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The Los Angeles Lakers surprised the basketball world as they pulled off an upset against the San Antonio Spurs on the road. Despite entering the matchup as underdogs, they did not perform as such and played at their best to come out with the victory, even if they were shorthanded. Luke Walton gave his players […]

Lonzo Ball had his big coming out party on Saturday night against the San Antonio Spurs. He hit six 3-pointers including three in the final three minutes. With 42.2 seconds left, Ball hit a shot from long range that put the Lakers up three and helped them seal the victory. Lonzo Ball's clutch three that […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a five-game winning streak after their comeback win Saturday night against the San Antonio Spurs. There is a stat out there about this Lakers team having one of the best records in the NBA since a point in January. Not many expected winning at this level from the baby […]

Needless to say, the officiating in the NBA this season has certainly caused its fair share of headaches from players, coaches, and fans (and bettors). Understandably, referees have a job to do, and that is to officiate games properly and accurately so that every team can have a chance to win. Regardless of how hard the job […]

When Lonzo Ball was drafted with the second pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, he wasn’t exactly needed to score. Although it was clear that Ball could put the ball on the floor occasionally and make a few offensive plays, the Los Angeles Lakers considered his court vision and passing to be what the organization […]

When Luol Deng first joined the Los Angeles Lakers, he was revered as an amazing rotation player with incredible defense and scoring. However, Deng hasn’t been a major part of the Lakers’ plans. In fact, he has been completely removed from the Lakers rotation, except in some special cases that Luke Walton inserts him to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers got more unsettling injury news on Saturday regarding the health of rising star forward Brandon Ingram. According to an article written today by Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN, Ingram is scheduled to have an MRI on a strained left hip flexor he suffered Thursday night during the Lakers’ 131-113 beatdown of the […]

When Dwyane Wade joined the Chicago Bulls and later rejoined the Miami Heat, he was faced with tragedies of gun violence that caused him to speak out on the issue. Throughout the last few years of his career, Wade has also been one of the foremost voices for various social causes. Miami Heat president Pat […]

LeBron James is bound to become a free agent at the end of this season. Before that happens, the NBA will have to go through hundreds of regular season games, an entire postseason, and endure several blocks of quotes from LaVar Ball. Having said all of that, it is never too early for teams to […]

After San Antonio Spurs star power forward LaMarcus Aldridge went down with a sprained ankle during the second quarter of Wednesday night’s loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, there was doubt as to when exactly he would return. Luckily, Spurs veteran point guard Tony Parker told Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News that he […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been playing better basketball as of late and they are currently carrying a four-game winning streak into their matchup on Saturday with the San Antonio Spurs. They, however, might be a little shorthanded as Brandon Ingram is questionable. Lakers now update that Brandon Ingram has a left hip flexor strain […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are out of the playoff race this year, but right now, they are playing for the future as they rebuild. One way to rebuild is to try and hit on someone from the G-League who they hope can contribute to not only the team right now, now maybe for years to […]

LaVar Ball, the opinionated father of Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball is convinced that if the rumor of Cleveland Cavaliers superstar small forward and reigning player of the month in February LeBron James coming to La La Land turn true this summer, if will be because of his son. And who would […]

Dwyane Wade didn’t only pat his own shoulder after scoring an unreal bucket over Los Angeles Lakers rookie darling Lonzo Ball, who played a few seconds of top-notch defense before Flash responded in a heroic way. The Miami Heat legend took to Instagram to soak in a special moment from the mid-point of the second quarter, […]

Thursday night marked only the second time Dwyane Wade and Lonzo Ball shared the floor together as the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers squared off inside American Airlines Arena. It gave the former 12-time All-Star a chance to see the 20-year-old rookie play up close and were matched up in some plays. During a […]

Since being traded to the Miami Heat last month, Dwyane Wade has been playing at a high level. This comes with the bigger role he is getting from head coach Erik Spoelstra, which has allowed him to spend more time on the court, and show that he can still produce solid numbers night in and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are ranked 11th in the Western Conference with a 27-34 record. Ever since franchise superstar Kobe Bryant retired in 2016, the Lakers have been spiraling towards a rebuilding phase, and so far it has worked. The organization has drafted Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Julius Randle, and Brandon Ingram, all of whom […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in South Beach Thursday, where they are looking to extend their win streak to four games with a matchup with the Miami Heat. It did not take long, though, before the two teams began exchanging fireworks, perhaps none more impressive than this rookie-on-rookie midair collision early in the contest. https://twitter.com/Scott_Charlton/status/969379256299085824 […]

Even before he entered the league, Lonzo Ball has had a lot of attention on him. From the doubts many had on him on whether he can play at the highest level, to his unique shooting form, he has been one of the most talked about rookies this year. However, he recently proved that he […]

Having been traded twice and now playing for his third team in eight months, Isaiah Thomas knows that this summer’s free agency is a very important one for his career. Despite his stock taking a huge hit with his performances not being at the same level as what he’s had the past two seasons, he […]

