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Los Angeles Lakers guard J.R. Smith is having the time of his life while in the sidelines in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Friday. Although he has yet to check into the game in their series opener against the Denver Nuggets, Smith was truly enjoying watching his teammates destroy the competition early. […]

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith is impressed with how the Los Angeles Lakers are taking care of business in their Western Conference Finals series opener versus the Denver Nuggets on Friday. The controversial First Take host had this to say after the Purple and Gold appeared dominant in the first 36 minutes of the game. […]

Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has not exactly been on point with his playoff predictions this season. This is why the folks at Inside the NBA decided to take a shot at Barkley’s poor batting average of late by including his own prediction statistics along with the Fanduel Sportsbook odds for the Los Angeles Lakers […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran point guard Rajon Rondo had a hilarious reaction to getting subbed out in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Denver Nuggets. Check it out: https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1307140353045209088?s=20 For what it’s worth, his reaction here is justifiable. After all, Rajon Rondo has been playing at such a high level for the […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James hilariously eavesdropped on the Denver Nuggets’ huddle in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. always looking for an edge. pic.twitter.com/X9HeDavwBB — Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) September 19, 2020 What’s funny about this is that LeBron James and Nuggets head coach Michael Malone worked together on the Cleveland Cavaliers during […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are truly built different, as Markieff Morris is the latest player to shrug off another hard collision in Game 1 of their Western Conference Conference Finals series against the Denver Nuggets on Friday. At the nine-and-a-half minute mark of the second period, Kieff got baited by a Monte Morris head fake. […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is a man on a mission to win title No. 4, and he’s not going to let anyone stop him. James, who normally doesn’t do a lot of trash-talking on the court, scored a nice and-1 hoop on Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray and savagely let the youngster […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran center Dwight Howard is back in the rotation for the 2020 Western Conference Finals, and he’s having some fun at the expense of the Denver Nuggets. In Game 1 on Friday, Howard was caught spying on the Nuggets during their in-game huddle. Dwight out here spying on the Nuggets huddle 😂pic.twitter.com/zgAzFZaZGF […]

LeBron James gave the Los Angeles Lakers quite a scare in the second quarter of their Western Conference Finals series opener against the Denver Nuggets on Friday. The entire Laker nation held their breaths, as The King went down hard after a hard drive to the teeth of the Nuggets D. The four-time MVP appeared […]

Denver Nuggets Guard Jamal Murray was locked-in early in his team’s Western Conference Finals series opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. The 6-foot-3 firecracker made sure the Nuggets had the lead after the first 12 minutes, as he drained a buzzer-beating triple to give Denver a 38-36 advantage. Jamal Murray at the BUZZER […]

Despite getting more than a few “guarantees” wrong, Charles Barkley remains as confident as ever. This time, the NBA legend is “guaranteeing” that the Los Angeles Lakers will dominate the Denver Nuggets in their Western Conference Finals series. Ahead of the Lakers-Nuggets Game 1 on Friday, Barkley exclaimed that the Purple and Gold are going […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James wore a powerful attire ahead of the team’s Game 1 matchup against the Denver Nuggets to kick off the 2020 Western Conference Finals. James’ shirt read, “Leader II Society.” The Lakers star also had shorts on that featured the word “Leader” on the iconic team font. LeBron headed for […]

Legendary rapper and Los Angeles Lakers fan Snoop Dogg took a shot at the Los Angeles Clippers while responding to Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray on Instagram. Murray told reporters the Lakers have to worry about the Nuggets, too, since they have proven to be a difficult team to defeat in the 2020 playoffs. […]

The 2020 Western Conference Finals is going to be special for Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray, as he’ll be facing his idol, Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James. During an interview with Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, Murray spoke about going up against James and the Lakers in the Western […]

Heading into the Western Conference Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers, much of the talk was focused on how the Los Angeles Clippers collapsed against the Nuggets to derail the Battle of Los Angeles that was promised since the start of the season. Despite entering another series as the underdog, Denver has proven […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar  LeBron James has passed Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan on the career MVP-voting-shares leaderboard, per NBC Sports. James came second in MVP voting this season. Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo repeated as MVP after getting 85 first-place votes. James, meanwhile, got 16 first-place votes and 84 second-place votes. LeBron James now […]

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday morning that Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo would be named the 2019-20 NBA MVP, and the league has officially made the announcement and released voting results. Antetokounmpo received 85 first-place votes to just 16 for Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. The third finalist, Houston Rockets star James Harden, didn’t […]

As part of a recent phone interview with Kendra Andrews of The Athletic, Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap revealed that he was less than pleased with LeBron James’ decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers in favor of the Los Angeles Lakers. James initially left the Cavs in 2010. Most hoops fans remember the ESPN interview […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has been called many things throughout his colorful career. At this point, nothing stands out as surprising anymore. Except maybe if he’s labeled as an Illuminati wizard. This is no joke. A woman named Sheila Zilinsky, a relatively popular YouTube personality who thrives on her many conspiracy theories, has […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has repeated as NBA MVP, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The official announcement will come later on Friday. Antetokounmpo becomes just the third player in NBA history to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season, joining Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon. While Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks […]

The NFL season is now in full swing, and even Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is hopping on the football hype train. What has caught the eye of LeBron is none other than Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow, who himself has had an amazing start to his debut campaign. According to LeBron, he […]

It’s a date for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. They’ll meet again after last battling in 2009. At that time, Avatar was the top-grossing film, the Black Eyed Peas were still a thing, and Instagram wasn’t even invented. So yeah, a lot has changed since then. To […]

Stephen A. Smith, Paul George, and Dwight Howard are all aware that Kyle Kuzma of the Lakers has had a long break while waiting for an opponent in the NBA Western Conference Finals. Kuzma, like the Lakers, has lots of time to watch TV and browse social media. Or defend a teammate for that matter. […]

Sports analyst Shannon Sharpe took things to another notch. Via Twitter, he slammed the Los Angeles Clippers with a savage ‘Get Out’ movie poster. Peep the photoshopped poster below inspired by the 2017 horror film directed by Jordan Peele. Note the text right on Patrick Beverley’s forehead: “Pat Bev trick y’all, man” Best Movie of […]

Minnesota Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell wonders what might have been in Los Angeles if not for certain circumstances. Russell’s rookie season came during Kobe Bryant’s final year with the Lakers. The former No. 2 overall pick thinks things might have worked out differently for him with L.A. had that not been the case: “With the […]

Ahead of the Western Conference Finals, oddsmakers are listing the no. 3-seed Denver Nuggets as fairly heavy underdogs (+500) to upset the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers. In the wake of Denver’s Game 7 victory over the favored Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday — their second 3-1 series comeback of this postseason, after their Round 1 […]

Los Angeles Lakers small forward Kyle Kuzma took to Twitter to react to the news that Breonna Taylor’s family will receive $12 million after Taylor was shot and killed six months ago by Louisville police. Police officers executed a “no-knock” search warrant and killed Taylor while she was in her bed. So how I’m reading […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are preparing for the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. Despite being two days removed from Game 7 of Clippers-Nuggets, fans and members of the media are still wondering what could’ve been if LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard faced off. From the moment Leonard and Paul George agreed to join […]

During the 2003-04 season when he was on the Los Angeles Lakers, Karl Malone helped Kobe Bryant become a better leader. New York Times best-selling author Jeff Pearlman recently joined the Lake Show Life Podcast and he talked about how Malone guided Bryant during the 2003-04 campaign with some small tips that went a long […]

During his media session with reporters on Thursday, Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James admitted he’s at a loss for words after earning All-NBA honors for a record 16th time. James is the only player in NBA history to make All-NBA 16 times, with 13 of those selections being to the All-NBA First […]

LeBron James spoke about his personal motivation during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2019-20 campaign as L.A. prepares for the Western Conference Finals. LeBron James mentioned he was excited at the prospect of working with head coach Frank Vogel and, of course, the arrival of Anthony Davis: “Having the battles that I had with [coach Vogel] […]

During his media session with reporters on Thursday, Los Angeles Lakers superstar big man Anthony Davis talked about the challenge of guarding Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic. While Davis is one of the best defenders in the NBA, he’s going to have his hands full with Jokic, who is arguably the most skilled center in […]

LeBron James paid respects to the Denver Nuggets and Michael Malone ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Western Conference Finals opener on Friday. As the Lakers prepare for the Nuggets, James praised Denver for being a confident and resilient club, also applauding the work head coach Michael Malone has done with his team. LeBron said […]

Kawhi Leonard was heavily pursued by the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2019 after winning the 2019 championship with the Toronto Raptors over the Golden State Warriors in six games. The two-time Finals MVP was recruited by LeBron James, Anthony Davis and general manager Rob Pelinka, but he chose to spurn the Lakers […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was dominant in the team’s second-round series win over the Houston Rockets. But James is nursing a bit of a thumb injury. LeBron told reporters–including Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times–said he injured the thumb in the Rockets series, though he added it is not much of a concern […]

During the 1998-99 lockout year, NBA players would play pickup games to stay in shape and work on their games so they would be ready to go once the season started. Former ESPN and Sports Illustrated writer Jeff Pearlman has a great story about one of these runs, which featured Los Angeles Lakers legends Kobe […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and owner Jeanie Buss had a private dinner in March 2019 in which they talked at length about the state of the franchise and the future, per Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. James’ agent, Rich Paul, was also at the meeting. It was notable since James had never done this […]

As part of a recent interview with ESPN, Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel revealed how he plans to slow down Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic. Jokic is widely-viewed as one of the more versatile centers in the NBA. At seven feet and 280 pounds, he is a force to be reckoned with […]

Kobe Bryant was one competitive dude. This is exactly why he was in a very sour mood following the Los Angeles Lakers’ NBA Finals defeat at the hands of the Detroit Pistons back in 2004. Youngster Kareem Rush ended up on the receiving end of a savage remark from a clearly frustrated Kobe Bryant, only the […]