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Joey and Jesse Buss didn’t take long to find their way back into sports franchise ownership. On Wednesday, the Buss brothers announced they had joined the San Diego Padres ownership group.

Shortly before finalizing the sale of their majority stake in the Lakers to Mark Walter last year, the brothers created Buss Sports Capital to return to ownership. Dave McMenamin of ESPN reported the details of the deal with the Padres.

Joey and Jesse announced they will be on the new ownership group’s advisory board and apply their experience with player development, payroll management and roster construction to support this new era in Padres franchise history. Their stake in the Padres is in the neighborhood of 5%, sources told ESPN.

Joey released a statement to ESPN on the decision to join the Padres, their first move as a company.

“We are honored to join Kwanza and José and have the opportunity to contribute to the future of a team that Jesse and I have loved since we were kids growing up in San Diego,” Joey Buss said in a statement. “Sports have always been a part of our family’s story, and great organizations have a unique ability to bring people together and create a lasting sense of community. Padres fans have built one of the most passionate and loyal communities in all of sports, and we believe there is a tremendous opportunity to deepen that connection in San Diego and around the world.

“The Padres are on the cusp of something special, and through Buss Sports Capital, we look forward to bringing our experience and perspective to the ownership group and doing our part to build on the strong foundation already in place.”

This move should not be contingent on anything with the sale of the minority stake the siblings are trying to complete. That said, I’m sure they’d love to add more money to this venture with another sale, which might be part of their motivation to cash out.

McMenamin also noted an interesting point later in the article about potential future endeavors for the Buss brothers.

The minority ownership position with the Padres is Buss Sports Capital’s first major business move since its launch; however, the Buss brothers continue to pursue an ownership stake in the upcoming NBA Europe league, sources told ESPN.

The NBA Europe league still doesn’t feel like it’ll be a real thing, but that’s not really based on anything of note. Commissioner Adam Silver has pushed hard to expand into Europe, so it’s clearly a priority for him. Smaller developments over the years seem to be laying the groundwork for an NBA Europe league.

One would think that the Buss brothers would be good candidates to get involved with the league. Both wanted to remain with the Lakers before Jeanie fired them and had success with the franchise.

Now, it’ll just be a matter of how much money they may have to invest in the new league.

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The woman accusing former Los Angeles Lakers star Byron Scott of sexually assaulting her when she was 15 has settled her claims against Campbell Hall, the prestigious Southern California private school where the alleged incident occurred nearly 40 years ago.

Terms of the settlement are under seal until the completion of the civil lawsuit against Scott, according to a ruling issued in the case last week approving the agreement and obtained by USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday, August 26. The trial is set to begin on Sept. 8 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

According to court documents previously obtained by USA TODAY Sports, the woman accuses the now 65-year-old Scott of sexual battery and false imprisonment. The original lawsuit was filed in 2022 under the California Child Victim's Act, which extended the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse survivors to file civil claims. Scott sought to keep his name out of the documents and requested to use "John Doe."

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The lawsuit says in 1987 the Lakers were visiting the accuser's high school, Campbell Hall in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, where the accuser was taking summer classes, after which she "was sexually assaulted by Byron Scott in a locked janitor’s closet in the high school gymnasium." The team was at the school filming instructional basketball videos in the gym and met with the parents, students and teachers.

Campbell Hall was also named as a defendant, and the lawsuit accused the institution of negligence for not protecting the accuser. The school previously attempted to remove itself from the litigation, but a judge ruled against its motion in January. The lawsuit demanded a jury trial and $25,000 for damages, payment of attorney fees, and loss of wages to be paid by Scott and the high school.

Notable Campbell Hall alumni include director Paul Thomas Anderson, actresses Dakota and Elle Fanning and NBA players Jrue, Justin and Aaron Holiday.

Scott was 26 years old and married to his first wife, Anita, at the time of the alleged sexual assault. He has since divorced and remarried. Scott played for the Lakers from 1983 to 1993, winning three NBA championships during the "Showtime" era, and finished his career with the team in 1996-97. Scott also spent 15 seasons as an NBA head coach, most recently with the Lakers in 2015-16.

"Our client is devastated by this complaint," Scott's attorney Linda Bauermeister said in a statement in May 2025 after the lawsuit was initially filed. "Our client believed the plaintiff to be over 18 and had no idea she would claim otherwise until 35 years later. He respects girls and women, and the claims have blindsided him and his family."

Contributing: Scooby Axson

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Woman accusing Byron Scott of sexual assault settles with school as trial looms

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Perhaps Michael Jordan’s media career will mirror his NBA years with a little break in the middle.

