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Luka Doncic is heading to the LA Lakers, where he will join forced with LeBron James.

Shock trade sends Luka Doncic to join LeBron James at LA Lakers

The three-team trade blindsided NBA pundits. It sends Doncic to the Lakers at the peak of his powers, where he will join forces with James, who might be 40 years old, but is still making an impact.

  • Brian Mahoney

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LeBron James, left, and his son, Bronny James,

With son Bronny, LeBron James finds ‘pure joy’ as 22nd season dawns

He won’t let his son call him “Dad” on court, but LeBron and Bronny will attempt to make history as the first father-son combination to play together in the NBA.

  • Ben Golliver
LeBron James in action against Serbia in the men’s semi-final on Friday morning.

This was the worst version of Team USA. Yet, somehow, they woke up

Down by 17 points at one stage, the Americans rallied in the last quarter to defeat Serbia and book their place in the gold-medal match.

  • Michael Chammas
Bronny James during his sole season with the USC Trojans.

LeBron James, son Bronny to play together at Lakers after draft move

No father-son duo has ever played alongside each other in the NBA before but that will soon change after 19-year-old Bronny James was picked up by his famous father’s team.

  • Rory Carroll
West turns out for the Lakers against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden during the 1970s. His silhouette is widely accepted to be the inspiration for the NBA’s logo.

Genuine icon: Jerry West, the inspiration for NBA’s famous logo, dies at 86

The Los Angeles Clippers, where he worked as an executive, confirmed West’s death, saying the 14-time All-Star died peacefully with his wife Karen by his side.

  • Steve Keating
The Sydney Roosters players are entertained at super fan Josh Brandon’s LA home.

Watch how the Sydney Roosters cracked Hollywood … but didn’t know it

A diehard Roosters fan, who is a filmmaker in Los Angeles, has been taking names from the team and using them in movies and TV shows for years.

  • Michael Chammas
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Melbourne United basketballer Isaac Humphries.

‘They can say nothing that I haven’t said to myself’: Global support stuns gay NBL star

Isaac Humphries says he feels free and happy after last month announcing to the world that he was gay. Now he is looking at how he can improve life for people while continuing his NBL career.

  • Roy Ward
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Green disrupts Golden State’s good vibes with one punch

Draymond Green’s intensity sometimes causes problems. On Friday, TMZ posted a video of Green punching Jordan Poole, one of his NBA teammates, at practice.

  • Scott Cacciola
Jason Clarke

15 things I learnt from 15 minutes with Jason Clarke

The Winning Time actor is just like the rest of us (in that his favourite TV show is Succession).

  • Thomas Mitchell
John C. Reilly as Jerry Buss and Quincy Isaiah as Magic Johnson in Winning Time.

Turning basketball into billions: John C. Reilly is ’80s Lakers boss in TV drama

The actor fronts a new series exploring the birth of big-bucks sports entertainment by the man who became the “King of LA”.

  • Michael Idato

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