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LaVar Ball is back at it, crediting his son for others’ successes. According to him, his son Lonzo Ball made Kyle Kuzma into the player that he was during their rookie season. As reported by TV’s Harrison Faigen of Silver Screen & Roll, the elder Ball said: “Look what he did with the Lakers. Kyle […]

NBA legend Scottie Pippen has shared his thoughts on the LeBron-to-LA drama. Speaking with Rachel Nichols at The Jump, Pippen addressed the rumors that LeBron James’ eldest son has enrolled in one of the high schools in Los Angeles, which also happened to be where Pippen’s son is studying, too. The former Chicago Bull admitted […]

As the offseason begins, more analysts are weighing in on the LeBron James free agency drama. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN makes a strong case for James moving to the Los Angeles Lakers. As reported by ESPN Los Angeles, Woj said that James fits perfectly to the Lakers as the team will only have to move […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers are entering a very important offseason for both franchises. The Lakers have worked all season and now have enough room for two max contract players if they renounce the rights or opt not to re-sign Julius Randle. All signs point to Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James and Oklahoma […]

Someone decided to let LaVar Ball on live TV today and believe it or not, he had some crazy things to say. Amazingly he was asked by Skip Bayless while on Undisputed if he’d ever consider coaching the Los Angeles Lakers and his wild response was: Skip asked LaVar if he would ever coach the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are now considered to be the favorite to sign LeBron James. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar is fresh off a sweep courtesy of the Golden State Warriors and many are beginning to believe that he will leave town. He may want to think twice about the Lakers though, according to ESPN’s Adrian […]

LaVar Ball has always been a big talker, and he has never been afraid to speak his mind, no matter what exactly is on it. LaVar was back at it again on Tuesday morning, claiming that Kevin Durant isn’t good enough to join the Big Ball Brand. https://twitter.com/hmfaigen/status/1006556257669599232 That’s a bold thing to say about […]

With NBA free agency right around the corner, everyone seems to be making their prediction for where LeBron James will end up. LaVar Ball isn’t just making a prediction, he says he knows where the King is going to land, in Los Angeles with his son Lonzo. “I don’t think it will happen, I know […]

Kobe Bryant had the possibility to join a potential powerhouse right before he finally called it quits, retiring from the NBA after 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. The perennial scorer revealed during an interview with Alex Kennedy on The HoopsHype Podcast that his old friend, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers, didn’t […]

Los Angeles Lakers rising star Lonzo Ball received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his left knee after the end of his season. According to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, Ball said that the procedure forced him out of basketball-related activities for a month or so. To recall, Ball missed the final eight games of last season due to […]

Donovan Mitchell discovered that Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball has a song dissing his own teammate Kyle Kuzma. The Utah Jazz phenom flocked to Twitter to share his thoughts about it. Via his own Twitter account, Mitchell said that Kuzma should respond to it: So @ZO2_ really made a diss track to his own […]

Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma have been playfully going back and forth at each other on Twitter ever since their season ended. The latest act in the fun Twitter beef involves Ball releasing a diss track directed at Kuzma. Kylie Kuzma #ItunesExclusive 🔥 https://t.co/PummuqTs87 — Lonzo Ball (@ZO2_) June 11, 2018 Here are the full […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are hopeful to strike gold as they pursue both LeBron James and Paul George in free agency this summer. While the odds re favoring the Lakers, teams like the Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, and Cleveland Cavaliers are expected to have legitimate shots at James this summer. NBA great Gary Payton joined […]

Kobe Bryant was having no part of one Twitter user who was saying that if he switched spots with LeBron James for the last six years, Kobe Bryant would have won zero rings. The user cited having to play the San Antonio Spurs in 2013 and 2014, as well as the Golden State Warriors the […]

LeBron James will have plenty of suitors requesting his services this offseason, but one particular insider believes he has the best chances to land in Los Angeles with the Lakers. Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated darted his best shots at The King’s future destination during an appearance in The Rich Eisen Show. “If I […]

Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas looked back on their battles with the Los Angeles Lakers, recounting that they refused to give him medical supplies to tend to his ankle injury. Speaking with Lakers legend James Worthy, Thomas looked back on how Pat Riley and Magic Jonhson snubbed him when he asked if he can get […]

It’s the offseason, so it’s high time for LaVar Ball and his family to make a run for some headlines. They have already started to do just that with the recent release of a music video starring the members of the Ball family, most notably Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball and his brother, LiAngelo. […]

With an anticlimactic Game 4, the Golden State Warriors completed its sweep of the 2018 NBA Finals. Now with three rings out of four, and the fourth year going down to the last minute of Finals Game 7, the Warriors are now widely called a dynasty. But are they really? In some ways, the NBA […]

The inescapable cameras of TMZ recently caught up with former Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher, and the discussion focused on the guest list of Fisher’s upcoming wedding with Gloria Govan. Towards the end of the two-minute clip, the reporter appeared to have caught Fisher a bit offguard when he was asked about the possibility […]

Leading up to last year’s draft, the Los Angeles Lakers shipped D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets to escape from Timofey Mozgov’s albatross contract. At the time, general manager Rob Pelinka explained why the Lakers sold so low on Russell, who they selected with the second overall pick only two years priors. The Lakers, he […]

