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After being benched late in the game during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 111-104 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, Russell Westbrook came out with a noteworthy bounce-back performance on Friday against the Orlando Magic. Russ helped LA cruise to victory against Orlando, 116-105, as the former league MVP looked to make the most out […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to get a massive Anthony Davis boost ahead of Sunday’s tilt against the Miami Heat. LeBron James and Co. are in all sorts of trouble right now and they could surely use this type of news as they look to turn their season around. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, […]

Detroit Pistons stud Jerami Grant has been on the radar of the Los Angeles Lakers for quite some time now. The general belief is that the 27-year-old forward could be the missing piece the Lakers need to turn their season around. He’s definitely not going to come for cheap, though, and it sounds like Detroit […]

The Los Angeles Lakers trade for Russell Westbrook can’t be considered a failure just yet. After all, there’s still a lot of basketball left to be played. But all the data gathered thus far as we go past the midway point of the season screams like it’s hurtling remarkably fast towards that conclusion. With the […]

The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers met in the 2020 NBA Finals to cap off a historic, strange season. The Lakers, led by LeBron James, took home the title. Since then, it hasn’t been the smoothest sailing for both teams. The Lakers have looked like a mess this season and last. The Heat, though, […]

Russell Westbrook has been the mascot for the Los Angeles Lakers’ chaotic season. His unhinged playstyle is a perfect match for a team with so much drama. This past week has been especially dramatic but it ended on a high note. In a 116-105 win over the Orlando Magic, Westbrook recorded 18 points, 11 rebounds, […]

With the downfall of the Los Angeles Lakers this season, many have been blamed. Frank Vogel got a ton of slack for not incorporating the summer additions well enough. Anthony Davis was critiqued because he was unavailable most of the time, due to injuries. Even LeBron James had some criticism thrown his way, due to […]

Carmelo Anthony is no stranger to outside noise. The Los Angeles Lakers veteran was the franchise player of the New York Knicks for more than half a decade – the man knows how to deal with scrutiny. After their 116-105 win over the Orlando Magic on Friday night, Melo was asked during the postgame press […]

We’re going to learn a lot about the Los Angeles Lakers over the next five games. Forgive me for not overreacting to an eventually-comfortable win over the 8-39 Orlando Magic at the Amway Center. That said, the Lakers needed to beat Orlando at the end of a chaotic week that included the best win of […]

So far in the 2021-22 NBA season, Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard has not had very much to celebrate. He has had a minimal impact on the court and the Lakers have struggled to regain their championship form from just two years ago. On Friday night, however, the Lakers were able to get a […]

Tensions were high after Frank Vogel’s decision to sit Russell Westbrook late in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. But Vogel and Westbrook seemed to have buried the hatchet right away for the Lakers next game two days later, a relatively easy win over the Orlando Magic, 116-105. The […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers grabbed a much-needed win on Friday night, beating the Orlando Magic by nine points. It’s no secret it hasn’t been a great season for the 2020 NBA champions though, despite a busy offseason where they brought in a boatload of new players, headlined by the struggling Russell Westbrook. […]

Russell Westbrook played a solid all-around game in the Los Angeles Lakers (23-23) important 116-105 bounce-back win over the Orlando Magic (8-39) on Friday at the Amway Center. Westbrook — who was benched in crunch time of the Lakers loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday — responded with 18 points (8-of-17 shooting), 11 rebounds, […]

Against all odds, there may exist one path for the Los Angeles Lakers to trade Russell Westbrook. According to Marc Stein, Westbrook’s former team, the Houston Rockets, could be willing to re-acquire Russ in exchange for the exiled John Wall … if the Lakers include their 2027 first-round pick in the deal. For the rebuilding […]

A lot has been said about the Russell Westbrook situation with the Los Angeles Lakers, particularly with the recent turn of events that saw Russ being benched late in the game against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. Anthony Morrow, an ex-teammate of Westbrook with the Oklahoma City Thunder, has now chimed in on the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may find a trade suitor for Russell Westbrook, after all. The chances remain extremely slim, but, according to Marc Stein, one of Westbrook’s former teams may be willing to take on the nine-time All-Star and his mammoth contract. Here’s what Stein wrote on Substack on Friday: I have been advised that […]

Russell Westbrook has yet to find his footing with the Los Angeles Lakers. Even as the purple-and-gold fall further down the standings amid his sustained personal struggles, though, the nine-time All-Star remains committed to the Lakers’ ultimate goal. In his first extended media appearance since being benched by Frank Vogel down the stretch of Los […]

The 2021-22 season hasn’t exactly gone as planned for the Los Angeles Lakers. But even as his team’s expectations of an 18th Larry O’Brien Trophy continue fading, LeBron James remains arguably the most popular player in basketball. The league on Friday released its list of best-selling jerseys at NBAStore.com, with a very familiar name topping […]

The NBA regular season continues with games on Friday. The Los Angeles Lakers will hit the road and take on the Orlando Magic. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Lakers-Magic prediction and pick. These two teams have had very different starts to the season. The Los Angeles Lakers are 22-23 […]

