Jay Wright on why now was the right time for retirement

There is so much that is going to happen between now and the time that next season starts that it almost seems foolish to publish a preseason top 25 today. But we’re doing it anyway! A couple of notes: Who is going to head to the NBA is very much in the air right now. There are still a number of

A big part of this season for the Lakers was figuring out which of their young stars could fit well playing alongside LeBron James. Lonzo Ball took longer to figure it out, but LeBron sees in him a kindred spirit, and the two racked up matching triple-doubles the other night. Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report gets into why — Ingram tends to hold on to the ball longer, be less decisive — and also into the speculation around the league that the Lakers will use Ingram as a key piece of trade bait if that’s how they will acquire their next star.