LeBron James

LeBron James did praise Dylan Harper. That part came first, and it matters. Dylan, the young Spurs guard and son of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper, has quickly become one …

For two decades, any serious basketball conversation involving LeBron James began with one assumption: if he wanted something, the franchise around him had to listen. That is what happens when …

LeBron James did not need many words to explain one of the NBA’s strangest recurring miracles. San Antonio, he said, keeps getting “lucky as f—k” with a very specific kind …

Rich Paul did not swing back. He did not feed the feud, pick a side in public, or turn a friendship fracture into another piece of entertainment. Instead, when asked …

Kenny Smith cut through the noise with the kind of perspective few people can honestly claim. In college, he shared a locker room with Michael Jordan at North Carolina. In …

The Lakers’ game-ball controversy was already a strange little window into the politics of greatness. Then Gilbert Arenas got involved, and the whole thing became something louder, funnier and far …

There is still no decision, and that matters. LeBron James has not announced whether he will return for a 24th NBA season, retire, stay with the Lakers, or look elsewhere. …

Gary Payton has never been confused with a man who whispers around a microphone, so when he looked at LeBron James’ uncertain future and pointed straight toward the Bay Area, …

LeBron James has spent more than two decades making the impossible feel scheduled. So when he finally sounded unsure, really unsure, the room seemed to tilt. After the Lakers were …