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Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant believes LeBron James and this year’s Lakers team will surprise a lot of people and be better than most experts think. After James signed with the Lakers, L.A. added Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson, JaVale McGee, and Michael Beasley. Pundits around the league weren’t high on the Rondo and Stephenson signings since both players aren’t […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant may be a bit, um, biased when it comes to the team he played for 20 seasons. However, the no-nonsense Bryant knows better than most what it takes to be a playoff team, with five NBA championships and 220 playoff appearances (seventh-most of all-time). So if Kobe believes that […]

Most are writing off the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship aspirations this year as merely a pipe dream, but not Lonzo Ball. The precocious young point guard told TNT’s Kristen Ledlow that he believes winning a championship is the expectation in Los Angeles. With LeBron James joining the youthful roster, anything seems possible. Unfortunately, while a […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will finally make his regular-season debut with the Lakeshow on Thursday. But the four-time MVP’s on-court repertoire is not the only thing in the spotlight. LeBron will be wearing sneakers inspired by a 2003 Nike ad featuring him as an 18-year-old prodigy entering the NBA. ESPN’s Nick DePaula has […]

Paul George was very serious about his intent to come back home to his native Los Angeles after deciding to request a trade from the Indiana Pacers in 2017, noting that had the Pacers failed to trade him, he would have wound up in a Lakers uniform at this time. “It was 50-50 on deciding […]

Houston Rockets forward Carmelo Anthony made his first NBA appearance coming off the bench on Wednesday night during a 131-112 losing effort against the New Orleans Pelicans in the season opener at the Toyota Center. Prior to his nine-point outing, head coach Mike D’Antoni compared Melo’s transition into a bench role to another great perennial […]

Luke Walton wants to reach greater heights with the Los Angeles Lakers, and he knows that in order to do it, he needs to keep LeBron James as fresh as possible. The Purple and Gold head coach emphasized that keeping James fresh and healthy is a priority for him, especially now that they are aspiring […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James reportedly wants to play with Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard, according to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer. Lillard signed a five-year extension with the Blazers in 2015 and can’t become a free agent until 2021. If the Lakers were to trade for Lillard, they would […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ young core of Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, and Josh Hart are quickly rising to stardom. With this fame comes endorsement deals, commercials, and shoe contracts. The newest deal is for Kyle Kuzma, as the young star and sneaker retailer GOAT just reached an agreement: Let it be known: @kylekuzma […]

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball announced that he’ll be releasing his second signature sneaker this season, the ZO2.19. The ZO2.19 will be available for $200, a far cry from the prices he was asking consumers to pay for his first signature sneaker. EXCLUSIVE: Lonzo Ball's second signature sneaker, the BBB ZO2.19, […]

On Wednesday, ESPN Media Zone pumped out a press release that will get die-hard sports fans excited. For the 2018-19 season, NFL legend Peyton Manning will be joining NBA icon Kobe Bryant on ESPN+’s Detail. Detail — the ground-breaking sports analysis program from Academy Award winner Kobe Bryant and ESPN — is returning for an expanded […]

Los Angeles Lakers newcomer Rajon Rondo recently came across a very interesting piece of history. The former Boston Celtics star learned just how Lakers legend Kobe Bryant defeated him and his Celtics in the Finals almost a decade ago. As it turns out, despite the incident happening eight long years ago, it still hit a nerve […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma has reached an endorsement deal with GOAT, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic. GOAT, which is the largest authentic sneaker reselling platform in the world, announced that Kuzma will serve as the company’s first brand ambassador on and off the court. Lakers‘ Kyle Kuzma has […]

Having LeBron James should do wonders for the Los Angeles Lakers, who are coming off a season in which they finished with just a 35-47 record and missed the playoffs cut for the fifth year in a row. However, TNT personality and colorful character Charles Barkley doesn’t even think that the Lakers will conclude the […]

After practice on Tuesday, Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma was asked by reporters if he has a favorite player he likes to watch. Kuzma said Utah Jazz shooting guard and 2018 Rookie of the Year runner-up, Donovan Mitchell, is the guy he pays attention to when the Lakers aren’t playing, via ClutchPoints’ Ryan Ward. […]

There is one thing different about Los Angeles Lakers rising star Kyle Kuzma heading into the 2018-19 NBA season: his confidence. Kuzma, who had a terrific rookie campaign with the Lakers in 2017-18, admitted to Ryan Ward of ClutchPoints that he was nervous last year on opening night. However, it’s different for him this year, […]

NBA Hall of Famer and current TNT analyst Charles Barkley has always been hard on LeBron James and the team he plays for, and that trend will apparently continue this season. Barkley says he has no idea what the Los Angeles Lakers are doing, implying that the roster Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka have surrounded […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James doesn’t need to be in an actual game to be clutch. On Tuesday, with Thursday’s season opener against the Portland Trail Blazers around the corner, James canned an off-balance long-range bomb to tie the game in a scrimmage . https://www.instagram.com/p/BpA60WpBaI_/ Last season, James led all players (who played more […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are a uniquely constructed team featuring a mix of youth and experience, and this is illustrated by Brandon Ingram’s tendency to learn from LeBron James and Rajon Rondo. The gangly 6-foot-9 forward is looking to improve in his third season and is benefiting from the presence of James and Rondo on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have exercised their team options for the 2019-20 season on point guard Lonzo Ball, shooting guard Josh Hart, and small forwards Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma, the team announced in a press release Tuesday. The Lakers drafted Lonzo Ball with the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft out of […]

Two of the biggest would-be NBA free agents of 2019 have reportedly have no interest in playing alongside LeBron James and the revamped Los Angeles Lakers, further reducing the team’s chances at getting a premier defensive player to pair up with the aging King. “There are whispers around the league that neither Jimmy Butler nor […]

Rajon Rondo has a unique reason for why he’s chasing a title with the Los Angeles Lakers. The NBA champion wants to become the first to win a title with the Boston Celtics and the Lakers. He told Ryan Ward of ClutchPoints that he wants to be: “The first to win with the two most […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a roster flush with star power and a mix of youth and experience. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope falls somewhere in the middle of this roster. The sixth-year guard from Georgia is battling some tendinitis and he was held out of the final segment of Lakers practice on Monday. But Walton assured reporters that […]

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George admitted his initial urge to come back home to Los Angeles, despite forming a new friendship with point guard Russell Westbrook and a new home in OKC after the Indiana Pacers traded him ahead of the start of the free agency period last year. That desire could have landed […]

The Los Angeles Lakers found a diamond in the rough of last year’s draft when they traded for rookie shooting guard Josh Hart. While he has quickly earned a reputation in the league, Hart still sees himself in the ‘gray area’ of the Lakers’ mixture of versatile players, according to Paolo Uggetti of The Ringer. “I’m […]

Ever since the Los Angeles Lakers signed LeBron James to a multi-year contract, an underlying storyline many fans were eager to follow was his impact on the team’s young core. After all, when these players were growing up, The King was arguably the most popular basketball player on the planet. After several months of interaction […]

It should go without saying that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is going to be the team’s primary leader. Yes, players like Rajon Rondo and Kyle Kuzma will be leaders in the locker room too. But James is a battle-tested king, a gladiator who can teach the young Lakers the many lessons they need […]

Josh Hart has named the hardest player to guard in the NBA, and it’s not new Los Angeles Lakers teammate LeBron James. Instead, the second-year guard pointed to Houston Rockets star and reigning MVP James Harden. Hart made the revelation in an interview with USA TODAY Sports, via Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype, admitting that Harden is […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton was highly complimentary of point guard Lonzo Ball, his young and hopefully upcoming star. Per the Los Angeles Times‘ Tania Ganguli, Walton said Ball “has great instincts and deflections … we knew early on he was going to be able to cause the turnovers for us and guard […]

Lonzo Ball entered the league with as much hype as any rookie in recent memory. The Los Angeles Lakers drafted the rookie with the hopes that he could develop into an all-around player and their point guard of the future. While many people focus on Lonzo’s offense, he has the potential to become an excellent […]

On Friday, we reported about the partially completed (and somewhat mysterious in nature) painting of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James in downtown L.A.  It appears that the artists have been working round the clock as the humongous mural — which is now confirmed as an advertisement for electronics company Beats by Dre — now […]

LeBron James posted a workout video to his Instagram story, but this was not your typical NBA workout video. This time, James was working out with his daughter. Zhuri’s dad said she is working on her flexibility and her strength. In terms of NBA workout videos, this is one of the better ones we’ve seen […]

The Los Angeles Lakers knew what they were getting themselves into when they signed Lance Stephenson. He would make some wild plays in transition and act as a spark plug off the bench. But occasionally, Stephenson’s antics would overshadow what he was doing on the court. That was on full display in the Lakers final […]

Earlier this week, images of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2018-19 ‘City Edition’ uniforms began making rounds on social media. Last year’s variant was black with gold numerals. This season, the kits will be predominantly purple, accented by black numbers and pinstripes. The Lakers’ new kits are more than just an eye-catcher, though. The design incorporates […]

The expectations to be great have always been there for Los Angeles Lakers forward Brandon Ingram. Coming out of Duke as the number 2 overall pick, he was looked upon as the franchise cornerstone of the post-Kobe Lakers era. He has played pretty well in his first two years but he is still not a […]

Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is not one to take himself too seriously. Recently, the two-time Most Valuable Player winner roasted himself on his Instagram account, poking fun at his evidently receding hairline. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo3bxWfF-1C/?utm_source=ig_embed Curry shared a very endearing photo of himself holding up his three-month old son, Canon. Posted prior to the Warriors’ […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is a true role model on and off the court. How he balances his basketball career and his responsibilities as a father is an encouraging story for many. Despite living without his father, James explains how his feelings toward his unknown father changed over the years. Ben Golliver of […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is considered by many as the best player in the game today. The 33-year-old has accomplished pretty much everything throughout his illustrious career. But just recently, James surprisingly claimed that his 2011 Finals loss at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks is actually what he considers to be his […]

Things got a little chippy between Michael Beasley and Draymond Green in the preseason contest between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors on Friday night. This resulted in an ejection for Beasley, which upon review, proved to be an erroneous call by the game officials. Minutes into the second half of the […]