Jordan’s run with NBC Sports’s basketball coverage is expected to cease after just one year, according to Front Office Sports, although the reason has not yet been revealed.

NBC Sports landed exclusive interviews with Jordan in its return to NBA coverage last season, an addition many hailed since Jordan is known for being rather reserved when it comes to media details.

That excitement, though, tempered when NBA fans realized that Jordan would not be making live appearances to provide analysis.

Instead, the network broke up one pre-recorded sit-down interview with Mike Tirico into different clips for the “MJ: Insights to Excellence” segments that didn’t highlight the sport’s current storylines.

Hall of Famer and friend turned enemy turned friend Charles Barkley ripped NBC for the format.

“It’s a bad look for NBC and it’s just a bad look, plain and simple,” Barkley said in January.

“They couldn’t fly to Michael like once a month and do a new interview? That makes NBC look really bad, plain and simple.”

Tirico defended the segment, pointing to the rarity of Jordan speaking about the sport since he had last done so during ESPN’s “The Last Dance” documentary in 2020.

He described Jordan as “awesome” for the segments.

“Was it what everyone wanted? Probably not,” Tirico said in January. “Was it better than not hearing from Michael Jordan? You’re damn right it was. And if we get another shot at it, will I be more than excited to be a part of it? You betcha. In our world right now, all you want to do is make the final answer before you know everything. I love that Michael trusted us enough to sit and do something that he hasn’t done in a long, long, long time.”

He added: “Every time one airs, people say, ‘Oh, this is from the same interview.’ But they also talk about what he said. It starts a topic of conversation. His voice still resonates.”

Jordan, the six-time NBA champion, is still active in NBA circles due to his standing as a minority owner of the Hornets.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Jonathan Kuminga have been linked for much of the offseason.

But the framework to get Kuminga in purple and gold remains complex.

Despite being an unrestricted free agent, Kuminga joining the Lakers requires a sign-and-trade with the Atlanta Hawks.

The Lakers don’t have the cap space to sign Kuminga outright, leaving the team with limited options to acquire the 23-year-old forward.

A decision is expected to come soon.

The Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves appear to be the remaining teams in the sweepstakes, but Kuminga’s reported preference is LA.

The squad initially pitched Kuminga the opportunity to start alongside Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.

But Kuminga’s camp wanted more money than in the Lakers’ initial deal, believed to be worth $10 million annually.

With training camp next month, Kuminga’s market has continued to shrink.

The Timberwolves can sign Kuminga as part of their tax mid-level exception, without requiring the Hawks cooperation. In some ways, it’s an easier deal for the Timberwolves to get done.

Kuminga’s free agency has been a complex process, but it’s near its conclusion.

Joey and Jesse Buss are securing their next sports franchise ownership stake. 

The Buss brothers, through Buss Sports Capital, have reached a deal to become minority owners of the San Diego Padres.

The Athletic reported Wednesday that Joey and Jesse Buss are acquiring an ownership stake of around 5% of the Padres, who have new controlling owners after Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano purchased controlling shares of the franchise. 

The Buss brothers will be on the Padres’ ownership group’s advisory board as part of their investment in the franchise.

Joey and Jesse Buss launched Buss Sports Capital in September 2025 after the Buss family sold the majority stake of the Lakers to Mark Walter. 

Joey Buss said in a statement to The Athletic: “We are honored to join Kwanza and José and have the opportunity to contribute to the future of a team that Jesse and I have loved since we were kids growing up in San Diego. Sports have always been a part of our family’s story, and great organizations have a unique ability to bring people together and create a lasting sense of community. Padres fans have built one of the most passionate and loyal communities in all of sports, and we believe there is a tremendous opportunity to deepen that connection in San Diego and around the world.

“The Padres are on the cusp of something special, and through Buss Sports Capital, we look forward to bringing our experience and perspective to the ownership group and doing our part to build on the strong foundation already in place.”

Joey and Jesse Buss are also pursuing an ownership stake in an NBA Europe franchise. 

The news of their investment in the Padres came a week after five of the Buss siblings voted to sell their remaining 17.8% ownership stake in the Lakers to future franchise majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger. 

Kushner and Iger agreed to purchase the majority ownership stake of the Lakers from Walter in mid-August for a historic valuation of $12.5 billion. 

Jeanie Buss, the Lakers’ current governor, didn’t vote in favor of the sale and is contesting her siblings’ decision through her lawyer, Adam Streisand.

Bennedict Mathurin is headed to New Orleans. How long he’ll stay in the Big Easy remains to be seen.

