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In 2012-13, as the Los Angeles Lakers made a late-season playoff push and Kobe Bryant did something remarkable, on-brand, and unheard of in the modern NBA. In his 17th season, a 34-year-old Bryant was playing some of the best hoops of his career. Through the first 71 games, he was averaging 27.2 points on 47 […]

One of the most interesting bits coming out of the All-Star Game reserves announcement is the fact that New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has been named as a reserve for the West. The 20-year-old’s most recent achievement makes him one of the youngest players in history to have been named as an All-Star, joining […]

Although Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward LeBron James was already tabbed as an All-Star starter for the Western Conference earlier in the month, that certainly doesn’t mean that the NBA living legend isn’t paying attention to the rest of this year’s roster. With the reserves for both the Western and Eastern Conferences being revealed on […]

Meek Mill has finally aired his side in the controversy that led to Vanessa Bryant calling the rapper out for his “extremely insensitive and disrespectful” song lyrics referencing her late husband, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. Mill took to Twitter to explain his side, saying that he had already reached out to Vanessa: I […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have cleared a roster spot with their recent decision to waive veteran guard Quinn Cook. The defending champs might be looking for some added depth for their frontcourt, and according to a report, Hassan Whiteside of the Sacramento Kings might be on their radar. This report comes via Dan Woike and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers opened a roster spot by waiving guard Quinn Cook on Monday, but don’t expect him to be replaced by another recently waived veteran: DeMarcus Cousins. Not including Cook, the Lakers have carried an extra roster spot all season, presumably with the buyout market in mind. Now, general manager Rob Pelinka will […]

If there was one takeaway from Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James’ comments following his team’s loss to the Washington Wizards, it’s that he doesn’t want any rest. The Lakers squandered a double-digit lead against the Wizards, forced overtime, and then lost in the extra session, 127-124, their third straight defeat and fourth in their […]

The Washington Wizards were able to overtake the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime on Monday, extending their winning streak to five games. Despite Washington’s improved play recently, Beal shared his reaction to the team’s five-game winning streak, via The Athletic’s Fred Katz. Bradley Beal on how five straight wins feels: "Different. It feels different. It […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James claimed he doesn’t feel the need to take part in load management even after figuring in several tight contests amid the absence of Anthony Davis. The four-time NBA MVP wanted to make a statement that he can still go hard and endure the long season at age 36. In […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have parted ways with Quinn Cook again, making him available for teams to sign for the rest of the season. While some are questioning the move, The Athletic’s Shams Charania revealed why the Lakers chose to waive Cook right now. The Lakers valued Cook, but because of their hard-cap status, this […]

The Houston Rockets are releasing DeMarcus Cousins, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. This will give the veteran big man a chance to scour the open market for a new team. It was reported over the weekend that Cousins was on his way out, even after Houston guaranteed his $2.3 million salary for […]

Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James has been forced to overcome a heavy workload since the absence of Anthony Davis. Despite this, head coach Frank Vogel believes that James will be able to power through. Per Bill Oram of The Athletic, Vogel doesn’t seem too bothered that James played over 40 minutes again in […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James took matters into his own hands by jacking up a 37-foot 3-pointer against the Washington Wizards on Monday. It was a chance to tie and send the game to another overtime. However, what LA got was another L instead. With no timeouts left, James casually rose up from way […]

Bradley Beal just put on a clutch clinic in the Washington Wizards’ visit to Staples Center. Beal scored six of the Wizards’ 12 points in overtime, including a huge floater to ice the game against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, 127-124. Don’t look now but the Wizards, who got laughed at by almost […]

Is this reality? Washington Wizards star Russell Westbrook just called game over the Los Angeles Lakers. The former MVP slithered his way past LeBron James himself to score the game-winning bucket plus the foul and seal the overtime win, 127-124. https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1364089727473704963?s=20 The Wizards are now on a scorching hot 5-game win streak, with massive victories […]

Vanessa Bryant has finally spoken on the recent controversy surrounding rapper Meek Mill and his reference to Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. It’s safe to say that she’s not quite happy. The widow of the Lakers great took offense at the rapper’s choice of words in his recent track. In the leaked song entitled […]

On the quest to repeat following an abbreviated offseason, the two interrelated priorities for the 2020-21 Los Angeles Lakers have been, understandably, since the first day of training camp, health and playoffs. Yet, one month ago, the Lakers looked on their way to repeating as the Western Conference’s no. 1 seed, too. In late January, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers broadcast guys just put on their wizard’s hat and magically turned Russell Westbrook into Isaiah Thomas. Ahead of the Monday night match-up between the Lakers and the Washington Wizards, the TV crew mistakenly put the face of the former Wizards point guard under Westbrook’s name. Someone’s mind was probably still working […]

Perhaps even more relevant than the recent firing of Ryan Saunders is the fact that the Minnesota Timberwolves organization glossed over current assistant coach David Vanterpool for the newly-opened post. Personalities from around the league have had their say about the matter, with the latest being none other than Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. […]

NBA Top Shot has become a popular trend among fans of basketball recently and there were records broken on the site on Monday. With LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers being among the most popular players, one of his moments on NBA Top Shot sold for a record-breaking $208,000. 👑ALL HAIL THE KING👑@YoDough scooped […]

