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The Los Angeles Lakers are in the middle of one of the ugliest starts in the history of the NBA. The Lakers entered the season with a renewed hope that they could reemerge as title contenders after a busy offseason. Those hopes have all but been dashed through just 12 games, as the Lakers 2-10 […]

Russell Westbrook has been playing much better basketball of late. He’s also been in a much better mood over the past few games for the Los Angeles Lakers, and we’ve been seeing his famed rock the baby celebration more often than we have in previous weeks. On Friday against the Sacramento Kings, Russ decided to […]

Apparently, LeBron James’ recent show of support for Kyrie Irving sent quite a strong message to some people in NBA circles and within the Los Angeles Lakers organization. To recall, James recently took to Twitter to ask for Irving’s suspension to be lifted. When the Nets star was suspended over his promotion of an antisemtic […]

LeBron James may be out with no definite timetable for his return, but it’s not all bad news for the Los Angeles Lakers on the injury front. As Jovan Buha of The Athletic reported, the Lakers are also seeing positive developments when it comes to their other injuries. Apparently both Thomas Bryant and Dennis Schroder […]

Sunday night’s matchup between the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers was supposed to be one of the most highly-anticipated spectacles early in the season. Unfortunately, the Lakers will be without LeBron James, while the Nets still have Kyrie Irving sitting out. It’s still going to be a good game, though, and for his […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James came out with a strong statement when he spoke on the whole Kyrie Irving saga. LeBron pretty much called out the Brooklyn Nets for the long list of items they want Kyrie to accomplish before he is reinstated from his suspension, which is a clear indication of support for […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James just gave hoops fans another reason to be excited about Bronny James’ senior season at Sierra Canyon. SLAM HS Hoops shared a video of Bronny effortlessly jumping for a windmill dunk. The account noted that “Bronny’s senior season about to be a movie,” to which LeBron replied “A REAL […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young paid their respects and honored Takeoff ahead of the big memorial for him on Friday. On Twitter, James and Young remembered the late rapper and highlighted that while he is gone, his legacy will forever live. “LONG LIVE THE [ROCKET] MAN!!! Sky high […]

Indiana Pacers sharpshooter Buddy Hield has long been a trade target of the Los Angeles Lakers. For some reason, however, the 29-year-old has been an elusive prospect for a Lakers side that is in desperate need of shooting. Hield has been playing some elite-level basketball of late, and he has been rewarded by Nike with […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in dire straits after tying their worst start in franchise history. Their two wins are tied for the fewest in the entire NBA with the Houston Rockets, a team that likely isn’t complaining about that result like LA is. Amidst the team’s sluggish start, it’s no […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been linked to Bojan Bogdanovic for quite some time. However, no trade has come to fruition. The Lakers were reportedly interested prior to Bogdanovic landing in Detroit with the Pistons. Recent reports from Yahoo Sports suggest that the Lakers could circle back on their interest of Bogdanovic in a potential […]

It may be time for the Los Angeles Lakers to start rethinking their approach to forward LeBron James’ minutes on the court and their overall outlook to the young NBA season, according to ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson. “This is the spot where you say ‘Ok (LeBron James), take a day off,’” Richard Jefferson said in […]

Officially, LeBron James is listed as day-to-day with a left adductor strain. However, NBA guru Shams Charania also reported on Thursday that the Los Angeles Lakers intend to have their superstar sit out their next two games, thereby giving him a total of eight days to rest up and recuperate. That wasn’t all that Shams […]

Former Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah had quite a colorful journey during his time in the NBA. He was once one of the most feared big men in the league, and he had his fair share of on-court battles throughout what was a memorable 13-year career. As it turns out, however, one of Noah’s most […]

The scapegoat of the Los Angeles Lakers has always been the reason why the fans are pissed at their organization. Last year, Frank Vogel was the one yanked from his position as the team’s head coach, and this season it seems that Russell Westbrook is the individual receiving the most criticism and bashing from the […]

LeBron James exited Wednesday’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter with what turned out to be a groin injury. The Los Angeles Lakers have officially listed him as day-to-day, but it has now been revealed that LeBron is going to be sitting out his team’s next two games. The official diagnosis […]

Had it not been for LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers would be in a much worse spot than they are in now. This is the narrative that we have all been hearing of late, and if you actually see LeBron play, it is clear that he’s carrying the burden for his team at a […]

Russell Westbrook is looking like an entirely different player right now. The former league MVP has embraced his new role coming off the bench for the Los Angeles Lakers, and his recent paradigm shift has worked wonders for him. So much so, that NBA insider Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report has revealed that the opposing […]

The Los Angeles Lakers lost another game on Wednesday night as they fell to their bitter cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers, 114-101. For his part, LeBron James believes that the defeat had a lot to do with the free-throw shooting disparity between the two sides on the evening. James wasn’t happy about the fact […]

According to Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham, an MRI on Thursday revealed that LeBron James has a strained left adductor. He will be day-to-day moving forward and will be listed as doubtful on the injury report for Friday’s home game against the Sacramento Kings. LeBron left the Lakers’ loss to the Los Angeles […]

