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Kobe Bryant‘s last career game was one for the ages, and someone paid a hefty price to own a part of that history. According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell, a piece of the floor from the Staples Center used during the game sold online for $179,100 to an anonymous buyer, with the proceeds going to the Laker […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may not be championship contenders, but they’re certainly a team that is getting better. Just weeks after signing Luke Walton to be their next head coach, the Lakers received more good news on Tuesday night during the draft lottery—they won the No. 2 overall pick. For those that weren’t aware, the […]

Mike D’Antoni may be making his return as a head coach next season. According to Marc Stein and Calvin Watkins of ESPN, D’Antoni has been granted a second interview with the Houston Rockets. League sources say that the former Phoenix Suns head coach is an “increasingly serious candidate.” D’Antoni has not served in a head […]

The Golden State Warriors can be a pretty cruel team at times. Outside of the fact that they were the most dominant regular season of all time, they can play some pretty mean pranks. Take for example, the prank played on assistant coach Luke Walton prior to the NBA draft lottery. For those that have […]

Nike just announced what will be the final colorway in the line of the Kobe 11 shoes, from his last signature pair as a player in the NBA. This specific shoe, mainly in the color black, was designed to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant‘s nickname The Black Mamba. It appears to be what would’ve been essentially a […]

Kids love to impersonate their favorite sports stars. Driveway hoops, playground hoops and occasionally in the gym, you might catch some grainy footage on YouTube if you search diligently enough. The tongue wagging, the cooking stir, all the way down to emulating the jump shot of MVP Stephen Curry. This one however is more of […]

The NBA Draft Lottery will take place Tuesday night and the Los Angeles Lakers will have a lot riding on where their pick lands. If they get a top 3 overall pick (which they have a 20%% chance of doing), there is a strong chance they try to trade the pick for a young veteran. […]

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant went out in a shower of confetti and praise after capping his career with a 60-point performance and a last-minute win in his final game. The five-time NBA champion and 18-time All-Star was praised across the league by players and coaches of past and present, along with copious writers, broadcasters, and fans […]

Jordan Clarkson is definitely enjoying his offseason. After hanging out at Coachella – and jumping over Kendall Jenner while there – the young Lakers guard recently visited Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park in California. During his visit to the park, he posted SnapChat videos throughout the day. Part of his visit included challenging fans […]

DeMar DeRozan and the Toronto Raptors are locked in a title battle for a chance to appear in the Eastern Conference Finals. With a win tonight, Toronto advances to play the Cleveland Cavaliers in the next round, where no one is giving them a chance to win the series. According to Stephen A. Smith, DeRozan […]

Sporting venues have completely evolved over the last 30 years, with luxury boxes staking their claim more and more. Few arenas still out there have that close-knit feel, where the energy of the crowd is felt in a way that more colossal buildings just can’t replicate. The Boston Garden, the Spectrum, the Forum; these iconic venues are woven […]

Kobe Bryant just completed an incredible 20-year career in the NBA, but his hard work ethic hasn’t slowed down one bit. Now that his attention has shifted from the basketball court, Bryant is staying very busy with his company, Kobe Inc. One of their first big moves is to cement the Black Mamba moniker as […]

It’s been about a month since Kobe Bryant‘s final NBA game, and while most of the basketball world is focused on the postseason as it continues into its later stages, people are still talking about Bryant dropping a 60 burger to cap off his career. Include Gordon Hayward in the conversation. The Utah Jazz‘s star player […]

Former Los Angeles Lakers forward AC Green is well-known for winning three NBA titles and setting the NBA ironman mark by playing in 1,192 consecutive games and missing only three during his 16-year career. But recently, ESPN sat down to discuss an even more impressive feat—remaining a virgin throughout his entire career until he was married […]

It’s no secret that Dwight Howard has had his share of critics over the years. Ever since Howard’s unceremonious exit from the Orlando Magic back in 2012, his reputation has slowly declined with each passing year. The peak of the center’s criticism happened during the 2012-13 season, his lone campaign with the Los Angeles Lakers. […]

Things sure were wild at the end of the 2015-16 season for the Los Angeles Lakers. Beyond the outpour from fans around the world at the retirement of future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant – and the Mamba’s ridiculous 60-point finale – media was all over Laker-town due to the recording fiasco between rookie D’Angelo […]

After yet another disappointing season, the Los Angeles Lakers are ready to kick off the post-Kobe Bryant era with a bang.  They’ve hired Warriors assistant Luke Walton to be their new head coach, and if they get a little luck in the draft lottery, they’re have another top-three pick to add to their arsenal. It […]

This one is interesting. Is Warriors center Mo Speights trolling his followers, or speaking out about the future to come? The Los Angeles Lakers are rumored to go after both Harrison Barnes and Festus Ezeli this summer when they become restricted free agents. Speights, while filming his two teammates sitting at a table, made a Snapchat story with […]

It seems the Los Angeles Lakers don’t have any interest in trading their top-three pick after all. Assuming the Lakers retain their top-three pick in this year’s draft, general manager Mitch Kupchak laughed off the notion that the team would be looking to trade its pick, via the Thompson and Trudell radio show on ESPN710 in […]

The New York Knicks may have found a new candidate for their head coaching vacancy. While most signs seems to point toward the Knicks bringing back interim coach Kurt Rambis as the head coach for next season, New York is still keeping its options open. Marc Berman and Fred Kerber of The New York Post […]

Byron Scott recently made headlines after being fired by the Los Angeles Lakers from his head coaching position. Scott led the Lakers to their worst record in franchise history this past season as the team completely tanked. Despite his record with the Lakers, Scott has spoken out about how he feels about his coaching and […]

Byron Scott has voiced his opinion on a number of occasions since being fired by the Los Angeles Lakers. While his sentiments have remained cordial, he did declare that he was blindsided by the Lakers’ decision to let him go, and he was led to believe he had at least one more year to coach […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have already set their sights on the next big man they want to don a Lakers uniform, it’s Festus Ezeli, according to SportingNews.com’s Sean Deveney. Not only did they hire Luke Walton as the head coach but now they want a Golden State player. They literally would be taking part of the Warriors and applying […]

Los Angeles Lakers former superstar Kobe Bryant is still working and his first project is about to start . Before his retirement, he wrote a “Dear Basketball” poem for the Players’ Tribune. Many fans loved the poem, so Kobe is now collaborating with Sports Illustrated to bring the poem to life in a video production. The short film […]

After firing former head coach Byron Scott, the Los Angeles Lakers recently named Luke Walton as their head coach for the 2016-17 season. Walton was one of the top coaching targets for teams after experiencing tremendous success as the assistant coach of the Golden State Warriors, leading them to a 39-4 start in the absence […]

When the Los Angeles Lakers decided to move on from head coach Byron Scott, it really wasn’t much of a surprise to many fans and members of the media. It wasn’t so much the losing as much as his approach to developing the Lakers’ young core that critics questioned. Any coach would’ve had a hard […]

Brian Shaw may be making a return to Los Angeles. With Luke Walton penciled in as the Los Angeles Lakers‘ new head coach, he’ll be looking for assistant coaches to fill out his staff. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, Shaw is a name reportedly on Walton’s wish list. While Shaw obviously has head […]

Despite the Indiana Pacers‘ early exit for the 2016 postseason, Paul George once again demonstrated that he’s one of the premier talents in the NBA, and with the right group around him, he could potentially lead a team to a title at some point (won’t be easy with goliaths like San Antonio, Golden State, and Cleveland). […]

Let’s just cut to the chase – no. LeBron will not go to the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, customarily, made some controversial comments regarding the matter on Tuesday’s ESPN First Take. “Chances are he’s not thinking about doing any such thing before delivering a championship to Cleveland,” Smith said. […]

While the Los Angeles Lakers may have a chance at getting the No. 1 overall pick after finishing with the second worst record in the NBA, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to use it. Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports 1 reports that the Lakers will likely be trading their top-three pick in order to […]

On Sunday, Disneyland was treated with the presence of a magical celebrity. That’s right – Kobe Bryant had a family day out at Disneyland. Enthusiastic fans all around the park were starstruck as the Mamba walked among them. Hundreds of tweets, snaps, and photos surfaced the Internet. Los Angeles Lakers fans flocked to find Kobe in […]

It’s a well-known fact that Kobe Bryant was a bit of an alpha male throughout his 20-year NBA career. To be a leader on five NBA championships and rank third on the all-time scoring list, you kind of have to have a dominant personality. However, there may be no better chart to show Bryant’s alpha […]

Byron Scott recently spent some time on the Dan Patrick Show and discussed his departure from the Los Angeles Lakers. He felt it would take some time to turn the team around and felt the Lakers were on the same page as he was in regards to the teams current condition. You do have a […]

What initially seemed like a harmless, if not amusing, gesture by Magic Johnson could actually get him and the Los Angeles Lakers into trouble. Last night and again this morning, Johnson released a series of tweets asking Lakers Nation to demand that the franchise pursue DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Durant, and even LeBron James in free […]

Never change, Magic. Last night and then early this morning, Magic Johnson, the all-time Los Angeles Lakers great who won five titles with the franchise, took to Twitter to discuss his feelings on who he believes the Purple & Gold should pursue in free agency. With very little factual backing, Magic demands that the Lakers […]

D’Angelo Russell sure had an interesting rookie year with the Los Angeles Lakers. Not only was he playing in Kobe Bryant‘s final season, but he also butted heads with recently fired head coach Byron Scott and made headlines in a bad way after recording a private conversation about teammate Nick Young cheating on his fiancée […]

President Obama and the White House recently held the final correspondents’ dinner under this administration, and it gave an unexpected moment with an NBA player as the motivation for it. If you recall Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant ended his farewell speech directly after his last NBA game with the phrase “Mamba Out” and a mic drop. Obama decided to […]

Now that the Los Angeles Lakers have hired a new head coach, there remains the question: how will the players will be used efficiently and what type of system fits the current Lakers squad the best. The Lakers were supposed to run a Princeton movement system under former coach Byron Scott, but with a lack of […]

You can count Luke Walton as a believer in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ young core. Although Walton was just hired as head coach a few days ago, he has already made a mark by discussing his vision for the future of the franchise. As a player who won two championships with the Lakers, Walton knows […]