Author: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY

When you have young All-Stars like Jayson Tatum and Donovan Mitchell, you do what you must to keep them. So the Celtics and Jazz did just that.

As Oklahoma City Thunder stockpile draft picks, Philadelphia 76ers free themselves of Al Horford’s big contract in trade hours before NBA draft.

Players approved the NBA’s plan to start the season on Dec. 22 to take advantage of playing on Christmas Day and increase potential revenue.

Stephen Silas has a history of helping develop high-scoring guards, such as Stephen Curry, Kemba Walker and Luka Doncic.

Ty Lue was Clippers assistant, and he coached Cavs to 2016 title. He inherits a team with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George but must fix chemistry issues.

Only Michael Jordan with six has more Finals MVPs than LeBron James, who won his fourth Finals MVP award after leading the Lakers to the championship.

LeBron James will go down as one of the all-time greats, but continually proving himself against history fueled him on this Lakers championship run.

LeBron James and Anthony Davis took care of business in Game 6, leading the Lakers to a 106-93 victory for the 17th title in franchise history.

After another huge triple-double, Jimmy Butler has the Heat confident in their ability to beat the Lakers in Game 6: “We live for these moments.”

Jimmy Butler kept the Heat alive with 35 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists to outduel LeBron James and force Game 6 against the Lakers.