Rahul D'Souza

Just when it looked like the NBA's summer of superteam-building had settled, two more moves landed Friday: DeMar DeRozan, 37, agreed to a one-year deal with the Nuggets to play alongside Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, while Klay Thompson is set to join the Heat on a two-year deal after a buyout with Dallas — reportedly after Miami made clear Thompson, not DeRozan, would get the starting shooting guard spot next to Giannis Antetokounmpo. It's a small but telling domino: DeRozan reportedly...

Preseason is winding down, and that means two different kinds of stories collide: teams making real roster decisions, and the results of games that mostly don't matter anymore. Roster cuts to 53 players are due next Sunday, August 30, which means this week is when bubble players get their last real look — watch snap counts more than stat lines. On the injury side, Raiders rookie running back Ashton Jeanty left Sunday's practice early with what looked like a right knee injury; no diagnosis...

Wizards center Alex Sarr underwent surgery to repair a fractured right foot after sustaining the injury on a contact play during an offseason workout. Unlike a soft-tissue injury like Jamal Adams' quad tendon, this one is bone — a different healing process entirely, and a different set of things to watch during recovery. The anatomy: The foot has 26 bones, and fractures in NBA big men most often show up in the metatarsals — the long bones connecting the ankle to the toes — because of the...