There are just no two ways about it: the Los Angeles Lakers are really bad. There has been some encouragement of late, particularly on the Russell Westbrook front and his rather surprising decision to embrace his role as a Sixth Man, but the harsh reality for LeBron James and Co. is that at 2-9, they […]

At media day in September, Los Angeles Lakers general manager and vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka spoke candidly about the organization’s philosophy when it comes to parlaying their two tradable first-round picks (2027, 2029) to upgrade the present team around LeBron James, who had recently signed a two-year extension ahead of his 20th […]

Anthony Davis is off to a great statistical start to the season. However, the Los Angeles Lakers season is teetering on the edge of being over practically before it begins. Los Angeles sits near the bottom of the Western Conference at 2-9. Only the Houston Rockets (2-10) are worse in the NBA. That has prompted […]

Kyrie Irving missed his fourth-straight game Wednesday amid his suspension by the Brooklyn Nets. The team suspended Irving for a minimum of five games on Nov. 3 following his repeated refusal to apologize for posts of an antisemitic film, saying the guard is “currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.” Irving apologized on […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was forced to exit Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with an apparent groin issue. James appeared to sustain the injury midway through the fourth quarter of the contest. He was spotted holding his groin area while heading to the tunnel and into the locker room. As Dave […]

LOS ANGELES — Another matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers was penciled in as a win for the Los Angeles Clippers, this time, on Wednesday night with no Kawhi Leonard. LeBron James had himself a spectacular offensive performance, but he was outdone by Clippers star Paul George, who led his team to a ninth straight […]

Paul George has been in an offensive groove over the last week-and-a-half, winning Player of the Week last week. When the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers took center-stage in LA, not even the pesky defender in Patrick Beverley could slow him down. George finished Wednesday’s win over the Lakers with 29 points on 10-of-17 shooting […]

LeBron James would like the referees to start backing up their words with their whistles. Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ (2-9) 114-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday — their ninth straight L to their Crypto.com Arena co-tenants — LeBron used his postgame media session to criticize the way he’s being officiated. It […]

As if things couldn’t get any more worrisome for the 2-9 Los Angeles Lakers, the ailments keep racking up for LeBron James. Midway through the fourth quarter of his team’s 114-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday — the Lakers’ ninth straight loss to the Clips — LeBron aggravated his groin injury and […]

It looks like gone are the days of LeBron James’ teams being considered as title contenders, especially with Father Time seemingly catching up with the Los Angeles Lakers star in his 20th season in the NBA. The Lakers dropped to 2-9 on the season after losing the Battle of LA on Wednesday. The Purple and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are out to a 2-8 start in the 2022-23 season, leading many to wonder just what this front office is going to do to fix this mess. Will the Lakers try to make a big trade to right the ship? Will they just ride things out with this group and try […]

Richard Jefferson isn’t a very big fan of the Los Angeles Lakers right now amid the team’s 2-8 start to the new season. In his mind, their biggest crime is wasting the last few remaining years of LeBron James’ Hall of Fame career. Jefferson isn’t letting LeBron off the hook completely, though. The ESPN analyst […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in disarray; after failing to make substantive changes over the offseason, at least to the degree that some fans might have liked, the team has begun the year 2-8 and dug a pretty decent hole for themselves in a Western Conference that looks pretty unusual all things considered. With fans […]

Los Angeles Lakers billionaire superstar LeBron James has repeatedly vocalized his intentions to own an NBA franchise. A stake in an NFL team could come first. Via his partnership with Fenway Sports Group, LeBron (with his business partner Maverick Carter), has dabbled in sports ownership outside of basketball. Last year, LeBron and Carter became the […]

Through 10 games, the 2022-23 season for the Los Angeles Lakers — and the 20th season for LeBron James — has literally been a painful experience. Anthony Davis is playing through a sore back that has caused him to miss one game and parts of others. Multiple Lakers have dealt with a non-COVID illness, including […]

The Los Angeles Lakers (2-8) face the Los Angeles Clippers (6-5) on Wednesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 10 pm ET. Below we continue our NBA odds series with Lakers-Clippers prediction and pick. The Lakers have had a rough start to the season and have lost three consecutive games. The Lakers have covered just two of […]

The expectations for the Minnesota Timberwolves entering the 2022-23 season were heightened exponentially after they swung a blockbuster trade for Rudy Gobert this past offseason. Instead, they have crawled out to a slow start, and have been one of the most disappointing teams to start the year. Many players are struggling, but D’Angelo Russell may […]

While the Los Angeles Lakers have been heavily linked with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving and Indiana Pacers duo Myles Turner and Buddy Hield in the past, it doesn’t look like they are going to trade for any of them. There have been plenty of calls for Rob Pelinka and co. to make some changes […]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who played alongside LeBron James with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2018 to 2021, admitted he sometimes finds it hard to watch the Purple and Gold play this 2022-23 season. The Lakers have struggled in their first 10 games of the season. After a 0-5 start, they won back-to-back games against the Denver […]