FILE - Crypto Arena is viewed before a Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Jan. 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

Veteran NBA referee and 2026 inductee Joey Crawford, right, recognizes his image on the columns of Symphony Hall as he enters the 2026 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026, in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones)

FILE - Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley, rear left, exchanges words with a security guard during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers in New York on Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 15: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver looks on from the audience during the 2026 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on August 15, 2026 in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS - AUGUST 15: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver looks on from the audience during the 2026 Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony at Symphony Hall on August 15, 2026 in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

FILE - Former Minnesota Timberwolves player Kevin Garnett is introduced before an NBA basketball game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Minnesota Timberwolves Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Krohn, File)

FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura (28) blocks a shot by Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. (10) during the first half of Game 6 of a first-round NBA playoffs basketball series in Houston, May 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

(FILES) Founder and Managing Partner of the venture capital firm Thrive Capital, Joshua Kushner, speaks during the Hill & Valley Forum at the US Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. The Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most successful teams in NBA history, are being sold to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and investor Joshua Kushner in a deal valued at a reported $12.5 billion. The sale announced on August 12, 2026 would mark a record-breaking valuation for a North American sports franchise and comes only about a year after billionaire Mark Walter agreed to buy a controlling interest in the team in a then-record $10 billion deal. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)