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The Los Angeles Lakers will enter the All-Star break with back-to-back losses. In their last 10 games, they’ve only won three victories and now have a 28-29 record. LeBron James — the best player and leader of the team — was asked about whether or not his teammates have lost focus since the midseason break […]

With under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Atlanta Hawks rookie Trae Young got a foul and the bucket over Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James. Check out the clip below posted by Dime. After the switch, Young immediately stepped on the gas pedal and drove hard to the rack. It didn’t faze him […]

Atlanta Hawks rookie Trae Young just nutmegged Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. In their game on Tuesday, the Hawks executed a pick-and-roll play to perfection. In the clip below posted by Bleacher Report, Young made James silly by slipping in a pass between the latter’s legs. Perhaps the only bad thing about this clip […]

Atlanta Hawks fans tried to throw some major shade at Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James in Tuesday night’s matchup – chanting “Kobe’s better” prior to a missed free-throw attempt. Hawks fans are chanting "Kobe's better" at LeBron James 🤔 https://t.co/6dmW59iidc — Dime (@DimeUPROXX) February 13, 2019 James received the same verbal reception from […]

For the fifth year in a row, Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James is the NBA’s highest-paid player. James is making around $88.7 million this season combining his Lakers contract and off the court earnings. LeBron signed a four-year, $153.5 million maximum contract with Los Angeles last summer. The four-time MVP is making $35,654,150 […]

With all of the talk about tampering in the NBA recently, it makes you wonder just how much the NBA itself has tampered in its own league. It’s not always just teams and players that stick their noses where they don’t belong. Sometimes, it’s the league office. So, yes, players and teams do tamper sometimes, […]

Ben Simmons has been following up winning the 2017-18 Rookie of the Year award with another fantastic season and will be playing in his first All-Star game on Feb. 17. At 6-foot-10, the first overall pick from the 2016 NBA draft is one of the most unique and talented players in the league. Despite this, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will be facing the Atlanta Hawks tomorrow night, and their superstar, LeBron James, might not play. Josh Hart (knee tendinitis) is officially OUT for tomorrow vs. #Hawks. LeBron James (load management/groin) is listed as PROBABLE. #Lakers — Ryan Ward (@RyanWardLA) February 12, 2019 LeBron James played the last three games for […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James says the team is missing second-year point guard Lonzo Ball on both ends of the floor right now. Ball has been out since Jan. 21 with a Grade 3 left ankle sprain. The Lakers have gone just 3-6 since then. “We have a huge piece still not with […]

Days after the trade deadline passed, the Los Angeles Lakers look basically the same as when they started the 2018-19 season with a few minor changes. Gone are Michael Beasley, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, and Ivica Zubac after the Lakers shipped them off to their new teams at the last minute. The deadline may have passed, but […]

LeBron James needs help. He and the Los Angeles Lakers stressed all offseason that they wouldn’t rush the team’s trajectory toward championship contention, instead letting incumbent young players grow while assessing the market for available superstars come the summer of 2019. James’ groin injury on Christmas and the team’s subsequent struggles without him might have […]

LeBron James is the best player in the NBA today, and arguably the best player of all time. While speaking on ESPN’s Undisputed, Chris Broussard said that James will carry the Los Angeles Lakers into the playoffs. As it stands right now, the Lakers are 10th place in the west and don’t even have the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers earned another impressive win, demolishing LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 143-120 to earn their 36th win of the season. The Sixers are led by two young, promising players in Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. They also have a former All-Star in Jimmy Butler, and they recently acquired Tobias Harris, a […]

With four all-star caliber players in their line-up, the Philadelphia 76ers are now considered one of the top teams in the league. But for Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, he knew that Ben Simmons and the Sixers would be very good before they made the trade deadline moves. After their 143-120 loss to the […]

When you sign a player of LeBron James’ magnitude, making the playoffs seems like an inevitability. That might not be the case this season for the team in purple and gold. With the NBA trade deadline passing, the playoffs start to become a heavy topic of conversation. The All-Star break comes next weekend before the […]

The relationship between Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade has never recovered after the former spurned the Miami Heat in free agency five years ago. Not actually, of course. Though many NBA fans wanted to believe James’ decision to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014 would irreparably damage […]

LeBron James just can’t stop himself from stirring the pot. After completing the All-Star draft with fellow team captain Giannis Antetokounmpo on Thursday night, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar proposed a trade: Ben Simmons for Russell Westbrook, one of the Milwaukee Bucks’ franchise players readily accepted. On the surface, there isn’t much more to this […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is content with what he’s achieved over the first 15 seasons of his NBA career. And why not? Three Larry O’Brien trophies, four MVP awards, eight consecutive trips to the Finals, and a host of other individual and team accomplishments make his existing resumé a compelling piece of evidence […]

LeBron James is a master manipulator. When the Los Angeles Lakers superstar drafted a team of All-Stars that included several impending free agents, then, the basketball world was quick to assume he had an ulterior motive in putting together his roster other than beating Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team. On Saturday, though, LeBron James pushed back on […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James likes the team he drafted for the 2019 All-Star game and says he knew he was going to take Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant and Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving with his first and second pick, respectively. Team LeBron is pretty stacked. The starters are […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is listed as probable for Sunday’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers. LeBron James remains on the Lakers injury report with the infamous “load management” designation. He’s PROBABLE for the game Sunday against the 76ers. — Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) February 9, 2019 James, 34, had 28 points, 12 rebounds, and […]

Kevin Durant hardly lacks confidence – at least when it comes to basketball. