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Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton was nothing but complimentary of Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell prior to Friday’s contest between the two clubs, saying via Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: “You don’t want to say that a young player isn’t going to be able to do things,” Walton said Thursday. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are all but officially out of the playoffs, and a loss against the Brooklyn Nets later tonight will officially put them out of postseason contention. However, with 11 games left, it is still possible for them to make the playoffs. Mathematically, there’s a very, very little chance of the Lakers making […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Lonzo Ball and his family have severed ties with Alan Foster, a long-time friend of LaVar Ball and a co-founder of Big Baller Brand, due to his alleged involvement in a small fortune tied to the Balls and their company recently going missing. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and Paul Lavigne, […]

It’s probably easy to forget you’re famous when you meet a mega-star like Kobe Bryant. That’s exactly what happened to Nick Foles when he met Bryant at an airport, according to Jeff Kerr of 247Sports.com. There are a few things here that Foles seems to have forgotten. First off, he was the Super Bowl MVP […]

The Los Angeles Lakers really haven’t had a good time with injuries this season. That trend continues as now Josh Hart has been officially ruled out for Friday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets: Luke Walton said Josh Hart out with sore knee — Brad Turner (@BA_Turner) March 22, 2019 It’s safe to say this season […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James will reportedly never wear a Clippers jersey, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. James signed a four-year, $153.3 million deal with the Lakers last summer. The Purple and Gold are going to miss the playoffs this season, while the Clippers are on their way to making the […]

“Revenge is a dish best served cold” is a wise proverb that holds true to this very day. It doesn’t hold any more veracity than for D’Angelo Russell of the Brooklyn Nets, once traded by the Los Angeles Lakers after two years in the league. He now has the chance to eliminate the Lakers from […]

ESPN’s Seth Greenberg had no mercy on LeBron James after recently separating himself from the rest of his teammates, an antic he has now showcased multiple times, as well as teammate Rajon Rondo. During Wednesday’s iteration of “Get Up!,” Greenberg tore into James’ dissonance to the chagrin of former teammate and coach Damon Jones, who […]

Kobe Bryant got into another hypothetical debate with ESPN’s Mike Greenberg after noting he’s unbothered by comparisons for the title of GOAT against the likes of Michael Jordan and LeBron James, this time picking his best Los Angeles Lakers team over today’s Golden State Warriors in a best-of-seven series: “We would win, that’s what I […]

Kobe Bryant spoke about the lone question that has dominated his narrative for most of his basketball career and even after his retirement — who is really the GOAT, Kobe or Michael Jordan? The five-time champion spoke with Mike Greenberg of ESPN in an exclusive interview, revealing his true feelings on the issue. “It’s hard […]

Even in the early stages of the superteam era, Kobe Bryant recalls making a pitch to a superstar himself, reaching out to Dallas Mavericks talisman Dirk Nowitzki, faintly hoping he would be willing to join the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers icon spoke with Mike Greenberg of ESPN, telling the tale that saw him pick […]

D’Angelo Russell isn’t fussing about his triumphant return to Los Angeles to face his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, short of two years since he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets to create cap room and free up the point guard spot for Lonzo Ball. The first-time All-Star knows what’s at stake and is […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ season is all but over except for the final few games left to be played before the postseason begins. For the first time in nine years, there will be no LeBron James in the NBA Finals. What’s worse for the 16-year veteran is that this is the first time in the […]

Heading into their Christmas Day showdown with the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had righted a wayward ship. After a 2-5 start marked most by James’ jarring lack of engagement defensively, the Lakers bounced back to win 17 of their next 26 games, buoyed by an ever-improving […]

The best stretch of basketball Brandon Ingram has ever played was ended prematurely earlier this month when the Los Angeles Lakers forward suddenly felt pain in his right shoulder. A few days later, doctors discovered a Deep Venuous Thrombosis, the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, in his right arm, ending Ingram’s […]

LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers shot down rumors this week of him possibly leaving the franchise to join the Los Angeles Lakers. Rivers says he’s staying with the Clippers as long as owner Steve Ballmer wants him there. Was Rivers, though, privately thinking about going to the Lakers and told by people close to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers host the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, and Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James is expected to play. James didn’t play in the Lakers’ previous game against the Milwaukee Bucks. He was in the locker room during the entire game getting treatment on his left groin, which is still not 100 percent: […]

This season has not gone as planned for Tyson Chandler and the Los Angeles Lakers. At the beginning of this campaign, Lakers fans had high hopes for their team. LeBron James joined the roster, leading most experts to believe the team would be vying for a spot in the postseason. Now, however, with the season […]

Earlier this week, Doc Rivers shot down rumors that he had interest of leaving the Los Angeles Clippers for the Lakers this offseason. Quashing the idea of him bolting to the Lakers, Rivers revealed the secret extension he agreed to with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. Rivers said he had an opportunity to opt out of his […]

A video mash-up of an interview of Los Angeles Clippers executive board member Jerry West as part of The Stephen A. Smith Show on ESPN Radio and several clips of Lakers president Magic Johnson’s interviews provides quite the contrast of how these teams, bonded by the same locale, have fared this season. West, who is […]

The disappointment of this season’s failure of missing out on another postseason is a much harder pill to swallow for the Los Angeles Lakers faithful simply because of one man — LeBron James. However, while the purple and gold nation continue to scratch their collective head in disappointment, NBA superfan James Goldstein is absolutely loving […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has unleashed a new set of challenges to a couple of prominent NBA stars in what has been coined as 2019’s edition of the Mamba Mentality Challenge. A couple of years back, Bryant set his sights on the likes of John Wall and Giannis Antetokounmpo in the inaugural edition […]

There’s no way to mention the history of the Los Angeles Lakers and exclude the great Magic Johnson. He’s arguably one of the two best Lakers to ever don the Purple & Gold. While his accomplishments on the court have earned him the distinction as possibly the greatest PG to ever play the games, his […]

The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t have the process they expected this past summer after securing a four-year, $154 million deal with LeBron James, soon expecting others to join him in La La Land. Paul George had already signed a four-year, $137 million deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder and even celebrated it on the eve […]

Before their victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, Doc Rivers shot down rumors that his Los Angeles Clippers head coaching tenure was coming to an end. When asked by reporters whether or not he’d be interested in taking over the Los Angeles Lakers job after coach Luke Walton is presumably discarded in the […]

The NBA’s regular season has only three weeks left, and most teams are down to their final 10 games. As the regular season winds down, March Madness begins as teams compete for the National Championship. Zion Williamson and Duke are the favorites to win the title, but which team would be the best fit for […]

Andre Ingram’s time in the NBA has come to a close once again – for now, at least. According to Bill Oram of The Athletic, the Los Angeles Lakers will not sign the well-traveled sharpshooter to a second 10-day contract, ending his second stint with the team. The Lakers are not renewing Andre Ingram's 10-day […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend and future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant says his “curiosity” of the game is what separated him from other NBA players. Bryant was notorious for watching hours and hours of film during his playing days. Kobe was a true student of the game and it’s not a stretch to say he loved […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant has a warning for the rest of the NBA, as The Black Mamba claims Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo is just getting started. Antetokounmpo worked out with Bryant last summer. Whatever tips Kobe gave Giannis have obviously worked, as Antetokounmpo is the front-runner to win the 2019 MVP award. […]

Count Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant as someone who isn’t a fan of the new term that is taking over the NBA: Load management. Bryant, who is one of the toughest players in NBA history, says he only took games off if he couldn’t walk: “No, the only time I took a game off […]

Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-101 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, sophomore guard Josh Hart gave an update regarding his nagging knee injury: “I’m gonna meet with my doctors this week and I’m gonna figure stuff out. I’m just taking it a day at a time.” Hart has suffered from knee tendinitis since January, which has […]

CLUTCH Summary: While in his peak, former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Byrant was often compared to Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan.  Bryant mimicked much of his game after Jordan’s, but the league was becoming different in a post-Jordan world.  A fun theoretical, while nearly impossible to know for sure, is to wonder how Michael […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant knows the unfortunate nature of the franchise’s sour ending to a once-promising 2018-19 season. The iconic shooting guard pointed to the myriad injuries that plagued the Lakers, mainly a devastating 17-game absence from LeBron James that knocked the franchise off its initial trajectory, going from fourth place in the […]

The Brooklyn Nets have made the most out of D’Angelo Russell since he was traded to them by the Los Angeles Lakers. While Russell, then a second-year player looking ahead to his next season, could have sulked by the franchise giving up on him so quickly, he instead took comfort in the fresh opportunity ahead: […]

Kobe Bryant snuck in a golden nugget of truth during the release of his new book, “The Wizenard Series,” telling Frank Isola of The Athletic of a big what-if throughout his 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. The purple-and-gold icon said that if he could’ve played for any other team besides the Lakers, it […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart and former Laker Nick Young had quite the funny exchange on Twitter. Young, who was notorious for being a staple on Shaqtin’ a Fool, called out Hart on Twitter for his meme-worthy play on Tuesday night in the Lakers’ game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Yes someone finally beat me […]

This wasn’t supposed to happen. LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were supposed to be a match-made-in-heaven; there’s no way it would fail. But since saying their vows in July, the marriage has become a public disaster, and now more than ever the future of the two parties is an enigma. When James agreed […]

For those who tuned into the Los Angeles Lakers’ duel with the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday, you might have noticed that LeBron James was neither on the court or on the bench. That’s because he was out receiving treatment for a sore groin. Per Tania Ganguli, the Lakers missed the game due to a sore […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Josh Hart had a Shaqtin’ A Fool moment during their game against the Milwaukee Bucks. In the clip below, Hart was undecided if he was going for the layup or drop it off to his teammate Jonathan Williams. Instead, Hart ended up wildly throwing the ball into the crowd. "Where's that […]