Why NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants to tap into the European basketball “academy” pipeline — ⁦@TheAthleticNBA⁩

This…is impressive @TheAthletic

No, LeBron James did not write an op-ed for the Chinese state media newspaper. Here is what actually happened, @TheAthleticNBA

LeBron James receives his @Hoophall orange jacket as a member of the 'Redeem Team'! 🔥

Well this is awesome

FIBA hoops stunner: Nikola Jokić and tournament favorites Serbia lose at the first @EuroBasket knockout round hurdle ... upset by Lauri Markkanen's Finland in the round of 16. For the second straight EuroBasket, Jokić-led Serbia amazingly fails to even reach the final eight.

On induction day in Springfield, read some Redeem Team stories for the first time, ⁦@TheAthleticNBA⁩

Source: The NBA has hired the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rose and Katz to investigate the Clippers-Kawhi Leonard situation. Story w/ @joevardon and @MikeVorkunov, @TheAthletic This is the same firm that investigated Donald Sterling and Robert Sarver. https://t.co/M3QBgmiBRa

The 2008 Olympic team ‘redeemed’ U.S.A. basketball. Now, it enters the Hall of Fame. Here is some new material on one of the all-time great teams, ⁦@TheAthleticNBA⁩

Taylor Swift is in the house for Bearcats vs. Cornhuskers 🔥 🎥 @GoBearcatsFB https://t.co/w6H9GHXXlE

Cleveland Cavaliers star Evan Mobley's brother is playing against the U.S. in this game.

This is the ‘tough’ part of what USA Basketball does. Yes, the rest of the world has caught up and the Olympics and World Cup are full of NBA stars from all countries. But these qualifiers…yeah, the Americans still need to win them with players you probably don’t know

More on the NBA's schedule release:

NBA schedule release: The NBA hasn’t forgotten the Cleveland Cavaliers, who open ESPN’s season, and then play Christmas and MLK Day, ⁦@TheAthleticNBA⁩ ⁦@MikeVorkunov⁩

The @CleGuardians and @Rangers are tied for the AL’s best record since the All-Star break (12-6). @MLBNetwork

As he toured America on his way to an extension with the Lakers, it was clear to the people closest to him that any baggage from the shocking trade last year was gone. “He’s moved on” - Behind the scenes of the week leading up to his extension https://t.co/QJBIDxS4Z2

Joe Flacco is the NFL's second-oldest active quarterback. But that doesn't mean he needs less reps, he tells @MikeSilver. He wants to prove in his return to the Browns that he can still deliver.

New: Adam Silver meets with Real Madrid in Paris to discuss NBA’s Europe league venture, potential huge step toward getting something started overseas, ⁦@TheAthleticNBA⁩

Five years ago, the NBA was set to return — in Orlando. @joevardon examines basketball's Disney World bubble, a half-decade later ⤵️

The NBA bubble, 5 years later: ‘The most exclusive basketball camp in world history,’ missed children birthdays, and, an asterisk? ⁦@TheAthleticNBA⁩

Sources in Luka Dončić’s inner circle believed he was on the path toward this kind of physical transformation even if he was never traded from Dallas, reports @DanWoikeSports. Dončić and his management team began working with Anže Maček and Javier Barrio, the drivers of his