The roller-coaster ride that is the Los Angeles Lakers’ season continues with its ups and downs. With rumors swirling around the job security of Lakers head coach Frank Vogel, he made the controversial decision to bench Russell Westbrook in the final minutes of their game against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. The Lakers had […]

The Twitter account of Magic Johnson has been a topic of conversation among other media personnel and fans because of the way his tweets are constructed. The formality and sentences have perfect spelling and punctuation, which is unconventional in social media. However, Johnson’s recent tweet that went viral was after their embarrassing loss to the […]

Kendrick Nunn has yet to make his debut for the Los Angeles Lakers since signing with the squad as a free agent last summer. The 26-year-old is still in the process of rehabbing a lingering knee injury and, at this point, there’s still no firm timetable for his return to action. Earlier in the week, […]

If you haven’t discussed the Los Angeles Lakers at one point or another, then the 2021-22 NBA season didn’t really happen. While the rest of the contenders are gaining steam heading into the second half of the campaign, LeBron James and Co. are still trying to figure things out. To many, the one that sticks […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in a real mess right now. Aside from the fact that they haven’t been winning basketball games, the newest controversy to rock the squad was Frank Vogel’s shocking decision to bench Russell Westbrook in the closing minutes of Wednesday’s 111-104 loss to the Indiana Pacers. Reports have already emerged about […]

Russell Westbrook did not speak to the media after he was subbed out for the final three minutes and 52 seconds of the Los Angeles Lakers’ home loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday. However, based on his immediate reaction to Frank Vogel’s bold decision, the nine-time All-Star earning $44 million did not seem thrilled […]

Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons has been playing some pretty outstanding basketball in his debut season. So much so, that the 20-year-old’s strong play has allowed him to close in on the likes of Evan Mobley and Scottie Barnes as the top contenders for this season’s Rookie of the Year award. In a recent […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel has received some staunch criticism of late amid his team’s recent slump. As a matter of fact, the Lakers have been playing poorly for much of the campaign, and it certainly feels like coach Vogel has been on a perpetual hot seat all season long. Danny Green, who […]

The boiling seat under Frank Vogel only got hotter after the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Indiana Pacers, 111-104, on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. The ugly result — Indy’s first road win since November — dropped the Lakers back under .500 (22-23) and negated any positive momentum they accrued from their win over […]

Embattled Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel made the bold decision to bench struggling star Russell Westbrook for the final 3:52 of the Lakers’ 111-104 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night. Vogel’s rationale for the decision was that he wanted to play the players he “thought were going to win the game.” […]

With his job possibly on the line, Frank Vogel did something that Los Angeles Lakers fans have been clamoring for all season: he benched Russell Westbrook in the fourth quarter. With 3:52 left to go and the Lakers down 101-94 to the lottery-bound Indiana Pacers at home, Vogel subbed out the 2017 MVP for Malik […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will not fire head coach Frank Vogel in the aftermath of the team’s latest inexcusable showing — a 111-104 loss at Crypto.com Arena to the reeling Indiana Pacers (16-29), who hadn’t won a road game since late November. Shortly after the buzzer, Yahoo’s Chris Haynes reported that Los Angeles “will not […]

Dwight Howard made history on Wednesday night as the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Indiana Pacers at the Crypto.com Arena. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner marked a historic milestone after grabbing his 14,464th career rebound. The Lakers center has just entered the Top 10 list of all-time rebounds, tying Hall of […]

Miami Heat icon Dwyane Wade celebrated his 40th birthday on Monday and of course, he just had to commemorate this milestone in his life. A couple of his BFFs were in attendance during D-Wade’s birthday bash as Los Angeles Lakers duo LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony made sure to take part in their buddy’s party. […]

Frank Vogel’s job status with the Los Angeles Lakers has been the talk of the town in recent days, and for good reason. The Purple and Gold have struggled this 2021-22, with the threat of missing the playoffs a legitimate threat amid their failure to string wins together. There have been varying reports about Vogel’s […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is one proud dad after watching his 14-year-old son, Bryce James, do his first in-game dunk. Like any other fan out there, the Lakers forward couldn’t believe that his youngest son was able to dunk like that. And as a professional basketball player and a parent, he was definitely […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took a chance on former Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson with another 10-day hardship contract recently, the last such deal they can offer him before they must make a roster decision on him. Johnson has played just a hair over 20 minutes per game for the Lakers but has played well […]

It’s a poorly kept secret that the Los Angeles Lakers have been doing their due diligence on a potential Russell Westbrook deal. The team may deny having any interest in parting ways with a player they traded for just a few months ago (and they gave up quite a haul, too) but it’s hard to […]

It comes to no surprise that the Los Angeles Lakers are currently being linked to a handful of players from around the league as the trade deadline draws nearer. LA hasn’t exactly been the best team in the NBA during the first half of the season and at this point, it only makes sense that […]

Los Angeles Lakers fans and critics alike are now looking back at this team’s offseason moves with a bit of regret. Now with the benefit of hindsight, it appears that the Lakers trading for Russell Westbrook from the Washington Wizards was not really the best decision for the franchise. It’s no secret that LeBron James […]