It was a disappointing end to the season for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers after getting swept by the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. But now the real fun begins. James is a free agent and the rumors are already running wild. While no one knows for sure what route James will […]

As it does every year around this time, the speculation surrounding the NBA’s biggest stars and their intentions with free agency right around the corner has hit fever pitch. LeBron James’ pending decision in free agency is the hot topic of discussion with no clear indication where he might end up with the Los Angeles […]

Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant broke down a basketball scene from TV series The Office — and it was hilarious as hell. All thanks to the efforts of The Ringer. As seen in the clip below, the Ringer edited a basketball scene from The Office. They replaced the audio using Bryant’s commentary in his […]

Josh Hart is back at it, roasting his teammates online. His target is Los Angeles Lakers teammate Lonzo Ball again — who was listening to his own mixtape while working out. As posted in his own Instagram account, Hart described what Lonzo ball was doing before shouting at him to turn the music off: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjsiJC0lWPk/?hl=en&taken-by=jhart […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant’s new show Detail, on ESPN + seems to be a hit. In it Bryant breaks down the X’s and O’s of the game on a deeper level, trying to help the casual basketball fan better understand the game. Some are mad at Bryant and his show, thinking that […]

There has been a lot of talk this year about how LeBron James hasn’t had enough help, and he has had to carry an extra heavy role. Kobe Bryant who has won a few titles of his own doesn’t buy it and thinks that LeBron has a lot of good quality players on the team. […]

When they were in their primes, Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O’Neal and Houston Rockets great Tracy McGrady had a few great battles against each other. Though the two rarely matched up, McGrady learned a thing or two of what not to do when defending the most dominant big man in history. As reported by […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green is known for incessant whining on the court. Los Angeles Lakers center Channing Frye, for his part, is known for trolling people on Twitter. Early on in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Green was already complaining to the referees. Frye, probably sitting at home, didn’t let Green get away […]

The Phoenix Suns would absolutely love to form of the most dynamic duos in NBA history, potentially, in guard Devin Booker and center Deandre Ayton. With the number one pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, the Suns have a chance to do just that. If the Suns do select the Arizona Wildcat, they’ll be keeping […]

Have you ever wanted to capture your favorite NBA player in one delicious snack? If you’re in your late 60s or early 70s, you might just be in luck thanks to Jerry West and a snack. An eBay user by the name of bsmilly has listed an ad for a single Cheeto with the uncanny resemblance […]

Betting odds are an interesting thing. They are constantly changing, and do so for several reasons that many understand fully. This is just one of the many reasons why fans are interested in the odds what team will win the NBA championship next season, even before the current title has not yet been claimed by […]

LeBron James’ potential destination has been a major topic of banter, and now even more so with the postseason soon coming to an end in the eve of Game 3 of the NBA Finals. According to Pete Zayas of Lakers Film Room, LeBron James will wind up a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, per four […]

While the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors are in a middle of a fierce basketball warfare in the 2018 NBA Finals, a pair of Los Angeles Lakers youngsters are dedicating some of their free time roasting each other online. In the latest showdown in their growing history of social media tussles, Lakers shooting […]

The offseason is right around the corner. Two of the biggest names in basketball today, LeBron James and Paul George, are expected to change jerseys yet again. According to the latest rumor, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar and the Oklahoma City Thunder star might even join forces. As reported by Lakers Outsiders, according to ESPN analyst Adrian […]

Isaiah Thomas and DeMarcus Cousins on the same team again? Thomas is obviously all for it, as he recently gave his thumbs up to a Twitter fan suggesting that the diminutive Los Angeles Lakers guard and Boogie should join forces anew. Let’s do it lol https://t.co/2j3ns7oXmZ — Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) June 4, 2018 Both Thomas […]

Lonzo Ball hopes to be playing in the NBA Finals one day leading the Los Angeles Lakers back to the promised land, but since he isn’t in it this year, he still found a way to make an appearance. During Sunday’s Game 2, Ball appeared in a commercial for the Equalizer 2 which is set to […]

To be on the cover of a basketball video game is one of the monumental achievements that a player can have. That’s why it’s no surprise for Isaiah Thomas of the Los Angeles Lakers to boldly claim that he’ll be on the cover of NBA 2k20. As posted on his Twitter account, Thomas said: https://twitter.com/isaiahthomas/status/1002627727558504448 […]

J.R. Smith of the Cleveland Cavaliers must be stewing right now, wallowing in utter disbelief of the mistake heard ’round the world. Smith allegedly forgot the score of the game when he made an offensive rebound in the fourth quarter with the game tied, and could have possibly shot the ball or called timeout to […]

Isaiah Thomas hilariously showed support for his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, posting a today-back-then photo of him alongside LeBron James and J.R. Smith from earlier this season. https://www.instagram.com/p/BjcwqECAN05/?hl=en&taken-by=isaiahthomas Thomas was on the shelf for most of his stint in Cleveland, still recovering from an offseason hip surgery that ended his 2016-17 campaign with the […]