The former Arizona Wildcats standout has signed a two-year $16 million deal with the Pelicans that includes a player option, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported.

Bennedict Mathurin has agreed to a two-year, $16 million deal with the New Orleans Pelicans, including a player option, sources tell ESPN.

Mathurin’s reps approached the Clippers about withdrawing his $8.8M qualifying offer, effectively turning the QO into a more favorable… pic.twitter.com/U53SEBOm3m

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 26, 2026

According to Charania, Mathurin chose flexibility and an earlier route to unrestricted free agency versus longer-term offers that would have come with total team control.

Mathurin was traded last season to the Los Angeles Clippers after spending the first three-and-a-half seasons with the Indiana Pacers. The 24-year-old averaged 17.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists last year.

Mathurin only started one game with the Clippers out of 26 appearances. He’ll have a better opportunity to earn a starting role in New Orleans, where his main competition will be Trey Murphy and Saddiq Bey. The Pelicans are coming off a 26-56 season.

New Orleans has had its eye on Mathurin for some time, according to Charania, who reported the team has aggressively pursued him for over a year.

Mathurin becomes the first Arizona alum to play for New Orleans since Solomon Hill and Stanley Johnson played for them in 2019.

The start of NBA training camps is still a little more than a month away, but it’s not too early to look ahead at the upcoming regular season.

A busy offseason that saw stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo (Miami Heat), LeBron James (Philadelphia 76ers) and Jaylen Brown (76ers) find new homes has mostly wrapped up as teams enjoy their final month of summer vacation before getting back to hoops.

And with that fluctuation in personnel comes a new hierarchy and balance of power in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. Either way, all teams are chasing the New York Knicks, who snapped a 53-year title drought in dramatic fashion by knocking of the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. The Spurs, of course, remain one of the teams to beat in the West.

Here’s a look at projections for every team, based on our view of what each team's record will be at the end of the 2026-27 regular season:

USA TODAY Sports 2026-27 NBA record projections

Eastern Conference

1. Philadelphia 76ers: 62-20
2. New Yok Knicks: 56-26
3. Indiana Pacers: 53-29
4. Miami Heat: 49-33
5. Boston Celtics: 46-36
6. Detroit Pistons: 45-37
7. Cleveland Cavaliers: 44-38
8. Toronto Raptors: 44-38
9. Atlanta Hawks: 43-39
10. Chicago Bulls: 40-42
11. Orlando Magic: 36-46
12. Washington Wizards: 30-52
13. Charlotte Hornets: 28-54
14. Brooklyn Nets: 20-62
15. Milwaukee Bucks: 17-65

A couple of things to note: Indiana’s success will depend entirely on how star point guard Tyrese Haliburton returns after missing all of last season with his ruptured Achilles tendon. But if he can return to previous form, the Pacers — a team that is being significantly overlooked — could be a real threat in the East. The Celtics are an intriguing team to watch, but they will need Derrick White to bounce back from a tough shooting year, and they’ll need Paul George to take on a massive role to replace Jaylen Brown. Either way, this puts a ton of pressure on Jayson Tatum to carry the squad.

The Bulls could be a sneaky team to make a jump, with the additions of Norman Powell and No. 4 overall rookie Caleb Wilson. And the Magic have a new coach in Sean Sweeney, but he’ll have to revamp an offense that struggled to find consistent shooting. Orlando may be a candidate to drop off.

Western Conference

1. Oklahoma City Thunder: 65-17
2. San Antonio Spurs: 60-22
3. Minnesota Timberwolves: 55-27
4. Houston Rockets: 55-27
5. Denver Nuggets: 53-29
6. Los Angeles Lakers: 48-34
7. Utah Jazz: 44-38
8. Phoenix Suns: 44-38
9. Golden State Warriors: 41-41
10. Portland Trail Blazers: 40-42
11. New Orleans Pelicans: 34-48
12. Dallas Mavericks: 32-50
13. Los Angeles Clippers: 31-51
14. Memphis Grizzlies: 20-62
15. Sacramento Kings: 18-64

It’s clear the Thunder and Spurs are the top two teams in the West, when healthy. Yet, the race for the guaranteed playoff spots in seed Nos. 3 through 6 should be tightly contested. As it stands now, the Timberwolves, Rockets, Nuggets and Lakers appear to be in that next tier, but health and the fit of new additions will be the determining factors. Minnesota is incorporating LaMelo Ball, the Rockets will be getting a boost at point guard with the return of Fred VanVleet (torn ACL) and the Lakers have a revamped roster with LeBron James gone and Walker Kessler in.