Isaiah Thomas of the Los Angeles Lakers is the latest to shower Houston Rockets star James Harden with some praise, following the destructive nature of his step back on L.A. Clippers small forward Wesley Johnson, one that is bound to be engraved in players’ memories for the next few days. “He sat him down, as […]

This summer, LeBron James will enter his third free agency campaign. Although James currently plays for his hometown team, there is a mix of uncertainty that the superstar small forward will leave this summer. In 2010, James left the Cavaliers to win championships with the Miami Heat. His plan worked, of course, and the Heat […]

Head coach Luke Walton and his young Los Angeles Lakers (26-34) recently matched their win total from last season with Monday night’s 123-104 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. While the Lakers will look for their fourth straight win tonight against the Miami Heat, coach Walton still can’t help but admire what superstar guard James Harden and […]

Kobe Bryant is now a retired NBA superstar headed but he’s still a Nike endorser. The Lakers legend is promoting the shoe manufacturer’s latest campaign, “Choose Go” that encourages people to get up and go out to get fit. Hence, the #ChooseGo campaign that Nike is running in collaboration with several of their endorsers. Lace […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball is bound to make his return to the starting lineup tonight against the Miami Heat, according to Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times. Josh Hart, who started in his place for the majority of his prolonged absence, will have his injured left hand examined and remain […]

The Dallas Mavericks have positioned themselves as the favorite to make an offer for Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle, according to Bleacher Report’s Eric Pincus. The Lakers are expected to let go of the big man in order to free up as much cap space as possible, allowing for the signing of two major […]

There’s nothing funny about an injury much less one that sidelines you for a few games. It’s even less funny when your teammates make fun of you for it. Unless you’re one of the young turks plying your trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. Josh Hart suffered a hand injury during a practice session and […]

After a little over a year as the Memphis Grizzlies head coach, David Fizdale was released by the team just 19 games into the 2017-18 season. It was a controversial move, as it came after Fizdale decided to bench star center Marc Gasol for the whole fourth quarter of a close game. Gasol publicly addressed […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball is back in action and looked pretty good on Monday against the Atlanta Hawks. According to an interview with Lakers head coach Luke Walton during Wednesday’s team practice, Lonzo should see even more minutes for Thursday night’s game against the Miami Heat. “His knee felt good and he […]

Channing Frye, one of the newest members of the Los Angeles Lakers, has joined in on the fun that is the roasting of outfits of his teammates. On one of the trips during the current road trip, Frye was on the bus seated next to Lonzo Ball. Ball, in all his outfit “greatness,” was wearing […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Josh Hart suffered a small fracture in his left hand during Wednesday’s practice session at the UCLA Health Training Center. According to a report from Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports, the former Villanova University standout underwent an X-Ray examination and is evaluating both surgical and non-surgical options. Lakers rookie Josh Hart […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers secured a buyout with veteran forward Corey Brewer, a reunion with his former Florida coach Billy Donovan and the Oklahoma City Thunder could be a “serious possibility,” according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brewer was part of a Florida team that won back-to-back NCAA championships (2005-07), along with Joakim Noah and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and forward Corey Brewer have agreed to a buyout, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports. A buyout must be completed with the Lakers by Thursday, March 1 to make Brewer eligible to play in the playoffs this season with another team. L.A. is likely to try and use the open roster […]

Dwyane Wade had his best game of the season on Tuesday night, scoring a season-high 27 points for the Miami Heat and knocking down the game-winning jumper to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 102-101. Isaiah Thomas was ecstatic with the feat by his former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate, reminding everyone on Twitter that it was another superheroic […]

For the first time since his arrest in mid-January for driving under the influence, former Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons star forward Dennis Rodman opened up publicly to TMZ about his path towards sobriety. “We’ve got to go through changes and this right here was an eye-opener,” Rodman told a TMZ reporter on Monday morning. […]

Lonzo Ball has taken a couple of L’s in his young Los Angeles Lakers career and a lot of them have come at the hands of his father, LaVar Ball. But this time it was all brought on by himself and happened at the hands of Bow Wow. Bow Wow beat Lonzo in a shooting […]

There was some question about how Isaiah Thomas and Lonzo Ball would get along after Thomas was traded over from the Cleveland Cavaliers, but so far it seems like the relationship is really forming well. On Tuesday night the two worked together to help dominate the Atlanta Hawks, and with Ball going 3-3 from deep, […]

Can you imagine being paid 18 million dollars for just 13 minutes of moving up and down a basketball court? Well, NBA vet Luol Deng is pretty much living that life as a Los Angeles Laker. So far, this season, he has put up only two points in total while playing just thirteen minutes. What […]

When LaVar Ball announced in early January that he was taking two of his sons to Lithuania to play pro basketball, many thought it was just another media stunt designed to keep the Big Baller Brand in the spotlight. He had already taken LaMelo out of Chino Hills High School in October when the coach […]