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Tom Osborn: This just in amidst the playoff push: Warriors will host the eighth annual California Classic Summer League at Chase Center on July 3, 5 and 6, featuring three days of play between the Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, the Heat and the Spurs.
Seth Davis: I don't know LeBron or Bronny, but I live in southern California and I cover this sport closely. I have literally never heard one remotely negative impression of Bronny from people who have interacted with him. All the more reason to be in awe of what LeBron has accomplished during his incredible life. We are all witnesses!
In February 2025, we reported that Howard asked for their paternity and child support case to be heard in California after the “Starting 5” star filed in Georgia. Howard claimed in court docs that she and Edwards “spent time together in various cities while he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and during his off-season,” before discovering in January 2024 that she was “pregnant with his child.” She also alleged in the docs that Edwards was not pleased when she revealed the pregnancy news to him and then blocked her from further communicating with him and urged her to “get da abortion.”
Rumors about the Mavericks’ interest in Myers began circulating last summer while Harrison was still employed. The Mavericks, league sources say, would still love to hire him, but there is skepticism that Myers would leave his native California to come to Texas and resign from his post as president of sports for Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, which holds ownership stakes in the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils and Crystal Palace F.C.
In the docs, obtained by TMZ Sports, Luka and his attorney Laura Wasser point out he is not a California resident, and neither are their daughters. He says he's been trying for months to get Anamaria to move to Cali with their kids, but she's refused, since moving back to Slovenia last May. As we reported, that distance is exactly why he says he pulled the plug on their engagement.
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Sources familiar with Dončić's situation told ESPN that the petition was filed in California -- where one of Dončić's daughters was only with him there for three months last spring, and his other daughter has never been to the state. Dončić had "no idea" Goltes had filed the petition.
Victor Wembanyama blamed his struggles, which included a season low for made field goals, on a lack of rest due in part to a taxing schedule since the All-Star Game in Inglewood, Calif. "I didn't recover tonight," he said. "With all the time changes from L.A. to here, and coming late from Detroit, I wasn't recovered today. I need to do a better job getting my treatment in, getting more sleep. I couldn't sleep last night. Yeah, I wasn't in shape today."
Out in California, Jayson Tatum was a talking point during interviews and, according to sources who’ve spoken to Heavy, among the players in less public settings. Jaylen Brown, the only Celtic in the Sunday game, was asked about his running mate and if he’d been there for Tatum’s recent five-on-five session with the club’s G-League affiliate. “I didn’t get to watch that one,” Brown said from his media day perch. “But I’ve seen some previous to that, and he looked good, to be honest. He looks like he’s progressing along. He’s checking off all the right boxes.
Brad Rowland: A little #reporting from me… Asa Newell is traveling with the College Park Skyhawks today. College Park is on a 3-game West Coast trip. Newell could conceivably return during the trip if needed, but he’s en route to California with the team now.
Immanuel Quickley had a night on Tuesday. Not just any other night, but a Wilt Chamberlain kind of evening. The former Kentucky Wildcats star put on a show in the Raptors’ 145-127 win over Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors at Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., leading Toronto with 40 points on 11-for-13 shooting from the field to go along with 10 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals in 34 minutes of action. Quickley’s performance made him just the second player in the history of the NBA to have at least 40 points and 10 dimes, while shooting 80% or better from the floor in a game. Chamberlain was the first one to do it, and he accomplished that monster stat line three times, according to ESPN Insights.
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A record streak of longevity achieved by LeBron James will officially come to an end this year at the NBA's reimagined 2026 All-Star Game. The Los Angeles Lakers star was not voted as starter for February's NBA All-Star Game at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, next month, after 10 players – five from each conference – were revealed during the league's MLK Day coverage on Monday, Jan. 19. It breaks a record run of 21 consecutive All-Star Games in which James has been selected as a starter, dating back to his second season in the league.
Logistics-wise, Houston had come from Portland on Friday and needed to stay at least two nights in northern California. While it’s not clear to me what shut them out over the weekend since the Lakers and Knicks didn’t arrive until Sunday, I’ll note one other thing: The Rockets likely stayed in the hotel of choice for NBA teams in San Francisco, the St. Regis, and that place is niiiiiice. Teams also typically get in a practice at a health club two blocks away when they stay in San Francisco. Houston likely made this decision several months ago. Teams typically book all their rooms for the season as soon as the schedule comes out; they also sign contracts with all their preferred hotels in their own conference that guarantee playoff availability and, thus, avoid mad, chaotic scrambles in April and May.
Gary Payton II is a co-founder of the Skateboard Association (SBA), a new co-ed, equal pay professional skateboarding league based in Big Bear, California, with the intention of platforming career skaters and compensating them for their talents. An endeavor a couple of years in the making, it's the next step in Payton's journey as he looks to use his platform to support the things that are important to him. “Me growing as a person, a businessman, and an athlete– just to intertwine both of those and be able to do cool things like this– and be a part of dope things that you know will change the outlook of a sport is unique. I'm very grateful to be a part of it.”
James Wiseman said he had spent the last three weeks in Irvine, Calif. working out and getting pickup opportunities to stay in shape. "He's been in California, working out," Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. "He's been finding pickup games out there. We worked him out early this morning. He looks great. He's not in NBA game shape by any stretch, no one can be, but for somebody in his situation, he's got the best head start you can probably have." It's not clear exactly how much opportunity Wiseman will have. Jay Huff and Isaiah Jackson still occupy the top two spots on the Pacers' depth chart a center and Bradley will be listed as active.