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With the Los Angeles Lakers currently in a slump, it wouldn’t be trade rumor time if LeBron James wasn’t in them. With James still playing basketball at a high level and still having a desire to win, many think that the Lakers’ forward would want to move on from the team and go somewhere that […]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers snapped a four-game losing streak from their road trip with a 107-98 win against the Portland Trail Blazers. With LeBron James ruled out due to left foot soreness, the Lakers were even more short-handed than they’ve been. As a result, the Lakers needed two-way contract rookie Quincy Olivari […]

With about a quarter of the 2024-25 season gone by, the Los Angeles Lakers are barely hovering over .500 at 12-11. The team has been dealt a raw hand in terms of injuries with the entire frontcourt depth in Jaxson Hayes, Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt all sidelined. The Lakers are a team mentioned as […]

The long-standing debate about who is the greatest basketball player of all time or the abbreviated GOAT between Michael Jordan and LeBron James will be talked about forever. One person who gave their opinion on the matter was former basketball player and NBA analyst Charles Barkley. He would have an answer some might not expect, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will travel to Southern California to face the Los Angeles Lakers. Two Western Conference teams clash at Crypto as we share our NBA odds series with a Trail Blazers-Lakers prediction and pick. The Lakers lead the head-to-head series 130-114. Significantly, this will be the first meeting of the season. The Lakers swept […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are returning home on Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers after a road trip that saw them finish 1-4. During their most recent loss against the Atlanta Hawks, they lost on a Trae Young game winner. As the Lakers return home against the Blazers, they’re going to be monitoring LeBron James […]

The Los Angeles Lakers must have been raring to redeem themselves after enduring a pitiful two-game stretch in which they lost by a combined 70 points to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Miami Heat — sending them deeper into their spiral and even sparking rumors of team division. And on Friday night, the Lakers put up […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are reeling, and Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young isn’t helping matters. Young handed the Lakers their third consecutive loss with an ice cold game-winning 3-pointer to take the Lakers down 134-132 in overtime. TRAE YOUNG GAME WINNING THREE VS THE LAKERS 🥶 pic.twitter.com/qpXaCdK0BK — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 7, 2024 This is […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are on the tail end of a four-game road trip that concludes on Friday against the Atlanta Hawks. Although the Lakers still have one more game remaining, the road trip ended early for Austin Reaves, who has been dealing with an injury. Austin Reaves suffered a pelvic injury after taking a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been a mess over the last two games, and head coach JJ Redick needs to make a change quickly before things spiral out of control. On Monday, the Lakers were outclassed by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 109-80 loss. On Wednesday, things got even worse in a 134-93 drubbing at […]

The Los Angeles Lakers (12-10) will wrap up their four-game road trip on Friday night against the Atlanta Hawks (12-11) with LeBron James’ status in doubt as he deals with left foot soreness and is listed as questionable. James, who is in his 22nd NBA season, has been a consistent force for the Lakers, despite […]

Losers of five of their last seven, four of those losses by an average margin of 30.5 points, the Los Angeles Lakers have nothing to smile about, except perhaps LeBron James and son Bronny James, whose game-worn jerseys in their opening night win over thee Minnesota Timberwolves fetched a price tag of $102,000 at a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were obliterated by the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, losing by a final score of 134-93. LA has now dropped three of their past four games overall, and they hold a 12-10 record. So, are the Lakers in trouble? There is plenty of time for the Lakers to bounce back, as […]

Have we finally reached the part of the story where LeBron James’ unfathomable longevity is turning into a detriment for the Los Angeles Lakers? Considering that he just won MVP honors in arguably the most stacked Olympics men’s basketball field ever assembled, it seems risky to rush to such conclusions. James’ recent play says otherwise, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will continue their road trip on Friday as they battle the Atlanta Hawks. It’s a showdown at State Farm Arena, and we’re continuing our NBA odds series by making a Lakers-Hawks prediction and pick. The Lakers lead the head-to-head series 197-143. They split the series last season. Overall, the Lakers are 7-3 over […]

A return to Miami is something that LeBron James looks forward to every season. Due to the Los Angeles Lakers being in the Western Conference, this trip only comes once a year, and Wednesday night offered LeBron a chance to take a trip down memory lane and escape what has been a rocky season for […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been on the struggle bus as of late, having lost back to back games in blowout fashion following Wednesday evening’s demolition at the hands of the Miami Heat. LeBron James bounced back from some rough shooting performances as of late with a solid stat line in this one, but overall, […]

Former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski recently appeared on Carmelo Anthony’s podcast, 7PM in Brooklyn, and he revealed that Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant once thought he would end up playing for the New York Knicks. “It’s funny Kobe always though, he was convinced he was going to end up with the Knicks,” Wojnarowski […]

