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After two straight wins against the Denver Nuggets and New Orleans Pelicans, the Los Angeles Lakers have proceeded to drop their next two games to drop to 2-7. In their latest loss, a 114-100 defeat at the hands of the scorching Cleveland Cavaliers, the Lakers managed to keep the game close, even leading by six […]

After another heartbreaking loss, the Los Angeles Lakers are seemingly all out of options. The trio of Anthony Davis, LeBron James, and Russell Westbrook have tried different things to make the partnership work. However, every attempt they’ve made to fix this team has ended in failure. After their recent loss, it seems LA might be […]

This is quite easily one of the worst seasons LeBron James has had over his long career. The Los Angeles Lakers star has looked absolutely awful on the floor. There have been many times this season where his play was a big reason for their losses. This isn’t the LeBron that most of us know. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are off to another disappointing start in their 2022-23 campaign. A 2-7 record for a squad led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis is tough to accept for Lakers fans, but it is the roster construction that must be blamed as the primary reason for their disaster. There are still 73 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ season has been one hell of a ride so far this season. The team has looked good in some stretches this season. However, they haven’t found a way to string these good performances into actual wins. Now, they sit at a measly 2-7 record. Because of that, big changes might be […]

With the tragic news of the passing of Takeoff, one of the three members of the hip hop group Migos, there’s been an outpouring of remembrance and support for their work of late. One vocal fan has been Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. After the Lakers’ latest loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, King James […]

The Utah Jazz just keep surprising the whole basketball world. While everybody thought that their hot start isn’t going to last, here they are 11 games into the season and still one of the top teams in the Western Conference at 8-3. Even more shocking, they just beat the two LA teams, the Los Angeles […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Juan Toscano-Anderson has had a difficult path to achieving his dreams of becoming an NBA player. After plying his trade in Mexico, having played there professionally for a few years, JTA got his first break in the NBA fringes when he found a home in the Golden State Warriors’ G-League affiliate […]

After winning two straight games against the Denver Nuggets and New Orleans Pelicans, two teams that made the playoffs last season, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had high hopes of turning their season around after a rough 0-5 start. However, the schedule gave the Lakers no breaks, as they proceeded to lose to […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers will travel to Southern California to take on the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com for a Sunday matinee. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Cavaliers-Lakers prediction and pick. The Cavaliers defeated the Detroit Pistons 112-88 on Friday night, routing them on the road. Jarrett Allen led the way with 23 […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis has been dealing with a bad back since the preseason, but it looks like he is on his way to full health. The veteran big man admitted as much when speaking to reporters on Tuesday, noting that his back is improving day by day. With that said, Davis revealed […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had a tremendous opportunity to turn their season around on Friday with a huge win against the Utah Jazz. Unfortunately for them, their effort came up short, and instead of climbing the rankings in the Western Conference, LeBron James and Co. are now staring at a disheartening 2-6 record to start […]

Anthony Davis put up another strong effort on Friday, but unfortunately for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, it wasn’t enough for them to defeat the Utah Jazz at the Crypto.com Arena. The red-hot Jazz snapped LA’s brief two-game winning streak with a 130-116 victory over Davis and Co., who have now fallen to […]

LeBron James had to pick up his jaw off the floor as he watched Kevin Durant lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 98-96 win on the road over the Charlotte Hornets. The Los Angeles Lakers forward is known to watch big-time games on off days and he made sure not to miss the Nets’ showdown […]

There’s simply nobody like LeBron James. To see this man do the things he’s doing at 37 years of age and in his 20th season in the NBA is nothing short of marvelous. So much so, that even his own Los Angeles Lakers teammates have been left in awe of King James’ greatness. Just ask […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may be 2-6 on the season, but Anthony Davis firmly believes that they are still a team to be feared with him, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook leading the way. On Tuesday Davis was asked if he believes opponents get up to face the Purple and Gold. After all, they have […]

On Friday, Talen Horton-Tucker returned to his old stomping ground for the first time since his offseason trade to the Utah Jazz. It was an opportunity for the 6-foot-4 guard to face off against his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, in what was a revenge game of sorts for him. To be clear, however, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had a real chance to win their third straight game following a horrendous 0-5 start to the season, but instead, they got a massive beating at the hands of the Utah Jazz on Friday. While it’s easy to pin the blame on their 3-point shooting for the loss, LeBron James and […]

Paul Pierce has established a reputation for speaking his mind and not holding back in his post-playing career. And Pierce was back at it in a recent appearance on Kevin Garnett’s KG Certified. He shared his brutally honest take on Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis with Garnett. “We don’t hold Kawhi accountable enough because him […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Utah Jazz on Friday. the postgame media session was focused on LeBron James. Not his lingering (non-COVID) virus and foot soreness, nor his 17 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists on 7-of-19 shooting, nor the uncharacteristically subpar effort by his team’s defense, which Anthony Davis and Darvin […]

