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Professional basketball star LeBron James has his sights set on a real estate slam dunk in Beverly Hills, CA—where the NBA legend is currently in the process of constructing his dream megamansion on the site of his demolished $39 million former home. The 40-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star—whose team was eliminated from the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves—appears to be using his free time during the offseason to make major headway on the construction of his future home. Images obtained exclusively by Realtor.com® reveal the evolution of the sporting star's opulent abode, which he began building late in 2023—three years after he purchased the property for $36.75 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Retired NBA star Jermaine O'Neal has put his 16,000-square foot Texas mansion on the market for $12.5 million. The 4.8-acre property in the Dallas suburbs could be a good option for any Mavericks star looking to settle down: It comes with a regulation-sized indoor basketball court, not to mention a 'gym with custom rubber flooring designed for weightlifting' and a 'spa-like sauna,' according to the listing on Realtor.com.
Gilbert Arenas is giving the real estate game another try. A former member of the Golden State Warriors, Washington Wizards, and Orlando Magic NBA teams, Arenas is now asking $3.8 million for his longtime Encino, CA, manse. Arenas purchased the Los Angeles–area home in 2007 for $3.1 million, according to Realtor.com®. He listed it for $3,495,000 back in 2015. It was relisted in 2016 and 2018. And now, Arenas, 40, is taking another shot at selling the home.
Now that power forward Kelly Olynyk has been traded from the Detroit Pistons to the Utah Jazz, he’s aiming for a handoff of his Michigan lakefront estate. The NBA player recently listed the 1-acre property in Bloomfield Township, MI, for $3.5 million. He had picked it up in September 2021 for $2,995,000, according to Realtor.com® data.
The former NBA star JJ Redick has tossed his baller Brooklyn apartment onto the market. He and his wife, Chelsea Redick, are asking $8.5 million for the duplex, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The couple purchased the newly developed penthouse in 2017 for $6,083,005, according to Realtor.com®.
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Tristan Thompson looks to be parting with his Ohio home as well. The home, which resides along the water in the village of Bratenahl, is on the market for $3.25 million, a big leap from what Thompson paid in 2015, which was $1.9 million, Realtor.com reported, making the home the most expensive in Bratenahl.
It appears Luka Doncic’s is here for the long run, and we couldn't be happier. The 21-year-old Dallas Mavericks' star recently bought a new 5,225-square-foot home in Preston Hollow. Luka Doncic’s new pad has four bedrooms, six baths, floor-to-ceiling windows, state-of-the-art technology, a pool, and a four-car garage. According to Realtor.com, the house at 9119 Guernsey Lane was only on the market for 33 days before Luka snagged it. His $2.75 million crib is just down the street from his boss, Mavs' owner Mark Cuban.
A Fox Point home is back on the market, this time listed for $3.75 million. The owner is Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer, according to Realtor.com. The home was on the market in early 2018 for $3.48 million (see below). Budenholzer, now in his second year with the Bucks, purchased the home that year for $3.15 million, according to public records.
In fact, the Obamas had been renting Grousbeck’s home — a seven-bedroom, eight-and-a-half bathroom estate spanning nearly 7,000 square feet on more than 29 acres, according to a listing — during their vacation to the Massachusetts island this summer. Grousbeck’s Edgartown house has been on the market for four years. He originally listed it for more than $22 million but has since dropped the price, according to realtor.com.
If you have ever wanted to live like a pro athlete you have the chance in Cresskill, though you probably also have to get paid like one to afford it. New York Knicks legend Patrick Ewing is renting out his Cresskill mansion on Vaccaro Drive for $25,000 per month, according to Realtor.com. Ewing bought the house in 2007 for $6.35 million and is trying to sell it for at least $4.8 million but is renting it out in the meantime, per Realtor.com.
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Tyronn Lue is leaving Northeast Ohio. And he's leaving behind his $4.3 million house. According to Realtor.com, the Cleveland Cavaliers head coach has listed his mansion in Bay Village with an asking price of $4.3 million. The asking price without the additional buildable lot runs a little bit cheaper at $3.49 million.
Antetokounmpo bought the River Hills mansion from fellow National Basketball Assocation player Mirza Teletovic, and his wife, Maja, according to state property records posted online Friday. Teletovic, a former Milwaukee Buck, retired from basketball in September because of health issues. He is now president of the Bosnian Basketball Federation. Antetokounmpo's new place, with its purchase price of $1.8 million, sounds nice. "Beyond the sweeping tree lined driveway stands a nearly new 5 bedroom, 7.5 bath custom residence," according to a listing at Realtor.com.
There is no more KD’s, the restaurant in the Bricktown district. It was temporarily shuttered after his departure and re-opened as the Legacy Grill in the fall, with some of Durant’s own favorite foods still on the menu. (Briefly, Durant’s reps toyed with the idea of keeping KD’s open even after he left; after discussing it with the restaurant group that ran KD’s and opened Legacy, it was quickly, and mutually, agreed that his name come down permanently.) Oklahoma City still has Fortune 500 companies headquartered there, like Chesapeake, and Devon Energy. The Sonic Corporation is based in OKC, as are the headquarters for Hobby Lobby stores. A study by Realtor.com last year had Oklahoma City in the top 10 cities nationwide among top destinations for millennials.
No player in the NBA has spent more money on real estate than Miami Heat All-Star big man Chris Bosh. Citing data from Realtor.com, HoopsHype lists Bosh’s $12.3 million mansion as the priciest home in the NBA. Bosh’s home is in Miami, making him one of a league-leading 25 players who own a home in Florida. California comes in a close second with 24. As it so happens, Bosh owns a home there as well — it’s the third-most expensive in the league, valued at $9.4 million.
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