The Washington Wizards take on the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time this season in a star studded matchup in Staples Center. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Wizards-Lakers prediction and pick. The Lakers currently hold the second-best overall record in the league at 22-9, but they are only […]

The Brooklyn Nets are riding a hot streak as they push the Philadelphia 76ers at the top of the Eastern Conference, and their last two victims are title contenders in the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers. Despite these impressive wins, we shouldn’t take too much away from how things played out. In the […]

On Saturday, two rumors surfaced in the Los Angeles Lakers’ orbit regarding players currently on the Houston Rockets. First, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that Houston is planning on waiving well-traveled veteran center DeMarcus Cousins. Next, before the Lakers’ two-point loss to the Miami Heat at Staples Center, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that L.A. has […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma doesn’t think the final seedings will be too important come playoffs time. According to the 25-year-old, times have changed and the implications of regular-season rankings no longer weigh as heavily as it did in years past. In his mind, Kuzma believes seedings don’t really matter much at this point: […]

DeMarcus Cousins and the Houston Rockets could be parting ways soon, making him available to teams in need of aid in the frontcourt. With the rumors of Cousins’ possible departure in Houston, The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor reports that the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to pursue Cousins. Sources: The Lakers will be among the teams to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers came up short of beating the Miami Heat in a rematch of last year’s NBA Finals on Saturday following a last-second miss from Alex Caruso. After the game, LeBron James shared what he didn’t like about Caruso’s potential game-tying shot: “I think the only bad thing about it is that he […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are encountering roadblocks along the way as they continue to miss the services of star big man Anthony Davis for the eighth time this season. LeBron James admitted that it hasn’t been easy but he is stepping up to the challenge to lead his team to win games even without the […]

As March fast approaches and the first half of the NBA season nearing its close, Anthony Davis’ injury may not be the biggest problem the Los Angeles Lakers are facing. On Saturday night, the defending champions were once again frost-bitten by their frigid 3-point shooting in a 96-94 loss to the Miami Heat in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers nearly pulled off the late game comeback against the Miami Heat after LeBron James’ clutch steal led to a potential game-tying buzzer-beat from Alex Caruso. Unfortunately, Caruso’s jumper from the right wing clanked the front of the rim and Miami survived to win, 96-94. Watch the frantic finish to end the […]

Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler is grinning from ear to ear after getting some sort of revenge against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. The 31-year-old two-way star poured in 24 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals in Miami’s 96-94 win over the defending champions at Staples Center. Post-match, Jimmy […]

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo gave Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James a dose of his own medicine during their 2020 NBA Finals rematch on Saturday night. Midway through the fourth quarter, James thought he had a clear lane to the basket until Adebayo came from behind and swatted away The King’s layup attempt. Watch […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was sharing the wealth early on against the Miami Heat, and it resulted in a buzzer-beating trey for Marc Gasol at halftime. After Wesley Matthews’ own trey went in-and-out, the reigning champions got another chance courtesy of an offensive rebound from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. The King made sure KCP’s effort […]

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro prematurely exited Friday’s game versus the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center due to a right hip contusion. The 21-year-old sharpshooter suffered the injury in the first half and was immediately deemed questionable to return for the rest of the contest, the team announced on Twitter. #MIAvsLAL Injury Update: Tyler […]

Kyle Kuzma ruined teammate Anthony Davis’ perfectly good shirt after getting blood all over it on Saturday. Luckily for him, The Brow didn’t seem to mind getting a bit dirty, as he continued to coach up Kuz on the sidelines during a timeout in the Los Angeles Lakers’ hosting of the Miami Heat at Staples […]

Apart from a possible reunion with DeMarcus Cousins, the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly interested in bringing in another Houston Rockets player on the trade block. Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Harrison Faigen of Lakers of Lakers SBN), the reigning NBA champions are closely monitoring the situation with Rockets forward PJ Tucker. https://twitter.com/hmfaigen/status/1363296502496436224 While the […]

Kyle Kuzma opened the scoring for the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday in style. The 25-year-old hit a tough turnaround three-pointer to beat the shot clock which left more than a few folks impressed. Here’s a look at Kuzma’s tremendous effort courtesy of ClutchPoints on Twitter: Kyle Kuzma opens up the Finals rematch with a […]

Anthony Davis knows that a possible DeMarcus Cousins reunion with the Los Angeles Lakers was the first thing on pundits’ minds when word got out that the Houston Rockets will soon part ways with the controversial big. After all, Boogie seemed the happiest he has been in years during the brief time he spent with […]

Saturday night will feature a rematch of last season’s Finals as the Los Angeles Lakers host the Miami Heat in the STAPLES Center. For Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, the contest presents itself as an opportunity to look back on LeBron James’ glory days in Miami. Spoelstra spoke highly of LeBron, particularly about the four-time […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum had an interesting reaction to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James attempting (and miserably failing) a Damian Lillard-type logo shot. McCollum has been taking a bit of heat for allegedly throwing shade at LeBron for his botched attempt, which the former has decided to address in a recent interview. […]