biden can do that?”

Trump then made another crack at Biden’s six-handicap claim.

“He said he’s a six. I said, ‘You’re not a 60.’ He’s not a 60,” Trump said. “So I said ‘I’ll give you a million dollars if you can break 100.’ If you’re a six, you can break 100 easily. But he can’t.” 

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President Donald Trump took a shot at former President Joe Biden while discussing a recent clip of Trump golfing on Tuesday.

While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump bragged about a drive that was caught on camera and shared on the internet. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Trump poked fun at his predecessor while bragging. 

“Did you get to see my drive on the first hole? Pretty long, pretty long. That’s no Joe Biden, let me tell you. That’s not Biden, right? That was a good drive,” Trump said. 

Trump playing golf in Scotland

Trump initially took shots at Biden’s golf skills during their infamous June 27 debate in Atlanta. Trump said he won two club championships when discussing fitness, while adding Biden couldn’t drive a ball 50 yards.

BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HAS NO REGRETS OVER TRUMP VIDEO ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL: ‘GREAT ENTERTAINMENT’

President-elect Trump golfing in Florida

Then in August, while on the range with pro golf star Bryson DeChambeau and YouTuber Travis Miller, Trump joked “You think Joe Biden can do that?”

Trump then made another crack at Biden’s six-handicap claim.

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Donald and Kai Trump golfing

“He said he’s a six. I said, ‘You’re not a 60.’ He’s not a 60,” Trump said. “So I said ‘I’ll give you a million dollars if you can break 100.’ If you’re a six, you can break 100 easily. But he can’t.” 

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