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The Los Angeles Lakers are expecting their former point guard D’Angelo Russell to be out for blood upon his return to the Staples Center tonight. Russell and the Brooklyn Nets will benefit from being the only team in the league to play only two games this week while the Lakers will play the back end […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may have a star in the making with rookie point guard Lonzo Ball. The UCLA product has all the qualities of a potential star and possibly even a superstar with the Lakers brass excited about the possibilities. With Ball gaining national attention even before he was drafted second overall by the […]

Larry Nance’s hand fracture is bound to create a setback for Luke Walton’s new-look Los Angeles Lakers moving forward. A decision for his replacement has to be made quickly, as the Lakers take on the Brooklyn Nets tonight at the latter end of a back-to-back. Walton will likely decide between motivated fourth-year forward Julius Randle […]

Over the course of his first eight games with the Los Angeles Lakers, Lonzo Ball has shown flashes of brilliance while also some showcasing some flaws in his game. Ball has been extremely passive in his first two weeks with the rookie guard struggling to find the right balance between scoring and distrubing the basketball. […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball found himself laying the first goose egg of his young career only eight games into it, after going 0-for-2 from the floor against the Portland Trail Blazers in a 113-110 Thursday night loss. The Chino Hills native wasn’t defended by a First Team All-Defense ace like Patrick Beverley or […]

It’ll be an emotional night for Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell, who is set to face his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, for the first time since he was traded this offseason. Russell’s former Lakers teammate, Jordan Clarkson, believes the new Nets star will be all guns blazing in search of a win […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may have already lost to the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, by way of a game-winner by Damian Lillard with 0.7 seconds left, but that’s not the only piece of bad news they had to endure on the night. During the third quarter, their starting power forward, Larry Nance Jr., suffered […]

Michael Jordan may be widely considered as the greatest basketball player ever, but there are also some legends that made their mark on the game, and established themselves as all-time greats. One of them is Kobe Bryant, who retired after the 2015-16 season after an illustrious 20-year career, winning the NBA title five times. While […]

Since the start of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers’ rookie duo of Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball have been playing well. Although the 27th overall pick has shown more consistency than Ball, both deserve a lot of credit for being a solid contributors to the Lakers’ cause. When asked what aspect of their game’s […]

Luke Walton, former coach of Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell, has kept a close eye on his progress after the Los Angeles Lakers opted to trade him and big man Timofey Mozgov for cornerstone center Brook Lopez during the summer. The Lakers needed to free up a way for Lonzo Ball’s driveway to the […]

Former All-Star center Brook Lopez became the Brooklyn Nets’ franchise scoring leader last season after nine years with the team, but after the team seemed to have shifted its attention to acquiring young talent, rumors about his potential trade roamed around throughout his last couple of seasons. He was then moved to the Los Angeles […]

Former porn star Mia Khalifa has continued to make a lot of headlines by throwing shade at some professional athletes, and even getting savagely trolled in return. The 24-year-old was back to her ways recently, when she retweeted a video post by BallisLife, and made it known that she is not impressed with the touch […]

With a lucrative rookie scale contract secured, Lonzo Ball did not waste time spending it, as he has apparently purchased a mansion in Chino Hills, California recently. His new home reportedly cost him $5.2 million, as it is three-acres big, according to Beckie Strum of Mansion Global. The details of the upper fixer was intricate, […]

Coming into the 2017-18 NBA season, the hot topic of discussion for the Los Angeles Lakers was the power forward position. Head coach Luke Walton was reluctant to name a starter at the four spot until the season opener. Larry Nance Jr. was ultimately given the starting job with Julius Randle heading to the bench, […]

During the blowout win over the Detroit Pistons on Halloween, the Los Angeles Lakers played extremely well on both ends of the floor. The team was locked in defensively which carried over to the offensive end of the floor to the delight of head coach Luke Walton. After practice on Wednesday, Walton talked about his team’s […]

Two seasons after the Los Angeles Lakers selected him with the second overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, D’Angelo Russell was traded to the Brooklyn Nets. In a move to create cap space for two max contract players in 2018, President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka included Russell with […]

Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has made a seamless transition during his first five games of the season, and that wasn’t more evident than during a showdown 20-point win against his former team, the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday. Caldwell-Pope was one of four starters in double figures, pacing the Lakers with 13 points, […]

A very vocal section of Los Angeles Lakers supporters wants to see more Julius Randle. Lakers coach Luke Walton revealed how some fans seated close to the Lakers bench area yell at him constantly during games to get Randle off the bench and onto the court. Walton says people in the crowd behind the bench […]

After consecutive losses to the Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz, the Los Angeles Lakers were able to get back on track on Halloween against the visiting Detroit Pistons. Stan Van Gundy’s squad was one of the hottest teams in the NBA coming into this matchup but were humbled as they made their way out of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers netted their third win of the season after a 2-4 start, managing a clear 20-point win over the red hot Detroit Pistons, who were coming off three straight wins against Western Conference teams. This was perhaps one of Lonzo Ball’s best games at the scoring end, netting 13 points on 6-of-13 […]