LeBron James didn’t mince words in addressing the latest controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving after the Los Angeles Lakers’ 130-116 loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday night. The Lakers star was urged to weigh in on Kyrie Irving’s promotion of an antisemitic film on his social media platforms. James was quick to reiterate where he […]

When the Los Angeles Lakers started the season 0-5, a lot of people blamed Russell Westbrook. The explosive guard was used as a scapegoat, with many blaming his poor shooting from deep as the reason for their losses. However, based on the shooting stats so far, LeBron James may just be equally liable or even […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were looking to make it three wins straight on Friday night as they hosted the Utah Jazz at the Crypto.com Arena. The squad was in good spirits, and for their part, Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley thought that it was the opportune time to debut their new celebration. Russ had made […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant may not be too hyped up about his epic ankle-breaker on Washington Wizards center Daniel Gafford, but there’s no denying it was perfectly executed. In fact, even Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James was in awe of it. On Twitter, LeBron had only one word to say about Durant’s highlight […]

Russell Westbrook hasn’t exactly had an easy transition to his Los Angeles Lakers career and after three games this season he has been moved to the bench. Westbrook has been playing with the second unit for three games now and playing well. But the decision to bring him off the bench hasn’t sat well with […]

The Los Angeles Lakers host the Utah Jazz for late-night action Friday night! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Jazz-Lakers prediction and pick. The Jazz are playing very well this season despite trading away their two stars in Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. They are (6-3) on the season and have […]

Well, the Brooklyn Nets are starting to fall apart… again. Kevin Durant and co. have started the season 2-6, and somehow that doesn’t encapsulate how disastrous this season has been. From Kyrie Irving’s anti-Semitic Tweets to the firing of Steve Nash to Ben Simmons, there has been plenty of drama surrounding this roster. Amid all […]

The knives have been out for Los Angeles Lakers general manager and vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka. The blades only sharpened after his four-year(!) contract extension was made public before the team got off to an 0-5 start (following a 1-6 preseason). The criticism is fair. To summarize without rehashing all the plot […]

The Los Angeles Lakers won their second straight game on Wednesday night, and they did so in style. The hero of the day turned out to be Matt Ryan, who sent the game to overtime with a game-trying 3-pointer at the end of regulation. LA would eventually close it out in the extra period, escaping […]

Russell Westbrook is a numbers guy. Stats matter a lot for the Los Angeles Lakers star, and right now, his numbers are pointing to the undeniable fact that head coach Darvin Ham made the right decision in having Russ come off the bench. Westbrook started for the Lakers in the team’s first three games of […]

Washington Wizards stud Kyle Kuzma sent out a seemingly innocent tweet on Thursday about appreciating people while you still can. The inspirational message took a different turn, however, after it got a very intriguing reaction for Kuz’s former Los Angeles Lakers teammate LeBron James. It all started when Kuzma tweeted out a rather cryptic tweet […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have managed to win two games on the bounce after suffering a five-game losing skid to begin the year thanks in large part to their historically putrid three-point shooting. With the season in danger of slipping, the Lakers made a huge adjustment in their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, sending former […]

The Los Angeles Lakers appear to be picking up some steam. After losing their first five games of the season, the Lakers have now won their last two in a row, signaling that a turnaround may be in the cards for the Lakers after their horrid start to the season. Of course, their win on […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is one of the most durable players the league has ever seen. After all, you don’t threaten to surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the all-time scoring list without possessing the best ability an NBA star could ever have: availability. However, over the past two seasons, LeBron missed a combined 53 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are riding high following an inspired victory they snatched from the jaws of defeat, a . The Lakers led by as many as 16 early in the third quarter after they went on a 16-0 run that stretched from the second quarter into the second half. Russell Westbrook was a catalyst […]

The NBA community is alive and well thanks in no small part to the endless debates fans can have about everything under the basketball sun. However, one thing all fans can agree on is that the game is in a better place with New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson back at his best on the […]

The Russell Westbrook bench experiment is going better than expected. The team is 2-1 after finally picking up a couple of victories and nobody is happier about it than Darvin Ham. The Lakers head coach was vocal after their come-from-behind win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday about one of his personal goals for […]

Kendrick Perkins might want to buy a mulligan. Perkins tweeted too soon when he dismissed the Los Angeles Lakers near the end of the Purple & Gold’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans at home Wednesday night. He deleted his tweet that was oozing with Freezing Cold Takes potential, but unfortunately for him, Twitter never forgets […]

The Los Angeles Lakers might be turning the corner finally after a horrible start to the 2022-23 NBA season. They followed up their 121-110 win Sunday at home over the Denver Nuggets with another victory at Crypto.com Arena Wednesday night, defeating the visiting New Orleans Pelicans, 120-117, via overtime. Lonnie Walker IV, who played a […]