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Texas’ splashiest celebrity mansion — with the state’s, and possibly the country’s, largest private residential water park — is back on the market for $16.5 million, The Post can reveal. Since 2009, this 53-acre estate located in the San Antonio suburb of Boerne has served as the US address of French-American NBA star Tony Parker. Now, the retired San Antonio Spurs point guard and six-time NBA All-Star is ready to part with the 10-bedroom, 12-bathroom, 13,300-square-foot mansion he poured his personality into. “My vision was to build something where I can host my family and my friends, and create memories,” Parker told The Post. “I like to host and when my friends come from France, you know it’s a long flight, so I wanted a place where they can come for long stays.”
Of the eight rejected bids, only two (Houston and Charlotte, N.C.) were backed by NBA team owners. The other six (St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; Miami; and Denver) sent proposals without support from NBA ownership. While Miami and Denver have NBA teams, the ownership was not involved in the WNBA bid.
We repeat: The exact order after Flagg and Harper remains TBD, but numerous league executives who specialize in gathering draft intelligence have conveyed that Baylor freshman VJ Edgecombe, Rutgers forward Ace Bailey, Texas scorer Tre Johnson, Oklahoma point guard Jeremiah Fears, Duke freshman Kon Kneuppel and Blue Devils big man Khaman Maluach are the six players commanding the most interest … although Bailey is indeed no longer seen as the top-three lock he once was. "If it's not those eight [in the top eight], it will be seven of those eight,” said one Eastern Conference executive.
Suns not promising to send Kevin Durant to San Antonio, Houston or Miami
The wish list thus only goes three deep, featuring Texas neighbors San Antonio and Houston and the Miami Heat. Sources say the Suns, meanwhile, are not promising to send Kevin Durant to any of those destinations. They are open to a mutually beneficial trade to the Spurs, Rockets or Heat if they end up liking the return, but it appears that Phoenix is prepared to make the best deal it can after surrendering a staggering haul to acquire Durant from Brooklyn in the first place in February 2023.
Clippers, Raptors interested in Kevin Durant?
San Antonio and Houston — and to a lesser extent both the LA Clippers and Toronto — have also been frequently mentioned by executives throughout the league as teams with varying degrees of interest in trading for Kevin Durant. It is widely presumed, furthermore, that landing with the Spurs or Rockets in Texas is highly appealing to the player himself.
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A total of 13 draft-eligible players have been invited to the NBA’s green room for the 2025 draft so far, according to Jonathan Givony of ESPN. Those players are as follows, sorted by their rank on ESPN’s big board: Cooper Flagg (Duke) Dylan Harper (Rutgers) Ace Bailey (Rutgers) V.J. Edgecombe (Baylor) Tre Johnson (Texas) Khaman Maluach (Duke) Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma) Kon Knueppel (Duke) Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois) Egor Demin (BYU) Carter Bryant (Arizona) Derik Queen (Maryland) Asa Newell (Georgia)
An overlap of the Women’s College World Series and the NBA Playoffs are providing hotels, restaurants and shops a much-needed boost in business both downtown and throughout Oklahoma City. The influx of visitors is expected to hit a breakneck pace during Game 1 of the NBA Finals with the Thunder playing the Indiana Pacers on national television (ABC) while Texas and Texas Tech battle it out for the women’s softball championship on ESPN.
David Berov: St. John’s Aaron Scott had a workout with the Golden State Warriors last week. #sjubb. The 6’8 do it all Texas native has the following scheduled workouts: Charlotte, Dallas, Washington, Brooklyn, Toronto, Atlanta, Detroit
76ers to listen offers for No. 3 pick
The prospect of Daryl Morey, Philadelphia's president of basketball operations, selecting either — or maybe even Texas guard Tre Johnson over Bailey and Edgecombe — should generate significant inbound trade interest in that draft slot. League sources tell The Stein Line that the Sixers are expected to at least listen to trade-down opportunities ... but likewise stress that they are not expected to trade out of the pick entirely.
A league scout told The Inquirer he believes Edgecombe, a 6-5 guard, and 6-6 Texas guard Tre Johnson could be better than Bailey. If the Sixers agree, they could slide back a few slots in the draft to get additional assets while taking Edgecombe or Johnson.
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Portland Trail Blazers: 👥 5/6 Pre-Draft workouts in PDX - Rueben Chinyelu (Florida) - Devon Pryor (Texas) - Ben Henshall (Perth Wildcats) - Dink Pate (Mexico City Capitanes) - John Blackwell (Wisconsin) - Lachlan Olbrich (Illawarra Hawks)
Monte Poole: 'We're packing for a week . . . to go to Texas and hopefully go to Minnesota right after.' -Stephen Curry on the Warriors as they head to Houston for Game 7 against the Rockets
Luka Doncic doesn't see himself living in Texas again
While appearing on Sundae Conversation, a video show hosted by former quarterback-turned-media-guy Caleb Pressley that has 1 million YouTube subscribers, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Dončić was confronted with the immortal question. "Can you see yourself ever moving back to Texas after basketball?" Pressley asked. "Doesn't have to be Dallas." Not even a beat passed before Dončić responded: "No." "Even Houston?" "No." "Houston Luka?" "No."
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