Fourth-year forward Julius Randle has had to adjust to a different role with the Los Angeles Lakers this season. The Kentucky product is now a reserve coming off the bench while Larry Nance Jr. is the starting power forward for head coach Luke Walton. Randle, who has started his entire career up to this point, […]

Lonzo Ball celebrated his 20th birthday on Monday with a party wherein he was joined by his friends and family. He even performed in front of them, showing off his talent in rapping, which is a passion of his outside of basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers point guard got really hyped up during the celebration, […]

Following his huge night on Monday, Kristaps Porzingis was asked to share what his secret was to recording a career-high in points. He did not hesitate to speak about it and made it known that Kobe Bryant’s famous “Mamba Mentality” helped him score almost at will during the game versus the Denver Nuggets. Finishing with […]

The last few years have been rough, to say the least for the Los Angeles Lakers. The team has been a perennial bottomfeeder in the Western Conference with no clear future in the post-Kobe Bryant era. With the arrival of Lonzo Ball and the potentially promising careers of Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma, and others, the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are sitting at 2-4 with six games in the books to start the 2017-18 NBA season. The young team led by rookie point guard Lonzo Ball has shown a lot promise as well as a lot of flaws in the early going as head coach Luke Walton tries to bring it […]

Following the loss to the Utah Jazz over the weekend, rookie point guard Lonzo Ball made sure he took all of the blame for the team’s shortcomings on the road. Ball insisted the loss was on him making it clear that the finger needed to be pointed in his direction. After the Lakers’ first practice […]

As Lonzo Ball was the second overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, LaVar Ball envisions his two other sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball, also becoming members of the Los Angeles Lakers in the very near future. While the youngest Ball brother is still in high school, he spent some time with Jordan Clarkson at […]

In the 96-81 loss to the Utah Jazz, Lonzo Ball put the blame on himself for ‘two dumb plays’ when the Los Angeles Lakers were trying to get back into the game. While it shows how badly Ball wants to win, there is a long season ahead of him. As the Lakers prepare for the […]

Given all the controversial and even absurd comments LaVar Ball has made over the past few months, it’s very understandable why there are a lot of people concerned about how the Los Angeles Lakers will handle him. With his son Lonzo playing for the team, it’s not a remote possibility that LaVar Ball could have […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have long rid themselves of Sam Hinkie, but his fingerprints are still all over the team which he experimented on during his reign as its general manager. The jury is still out whether “The Process” Hinkie engineered in Philadelphia would amount to the success he envisioned when he was still pulling the […]

The game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Washington Wizards last Wednesday became a highly anticipated one, as LaVar Ball went public in telling the D.C. team to prepare well, as the Lakers will not lose their second consecutive game on the night. That prompted Marcin Gortat to fire back by saying John Wall will […]

Over the past few months, LaVar Ball has had more people hating on him, especially on social media, than fans believing in him. Although it’s understandable why he’s received such, there’s also a player who thinks he is funny and likes him for being himself. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert recently revealed how he perceives […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are straying a little bit far from the script LaVar Ball saw on his crystal ball prior to the start of the 2017-18 NBA campaign. After taking a crushing 96-81 loss to the Utah Jazz on Saturday, the Lakers dropped to 2-4 and now share the third-worst record in the Western […]

The learning curve of NBA rookies in the pro league varies, but all of them are expected to experience the growing pains of finding their identity in the best play-for-pay basketball organization in the world. For Los Angeles Lakers newcomer Lonzo Ball, he’s still in the process of acclimating, but he’s acting more mature than […]

LaVar Ball has been doing it big since gaining national attention, which mainly comes from people’s curiosity to see what he would say next. The man is simply not afraid to let his thoughts be known or freely share how much confidence he has in any area, especially when it concerns his sons. Big Baller […]

Earlier this week, it had been announced that Metta World Peace has joined the South Bay Lakers as a player development coach. However, it appears that Peace has found yet another gig as he recently revealed to TMZ Sports that he will play in the BIG3 league next summer. The 37-year-old is also set to […]

Originally the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, Joel Embiid has only appeared in 35 career games due to injury. However, when healthy, Embiid has quickly established himself as one of the league’s best big men. After signing a five-year, $146.5 million contract extension prior to the 2017-18 NBA season, he is averaging […]

Lonzo Ball has impressed throughout his very short stint in the league, proving to be a natural fit as the Los Angeles Lakers’ point guard of the future. The 6-foot-6 rookie has struggled mightily with his shooting, but still managed to become the first player since the 1983-84 season to post 50 points, 40 rebounds, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Toronto Raptors after a confidence-building win against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, but did so this time with their starting unit on the bench despite being in striking distance from their Eastern Conference foe. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, head coach Luke Walton admitted to benching the starters […]