LeBron James Articles - Page 299

Despite winning two straight games for the first time in what felt like a very long time, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are now two games away from matching their win total last season. It’s not something that fans wanted to celebrate, especially since there were much higher expectations prior to the season. […]

LeBron James had a schedule conflict keeping him from attending his longtime friend Chris Bosh’s jersey retirement ceremony with the Miami Heat, as the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Washington Wizards on the same day. When it came time to explain it, James had a curious answer to Caron Butler’s question. “I almost thought about […]

Lance Stephenson, the ever-entertaining bundle of frenetic kinetic energy on the Los Angeles Lakers, is always must-watch television. Even if he might have terrible shooting nights and believes that all of his decisions on the court are the right ones – perhaps crunch-time, unexpected, behind-the-back passes might not always work out – “Make ‘Em Dance” […]

LeBron James is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NBA history. With an astonishing resume and sterling all-around stats, King James is a legend and he will go down in the pantheon as one of the best basketball players of all time. Despite those big facts, James has suffered through one of […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James says he wouldn’t win his two rings with the Miami Heat without Chris Bosh. Bosh is getting his No. 1 jersey retired by the Heat on Tuesday. LeBron and Bosh went to four-straight Finals during their time together in South Beach, going 2-2. CB Forever! @KingJames to @chrisbosh! #ThankYouChr1s […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are listing star small forward LeBron James as probable to play against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. While James is probable, it’s likely that the All-Star forward will play on Tuesday and then rest versus the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. Josh Hart is already listed as OUT for tomorrow's game against […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to make a coaching change after this season, and one of the leading candidates to replace Luke Walton should he get fired is former Milwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd. Kidd has already heard the rumors, and in his recent interview with ESPN, he said that it will be a […]

An anonymous Western Conference executive says the Los Angeles Lakers don’t have to do too much this summer to get better, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic. The Lakers are missing the playoffs this season, which means star LeBron James will have the entire summer off for the first time since 2005 — his […]

Sunday night against the Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James recorded his eighth triple-double of the season. By doing so, James passed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for second-most triple-doubles by a Laker player in his 30s or older, per Basketball Reference. LeBron is 34-years-old. Kobe recorded seven triple-doubles from 2009-2015. Magic Johnson […]

Dwyane Wade’s prime was relatively short. By the time LeBron James made the decision to spurn his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers and sign with the Miami Heat in the summer of 2010, it would be just one year before a nagging knee pain and additional injuries had sapped the future Hall of Famer of much of […]

Dwyane Wade was supportive of longtime friend LeBron James after the bevy of criticism he has faced throughout this season as the Los Angeles Lakers are bound to miss the playoffs in the first year of his arrival in The City of Angels. The Miami Heat icon knows his friend has had a bad year […]

Lonzo Ball is someone who, as of late, hasn’t been handling his finances very well, mostly because of his shady business advisers. We’ll recall that, two days ago, Ball announced that he was cutting ties with Alan Foster, a man that was initially installed into his position with Lonzo by Lonzo’s father, LaVar. LaVar allegedly […]

On Sunday, the Milwaukee Bucks honored former five-time All-Star Marques Johnson by retiring his No. 8 jersey in the rafters. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was one of the first to react to the momentous event, as the three-time NBA champion took to Twitter to congratulate Johnson for his remarkable achievement: Congrats @olskool888 on […]

LeBron James was unequivocal in his desire to play out the rest of the season, despite the Los Angeles Lakers’ recent playoff elimination at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets. While many teams are starting to potentially shut down their stars with only minor injuries, James’ load management won’t keep him from seeing the floor […]

Sacramento Kings swingman Bogdan Bogdanovic displayed his offensive abilities via a sky-high lay-up over LeBron James’ outstretched arms. Midway through the final period of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Bogdanovic totally owned the four-time MVP as he escaped LeBron and attacked the basket. https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/status/1110024803346313216 The Kings eventually lost to the Lakers 111-106, but […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has made another promise. He vowed that the Purple and Gold’s playoff drought ‘won’t last much longer.’ On Instagram, James posted a photo of him featuring his promise to all the Lakers fans who saw the team miss the playoffs for the sixth year in a row. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvZziwJglYI/ The […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James showed off his vision via a no-look pass to JaVale McGee who went up for the easy slam dunk. In the clip posted by NBA TV, James led fastbreak opportunity against the Sacramento Kings. Like he’s done many times, the 34-year-old outran and outmuscled his foes. Instead of finished […]

Despite the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers are officially eliminated from the playoffs, All-Star forward LeBron James continues to rack-up one statistical accomplishment after another. During their game against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night, the four-time MVP passed Dale Ellis for the 19th spot on the all-time 3-pointers made list. Congrats to @KingJames […]

LeBron James detractors have never had more reason to cheer. The four-time MVP was officially eliminated from playoff contention on Friday night in poetic fashion, when the Brooklyn Nets and D’Angelo Russell – who wore forum blue and gold before being traded in 2017 in efforts to create the cap space necessary to sign James […]

