Warriors complete deal for Payton
The Golden State Warriors decided to complete last week’s fourteam trade to acquire Gary Payton II from the Portland Trail Blazers despite concerns that arose surrounding the guard’s health after offseason surgery for a core muscle injury that sidelined him until last month.
Payton’s physical Friday brought up issues that put the trade in jeopardy.
The defending champion Warriors had until Sunday night to decide whether to rescind the swap that sent center James Wiseman to Detroit.
Golden State also will receive unprotected 2026 and 2028 secondround draft picks from Portland while giving up Memphis’ 2026 second-round pick and its own 2028 second-round choice to Portland.
The Pistons traded forward
Saddiq Bey to Atlanta, and the Trail Blazers acquired forward
Kevin Knox II from Detroit along with three conditional secondround picks from the Hawks.
New Orleans All-Star forward
Zion Williamson aggravated his right hamstring, extending the timeline for his return to multiple weeks past the All-Star break . ...
Danny Green will sign with Cleveland once the free-agent swingman clears waivers . ... Derrick White scored 23 points to help short-handed Boston hold off visiting Memphis 119-109.
Wu Yibing became the first Chinese player to win an ATP Tour title, rallying to beat John Isner 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (12) in the Dallas Open. Wu overcame 44 aces from Isner . ... Jannik Sinner of Italy won his seventh singles title and first of the season by beating American Maxime Cressy 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the Open Sud de France final.
Fox Sports announced that Derek Jeter will be part of the network’s studio coverage for the coming baseball season. The move reunites Jeter with Alex Rodriguez. The two were New York Yankees teammates for 10 seasons.
Harbor City Narbonne High standout senior forward Marcus Adams Jr. has a stress fracture in his foot that will end his season.
— Eric Sondheimer
Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S. delivered a season-best free dance to edge Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen of Canada and win the ice dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Ottawa Senators goalie Anton Forsberg is out indefinitely after he tore the medial collateral ligament in both of his knees during a loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.
Swiss skier Marco Odermatt ended his four-year wait for a world championship medal, dominating the men’s downhill to win gold in Courchevel, France.
Insisting that sports had to respect the human rights of all athletes, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, denied that the organization was on the wrong side of history by helping Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
Islam Makhachev defied a challenge from Alexander Volkanovski to cement his supremacy in the UFC lightweight division in a grueling fight at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia. Makhachev defended his 155-pound belt with a unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) to prevail in a five-round slugfest.