The Jazz, now that their tank is complete, are a team that could ascend with their mix of young players (rookie guard Darryn Peterson, last year’s No. 5 overall selection Ace Bailey and Keyonte George) and vets (Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr.).

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Who will rule the NBA this season? Record projections for every team

The NBA has yet to officially confirm all of the uniforms that each team will be wearing during the 2026-27 season, but as usual, the sickos at NBA Uniform Tracker are doing the Lord’s work this offseason.

In late July, they revealed that the Sixers would be bringing back their 2017-18 “City Edition” jerseys this year.

Leak!

The Sixers looks to be bringing back the 2017-18 "City Edition" for this upcoming season. The city edition looks to be featuring a white, potentially shiny, Nike swoosh to commemorate 10 years of the "City Edition". https://t.co/617TPbnr5Dpic.twitter.com/06RYl3vbdT

— NBA Uniform Tracker™ (@nbaunitracker) July 21, 2026

A few weeks later, NBA Uniform Tracker followed up with confirmation of the Sixers’ two standard jerseys—the white “Association” and the blue “Icon” jersey—plus the red “Statement” jerseys that they’ve also been wearing since 2019.

UPDATE – 8/10/26

Philadelphia 76ers

Can confirm the "Association/Icon//Statement/City Editions".@sixerspic.twitter.com/gJAhrkW67k

— NBA Uniform Tracker™ (@nbaunitracker) August 11, 2026

Notably absent from that list? The Iverson-era “Classic Edition” jerseys that the Sixers brought back last year, much to the delight of fans throughout the greater Philadelphia region.

In fairness, it isn’t the Sixers’ call to shelve the Iverson jerseys this year. According to the NBA’s “LockerVision” website, Classic Edition uniforms are only “worn by teams commemorating anniversaries or key moments in franchise history.” The Sixers brought back the Iverson jerseys last year since it was the 25th anniversary of their run to the 2001 NBA Finals. (LeBron James signing with the Sixers on a veteran-minimum contract apparently doesn’t qualify as a key moment in franchise history.)

If ever there was a time to make an exception, it would be this year.

After the Sixers added LeBron and Jaylen Brown this offseason—not to mention Dean Wade, Anfernee Simons, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Labaron Philon Jr. and Ariel Hukporti—the fanbase is feral with excitement. The Sixers even capitalized on that by opening the team store at Xfinity Mobile Arena for two days so fans could purchase officially licensed gear, since Fanatics almost instantly sold out of LeBron’s Sixers jersey. And fans turned out in droves for that opportunity.

https://t.co/NsbrTeJGxKpic.twitter.com/MN0FtuYO65

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) August 25, 2026

Not seen at the team store, though? The Iverson-era throwback jerseys for this year’s squad.

You can’t buy a customizable version of those throwback jerseys on the team’s online shop, either. You can only do so for the standard Association and Icon jerseys, as well as the Statement jersey and their 2024-25 City Edition one. (Admittedly, a Spectrum LeBron jersey would go pretty hard.)

Still, not allowing the Sixers to bring back the Iverson jerseys is an enormous missed opportunity for the NBA. After all, ESPN photoshopped LeBron into one of those jerseys in its tweet announcing that he’d be joining the Sixers.

Breaking: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, his agent Rich Paul told @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/MT9OQfgd2T

— ESPN (@espn) July 24, 2026

The Sixers also sent Brown a way-too-tight Iverson-era jersey of his own.

@sixers 🫡 pic.twitter.com/HPTzGy6P6H

— Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) August 4, 2026

You know who won’t be getting those jerseys, at least from an official NBA retailer? Sixers fans.

In an era where the NBA’s primary, secondary and tertiary focus appears to revolve around making more money above all else, not allowing Sixers fans to buy Iverson-era LeBron jerseys or Brown jerseys is the ultimate definition of an own-goal. Hell, it was nearly impossible to find Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey throwbacks last year, and if memory serves correctly, they didn’t even sell a VJ Edgecombe one online. (Another own-goal.)

There is one way that the NBA could right this wrong, though.

In the 1996-97 season, the Sixers donned blue Hardwood Classics jerseys “celebrating the 1966-67 team.” Allen Iverson wore that jersey in one of the most iconic SLAM Magazine covers of all time.

Allen Iverson is SOUL ON ICE. #IversonWeek

We put together an oral history of the 🐐 cover: https://t.co/cVysqYym27pic.twitter.com/Yuf0pMZH7H

— SLAM (@SLAMonline) April 23, 2019

If last year’s throwbacks aren’t coming back, can the NBA at least bring back the ’66-67 ones in honor of the 60th anniversary of that team? I’m literally begging you to take my money here, Adam Silver.