Washington Wizards rookie forward Troy Brown has not really had a great season, but then again, the Wizards have had a pretty bad year in general. Still, he remembers one moment against the Los Angeles Lakers when he had to defend LeBron James, and that was probably a moment that he will never forget: “I […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has recently spoken out regarding his team’s failure to qualify for this season’s playoffs. According to the three-time NBA champion, he certainly had higher hopes when he signed with the Lakers last summer, and that missing out on the postseason is definitely not what he had in mind: “It’s […]

As we’ve come to know over the past few weeks, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2005. Their 111-106 loss Friday night at the hands of the Brooklyn Nets only made it official. With that out of the way, James will have the entire summer to […]

There are many NBA fans who have no memories of NBA playoffs without LeBron James, but those fans will experience that this year. James’ first season with the Lakers will go down as a franchise-record sixth consecutive trip to the draft lottery, not the postseason, after losing to D’Angelo Russell and the Brooklyn Nets on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Friday night as a result of their 111-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, and with the Lakers going nowhere the rest of the season, you would imagine that team would want to limit LeBron James’ minutes even more. Resting James has already been a […]

On Friday night, the Brooklyn Nets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by a score of 111-106, officially eliminating LeBron James and the Lakers from playoff contention. That is not something many expected when James joined Los Angeles over the summer. While most understood that this Lakers team would not be a title contender, missing the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ season, for all intents and purposes, ended with a crucial loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on March 2nd. Every game they’ve played in the interim has been undertaken with the knowledge that winning and losing is no longer of utmost importance. After all, it’s not like the Lakers had much […]

For the first time since 2005, LeBron James won’t be participating in the playoffs. Despite that disheartening reality and the accompanying lack of significance to the final three weeks of the regular season, though, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar is still going hard — at least after he turns the ball over and senses an […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James will reportedly never wear a Clippers jersey, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. James signed a four-year, $153.3 million deal with the Lakers last summer. The Purple and Gold are going to miss the playoffs this season, while the Clippers are on their way to making the […]

ESPN’s Seth Greenberg had no mercy on LeBron James after recently separating himself from the rest of his teammates, an antic he has now showcased multiple times, as well as teammate Rajon Rondo. During Wednesday’s iteration of “Get Up!,” Greenberg tore into James’ dissonance to the chagrin of former teammate and coach Damon Jones, who […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ season is all but over except for the final few games left to be played before the postseason begins. For the first time in nine years, there will be no LeBron James in the NBA Finals. What’s worse for the 16-year veteran is that this is the first time in the […]

It’s one of the ultimate what-ifs in NBA history. The Los Angeles Clippers could have drafted Kyrie Irving in 2011 had they protected that draft pick after trading Baron Davis to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The fallout would have been crazy from a historical perspective, as LeBron James maybe never returns to the Cavaliers due to […]

Heading into their Christmas Day showdown with the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had righted a wayward ship. After a 2-5 start marked most by James’ jarring lack of engagement defensively, the Lakers bounced back to win 17 of their next 26 games, buoyed by an ever-improving […]

LA Clippers head coach Doc Rivers shot down rumors this week of him possibly leaving the franchise to join the Los Angeles Lakers. Rivers says he’s staying with the Clippers as long as owner Steve Ballmer wants him there. Was Rivers, though, privately thinking about going to the Lakers and told by people close to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers host the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, and Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James is expected to play. James didn’t play in the Lakers’ previous game against the Milwaukee Bucks. He was in the locker room during the entire game getting treatment on his left groin, which is still not 100 percent: […]

Earlier this week, Doc Rivers shot down rumors that he had interest of leaving the Los Angeles Clippers for the Lakers this offseason. Quashing the idea of him bolting to the Lakers, Rivers revealed the secret extension he agreed to with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. Rivers said he had an opportunity to opt out of his […]

The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t have the process they expected this past summer after securing a four-year, $154 million deal with LeBron James, soon expecting others to join him in La La Land. Paul George had already signed a four-year, $137 million deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder and even celebrated it on the eve […]

Before their victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, Doc Rivers shot down rumors that his Los Angeles Clippers head coaching tenure was coming to an end. When asked by reporters whether or not he’d be interested in taking over the Los Angeles Lakers job after coach Luke Walton is presumably discarded in the […]

The NBA’s regular season has only three weeks left, and most teams are down to their final 10 games. As the regular season winds down, March Madness begins as teams compete for the National Championship. Zion Williamson and Duke are the favorites to win the title, but which team would be the best fit for […]

Houston Rockets star shooting guard James Harden needs just four more games of at least 30 points and 10 assists to pass Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James for most such games since 1983, according to Basketball Reference. James has recorded 77 games of 30-plus points and 10-plus assists during his legendary career. Harden […]