The Los Angeles Lakers fell short of expectations during the last few seasons of Kobe Bryant’s career. In fact, the best chance they had before Bryant retired in 2016 was in the 2012-13 season.  Then GM Mitch Kupchak assembled a “super team” that included Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, and Pau Gasol. Aside from most of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers fell to 12-10 on the season after enduring a second consecutive blowout loss, this time a 134-93 defeat against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Despite a strong performance from LeBron James, who tallied 29 points, eight assists, and five rebounds while shooting an efficient 12-for-18 from the field, the Lakers […]

On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers suffered their worst defeat of the 2024-25 season (thus far), spiraling even deeper after getting demolished by the Miami Heat, 134-93. There is a bit of a rot festering within the Lakers as of the moment, although LeBron James and Anthony Davis are doing their best to not […]

With how successful LeBron James has gotten over the years, it comes with a few challenges. While most fans will most likely remember him for what he was able to do on the court, James’ resume off the court isn’t too shabby either. He’s invested in different food chains and sports teams, but one of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been shaken to their core. On Wednesday night, they suffered their worst loss of the 2024-25 season to this point after the Miami Heat laughed them off Kaseya Center by demolishing them by 41 points, 134-93. For a team that had such high hopes to start the season, especially after […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the most inconsistent teams in the NBA this season. Their first season with JJ Redick as head coach has been a roller coaster, but they hit rock bottom this week. After a lifeless performance in a 109-80 loss to the Minnesota  Timberwolves, the Lakers followed that up […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have lost five out of their last seven games, and they’ve lost four of them by an average of 26 points, their worst stretch of the season so far. Likewise, these embarrassments included Wednesday’s 134-93 banger against the Miami Heat, who demolished the Lakers by 41 points in a game already […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ 2024-25 season has taken a drastic turn for the worse — and quickly. All the good vibes brought forth by their strong start to the season are completely gone now, especially after they took inarguably their worst loss of the season on Wednesday night when they came into South Beach and […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been reeling over their past few games; coming off a 29-point loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night, the Lakers were surely raring to redeem themselves on Wednesday with a trip to South Beach to face the Miami Heat. But somehow, the Lakers kept digging themselves deeper and deeper […]

Before the season, Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said he hoped to get 30 games or so as a sample size before he made any major decisions about the roster. This would be in addition to the 88 games essentially this same roster played together last year. Now, with Jarred Vanderbilt not slated […]

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a 134-93 drubbing at the hands of the Miami Heat on Wednesday. It was the third game of a four-game road trip that dropped the Lakers to 1-2 on the trip so far. But in the process, Lakers’ star LeBron James reached a significant milestone. Early in the third quarter, […]

MIAMI – In the reunion between the Miami Heat and LeBron James, the former gets the upper hand Wednesday night as they beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 134-93. Heat star Bam Adebayo had a bounce-back game along with Tyler Herro, who shined from three-point range. Herro would lead the team with 31 points (11 of […]

Before the Miami Heat took on the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night, head coach Erik Spoelstra took time to speak about superstar LeBron James, who is currently in his whopping 22nd season in the NBA. After the Heat lost to the Boston Celtics, they look to snap a two-game skid against the Lakers as Spoelstra […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have stumbled a bit as of late, currently sitting at 12-9 following a blowout loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday evening. LeBron James has suffered through one of the worst shooting slumps of his career recently, and Anthony Davis’ MVP-level start to the season has also tapered off considerably. After […]

The Miami Heat (9-10) return home Wednesday night to host the Los Angeles Lakers (12-9) following a two-game road skid, including a blowout loss to the Boston Celtics. The Heat originally labeled Jimmy Butler as questionable to play due to right knee soreness, but he has since been upgraded to available, according to Lakers reporter […]

As the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Miami Heat Wednesday night, people have been focusing on the recent struggles of star LeBron James. While the talk of James retiring has been a topic of conversation, Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green gave his opinions on the slump the Lakers star is currently in. Green […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the most inconsistent teams in the NBA this season. After winning their first four games with JJ Redick as the head coach, the Lakers lost their next four games before ripping off of a six-game winning streak to get to 10-4. Now, the Lakers sit at 12-9 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are 1-1 on their current four-game road trip and are looking to get back in the win column with game No. 3 against the Miami Heat on Wednesday. Injuries have been a big issue for the Lakers this season. In the case of starting point guard Austin Reaves, he appeared again […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are on the road to take on the Miami Heat Wednesday night. This game will continue our NBA odds series as we hand out a Lakers-Heat prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Here are the Lakers-Heat NBA odds, courtesy of FanDuel.  NBA Odds: […]

Austin Reaves has a surprising car collection. From going undrafted in the NBA, Reaves has worked hard and persevered his way to the Los Angeles Lakers’ starting unit. In fact, it’s safe to say that the University of Oklahoma alumnus has won the hearts of the Lakers fanbase with his heart and hustle. But more […]

Kobe Bryant is about as close to Michael Jordan in terms of play style, skill set, and mentality. No one saw that comparison more closely than former Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom. He explained on the Legends Lounge podcast one game in particular where Bryant uttered something he’ll never forget. “We were on the […]