Unless otherwise noted, all stats via NBA.com, PBPStats, Cleaning the Glass or Basketball Reference. All salary information via Spotrac and salary-cap information via RealGM. All odds via FanDuel Sportsbook.

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We may finally, mercifully, be nearing the end of Jonathan Kuminga Watch.

First, the list of teams he can even sign with is dwindling. Second, the season is actually approaching. If he wants to play this season, he’ll have to join a team soon.

Seemingly, his options are the Lakers and the Wolves. On either team, he would start. On one team, he’d get a multi-year deal at something close to the money he’s seeking. On the other team, he would not make nearly as much.

You’d think it’d be obvious which team — cough, the Lakers, cough — would be ahead. The latest update would indicate as much as Jake Fischer discussed the Kuminga situation on Bleacher Report on Tuesday (h/t Odd-Direction9452/Reddit).

“Kuminga, I think, has seemed to prefer going to the Lakers. They’ve had the most opportunity to negotiate there. Minnesota is just limited to signing Kuminga to the taxpayer mid-level. He would walk into a starting job, I think, in both situations where Minnesota is thin at the forward spot, the Lakers have been selling him on this vision of having him start next to Luka. They’re going to have the spending power, in theory, to reward him next year if all goes according to plan. That’s going to come to some type of conclusion here soon.”

Yeah, Jake. We all thought this would be done weeks ago. You’re not alone on that.

This report comes after one late last week that the Lakers and Hawks were still discussing a deal. There are still some moving parts here before a deal is done, but heaven knows everyone involved has had lots of time to discuss things.

Any day now, Kuminga.

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Former NBA forward and Duke men’s basketball star Kyle Singler posted a series of unsettling videos on Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 25, alleging that his former Blue Devils coach, Mike Krzyzewski, and others in his life have “turned the other way” when he reached out to them.

In one of the videos, in which a disheveled Singler is pacing around a room, he says that he has no power and no house.

“Man, Coach K has set me up,” Singler said in one of the videos, captioned ‘Where u &.’ “Set me up, man. I have no power. I have no house. I’ve reached out to coach and everybody has turned the other way. I’ve reached out to Coach and he has fully dismissed the message. You guys are cutting my power off, breaking into my house, stealing money, ruining my life. I reached out to Coach K and all he did was sit me on the bench. Thanks, man. Is that what we’re doing at that school, sitting people down, teaching them up? Cool beans, man. Coach, where you at? Help a brother out. Thought we were on the same team, man.”

A McDonald’s All-American coming out of South Medford High School in Oregon, Singler played for Krzyzewski for four seasons at Duke. In 2010, he helped lead the Blue Devils to a national championship while earning Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors and as a senior the following season, he was a second-team All-American.

After playing in Spain for a year, he joined the Detroit Pistons in 2012 and played six NBA seasons, with the Pistons from 2012-15 and the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2015-18. He last played professional basketball in 2019, when he suited up for CB Canarias, a club in Spain.

Though he said in one video that he has no house, the 38-year-old Singler noted in another video that he’s stuck at his house, has people “watching my residence” and feels “imprisoned.” He later alleges that there are people “trying to kill me.”

“I’m stuck at my house and I can’t leave,” he said, while pacing in what appeared to be the same room from earlier videos. “I feel imprisoned. Where we at? Leaving people stranded. I’ve tried to share messages about where we’re at and back home, I’ve got people, my friends, family, devastated and gone, died. 

“Again, my life’s on the line. I got people breaking into my house, jacking money, breaking into my accounts. And you know what? Duke’s all about it. I got Duke begging for my money. Everybody’s after my money, trying to kill me. What’s going on? What’s the deal? Seems like people got a lot of anger and a lot of violence and a lot of retribution on their mind. Coach, you got a former player being mistreated and abused and you ain’t doing nothing, man. Help out.”

Singler said that he “can’t even live anymore” in Oklahoma without getting arrested, kicked out of restaurants or “[expletive] checked” while out in public before again turning his attention to Krzyzewski.

“Coach, man, I’ve reached out to you many times and tried to share with you where I’m at and you’ve just been deflective, leaving people in the dust,” he said. “I don’t respect it.”

It’s not the first time in recent years that Singler has posted concerning content on one of his social media platforms. 

In an Instagram video in Nov. 2024, he said that “I fear for my life every day,” which prompted the NBA Players Association, NBA All-Star and Singler’s former AAU teammate Kevin Love, and others to offer their support.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kyle Singler takes aim at Mike Krzyzewski, asks for help in concerning videos