On September 29, according to Front Office Sports, LeBron James' LRMR Ventures, combined with Draymond Green, Kevin Love and other investors, invested in a Peak team to prepare to participate in the Peak Major League.

MLP was founded by Steve Kuhn, manager of hedge fund . It adopts a franchise model. There are currently 12 teams and are preparing to expand to 16 teams. James and others take this opportunity to join the league. Kuhn seemed quite excited about their joining, "Our goal is to develop 40 million Pickleball athletes by 2030, and this investment has provided great help to achieve the goal."

According to statistics from the Pickleball Association of the United States, the sport has participated in 4.8 million people in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 39%. In addition, the American Sports and Fitness Industry Association has named Pickleball the fastest-growing sports in the United States for the second consecutive year. Before this, a video of Kevin Durant playing Pickleball was widely circulated online, causing a lot of discussion.

Pickleball combines three sports: tennis, badminton and table tennis. The serving rules are similar to badminton and require serving in the diagonal area; the receiving rules are similar to tennis. You can only hit the ball after the ball falls to the ground and bounces back; the playing rules are similar to table tennis. You must use the racket in your hand to hit the ball, with 11 points per game. (Extended reading: Chinese people are chasing Frisbee , Americans are fascinated by Pickleball)