LeBron James Articles - Page 215

LeBron James’ kids have made quite an impact throughout his life. As a superstar basketball player you may not think of LeBron as a father, but he takes pride and has succeeded as a dad as well. He married his high school sweetheart Savannah and they have three kids. LeBron James’ Kids: LeBron James Jr., […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Paul George is arguably one of the best defenders in the league right now. The 31-year-old has been tasked to guard the opposing team’s best scorer down the stretch and is the type of person that you’d want in your team with the game on the line. That being said, George […]

Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic played only 21 minutes in the Mavs’ win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, as he was ejected in the third quarter. Despite that, however, he was able to make history on Sunday night. While overshadowed by his controversial ejection, Doncic’s 15-5-5 performance for the Mavs allowed him to become only the […]

For those asking LeBron James’ favorite holiday, the Los Angeles Lakers star made it abundantly clear on Sunday: it’s Mother’s Day. In a rather heartwarming post on Facebook, the Lakers forward showed how he celebrated the important event with his wife, Savannah James, his mom Gloria James, and his kids. The King also made sure […]

Before I get to the gist of this story, let’s make it clear that the Los Angeles Lakers will never trade LeBron James. These are just crazy or out of the world scenarios being flung about the NBA after Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr talked about the most untouchable players in the league. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been hit hard by the injury bug in the 2021 season. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Dennis Schroder, and Talen Horton-Tucker have all missed time in recent games with various injuries. Now, it’s Kyle Kuzma, who is out for Sunday’s game with lower back tightness, according to Marc Stein of The […]

The backstory on Anthony Davis has always been his rise to fame, literally. In high school, Davis played for Perspective Charter School on the South Side of Chicago. In junior high, Davis was known as the little guy who likes to shoot three-pointers from the corner. At the end of his freshman year, Davis stood […]

The NBA play-in game of Adam Silver’s dreams is getting closer and closer to reality. Having LeBron James and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers take on his long-time adversary in Stephen Curry and his Golden State Warriors is the epitome of must-see television. But while plenty of Lakers fans are panicking at the thought […]

The NBA play-in games have been the talk of the league in this final stretch of the season. All eyes are currently locked on the potentially earth-shattering matchup that’s very much turning into a possibility: Warriors vs. Lakers. Stephen Curry, fresh off his 49-point demolition against the Oklahoma City Thunder, was asked about the prospective […]

Nikola Jokic is the MVP of the 2020-21 NBA season. With the number of games left being countable on one hand, the vote should pretty much be unanimous for the Denver Nuggets star. However, that hasn’t stopped some talking heads from dictating otherwise and that the trophy actually belongs to someone else.  Nikola Jokic’s MVP […]

Shaquille O’Neal recently came across a rather controversial all-time ranking of Los Angeles Lakers legends. As it turns out, Shaq was abhorred by the fact that that he was placed in the second tier alongside LeBron James. Shaq quickly took to Instagram to express his disagreement with what he believes to be a huge piece […]

New York Knicks veteran Derrick Rose has been around the NBA for quite a bit now. Nevertheless, despite his stature as one of the most respected players in the league today, D-Rose still remains to be a student of the game. So much so, that he once resorted to spying on none other than LeBron […]

Investing in cards can be loads tricky. The money you spend is directly tied to a player’s performance on the court. If he gets an opportunity, stays healthy, thrives, and produces, the value of his cards has a good chance of going up. On the other hand, if he’s not a fit with his current […]

Anthony Davis had a basic explanation for Los Angeles Lakers’ costly loss to Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center. According to Davis, it wasn’t Dame Time, nor a lack of healthy talent that partially caused the 106-111 defeat, which officially dropped the depleted Lakers (37-30) into the no. 7 seed […]

After Friday’s 106-101 loss on the road to the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to 37-30 and into the dreaded No. 7 seed of the Western Conference. If the seed holds, it means the defending NBA champions would be the top line for the 2021 NBA play-in tournament—a place Anthony Davis, LeBron […]

Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle has weighed in on the much-talked-about play-in tournament. Mavs star Luka Doncic himself was just one of the multitude of players from around the league — along with team owner Mark Cuban — who have criticized the NBA for their plans to hold the pre-playoffs mini-tournament. As it turns […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James appeared to make a strange allusion to his upcoming Space Jam movie with a message about Bugs Bunny and a gun. James seemingly made reference to Bugs Bunny with a tweet on Friday morning. It’s all fun and games until the 🐰 got the gun! 😡😤😡😤👑 — LeBron James (@KingJames) […]

The LA Clippers defeat the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, 118-94, completing a sweep of the NBA Champions. Led by Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Clippers saw seven players reach double-figure scoring, including the new bench tandem of Rajon Rondo and DeMarcus Cousins. The Clippers got out to an early double-digit lead, and […]

“Stay patient, man. Missed so much it can only be up from there. It’s like anything else. You go through those slumps. In real life, not in just basketball. You just try to get back to basics with stuff. Me personally, I knew I needed to get in the gym more … just gotta keep […]

Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers can’t catch a break. The latest setback for the defending champions came late in the first quarter of their 118-94 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday, when Davis took a worrying tumble against a sideline scorer’s table. Here is where Anthony Davis tweaked his ankle, for […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took on despised rival Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday, and even though LeBron James sat out the much-awaited game to rest his right ankle, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope did a pretty good impression of The King. Caldwell-Pope took off for a ferocious dunk early on in the game, putting Clippers big man Ivica […]

The return of LeBron James is on the horizon for the Los Angeles Lakers as the playoffs draw near. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, James is eyeing a return next week. "Sources tell me LeBron James is aiming to return to the Lakers lineup next week…" The latest from NBA Insider […]

Minnesota Timberwolves’ first overall pick Anthony Edwards had himself quite a night. In an intense head-to-head battle with the reigning ROTY Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies, Edwards put his name in the history books with his incredible evening. The 19-year-old exploded for 42 points on 8-of-9 shooting from deep which makes him the youngest […]

Much has been said about the NBA’s plans for a play-in tournament to determine the final few spots for the upcoming playoffs. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has made it abundantly clear that he disagrees with the notion, and stars such as Luka Doncic have likewise criticized the league for the same. Kenyon Martin […]

If LeBron James is going to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to an 18th NBA championship, he may be forced to do so while enduring pain along the way. During an appearance on “Get Up” on Wednesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski speculated that James’ re-aggravated right ankle injury is likely to be an issue throughout the […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James recently criticized the NBA’s new play-in structure and suggested whoever concocted the idea should be fired. The architect of the play-in disagrees. That “play-in guy” is Evan Wasch, the NBA’s Executive Vice President of Basketball Strategy & Analytics and the same person who developed the league’s new All-Star format. […]

LeBron James could miss four or five more games for the Los Angeles Lakers after re-aggravating his right ankle on Sunday night. According to Brad Turner of the Los Angeles Times, the flaring up of James’ recently sprained ankle could cause the Lakers to take an extra-conservative approach and hold him out until the last […]

LeBron James will miss the Los Angeles Lakers’ next two games — a Thursday-Friday road back-to-back vs. the Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers — in order to rest his right ankle, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Tuesday. Woj says the Lakers will “proceed cautiously” with their superstar as the playoffs fast approach, and […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has served inspiration to any number of aspiring youngsters through the years. That would appear to include rapper Drake’s 3-year-old son, Adonis. Drake shared a humorous clip of Adonis watching some of LeBron’s career highlights. Adonis appears totally enraptured with James, keeping his eyes glued to the screen before […]

As the NBA and the rest of the world continue to fight through the COVID-19 pandemic, some players have opted to get the vaccine in an effort to put a halt to the global pandemic. Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis gave his 2-cents on the vaccine. For Davis, he revealed he just wants to […]

Amid the ongoing race for playoff seedings, Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic kept it real when asked whether or not his team would want to face LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the postseason. The MVP frontrunner claimed that his team would embrace the challenge of playing against […]

Kyle Kuzma: consider yourself validated. On Sunday, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ embarrassing home loss to the Toronto Raptors — their sixth in seven games — a frustrated Kuzma had a suggestion for the coaching staff: Free Marc Gasol. “I wish we could get a little bit more time out there with Marc,” Kuzma said. […]

We all know that NBA superstars are modern-day superheroes. Depending on how crazy your imagination can get, it’s quite easy to find similarities between characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as the current stars in the NBA. Don’t believe us? Well, here’s a few: LeBron James as Iron Man One of the toughest […]

New York Knicks fanatic and ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith is making sure LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers know that his favorite team is rolling. The Knicks grabbed another huge win on Monday against the Memphis Grizzlies to continue their impressive season, which has been nothing but monumental for the entire Big Apple. […]

On Friday, in Game 63 of the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers, for the first time, took the floor with Dennis Schroder, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Andre Drummond together in the starting lineup. L.A. fell in disappointing fashion to the Sacramento Kings, but at least they could be encouraged by the […]

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers’ sixth loss in seven games on Sunday—an uninspired 121-114 home defeat to the Toronto Raptors—dropped the defending champions into a three-way tie for the no. 7 seed and inclusion in the polarizing play-in tournament. Things don’t expect to get any easier for the Lakers from now until the […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Dennis Schröder may have revealed that he and LeBron James are the only two members of their team to not receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Quotes from a panel Schröder conducted with N-TV at the end of April recirculated on social media on Monday, one day after Schröder was placed into […]

After leaving Sunday night’s contest early with ankle soreness, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James will miss the tail-end of a back-to-back against the Nuggets on Monday,  per Shams Charania: Lakers star LeBron James will miss tonight’s back-to-back vs. Denver with sore right ankle, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. His status is uncertain as of now […]

The slumping Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in sixth place in the Western Conference, tied with the fifth-seeded Dallas Mavericks and seventh-seeded Portland Trail Blazers. This has the Lakers in danger of participating in the play-in tournament. Even with LeBron James and Anthony Davis back in the lineup after extended absences, the Lakers are struggling […]