LeBron James is dedicating his 21st NBA season to his son, and Bronny James’ encouraging recovery from sudden cardiac arrest is foremost in his mind while the top scorer in NBA history gets back to work this week.

“Nothing else matters besides my family,” James said.

Damian Lillard asked the Trail Blazers for a trade on July 1, intent that he wanted to chase an NBA championship — which likely wasn’t going to happen in Portland given the Blazers failed to bring in another transformative player over the summer. He voiced his desire to go to Miami, but a deal never materialized.

Damian Lillard is being traded by Portland to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday, a deal that ends his 11-year run with the Trail Blazers and a three-month saga surrounding his wish to be moved elsewhere in hopes of winning an NBA title.

The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a four-year, $48 million contract extension with forward Jarred Vanderbilt.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached agreement on a one-year contract to reunite with center Tristan Thompson, his agent Rich Paul said Monday night.

Markieff Morris, the other piece of the trade that brought Kyrie Irving to Dallas from Brooklyn, is re-signing with the Mavericks.

The Los Angeles Lakers have long been stuck with 13 players on the roster. After almost a month of inaction from the purple and gold, Rob Pelinka and the front office have finally found their floor-spacing big man for the 14th roster spot.

The NBA has fined Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden $100,000 for public comments he made about his status with the team.

ArenaPlus, a 24/7 online sports betting platform in the Philippines and the official sports entertainment gateway of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) proudly announced that NBA star Jordan Clarkson is their newest official endorser.

Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol brought a European flavor to the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement.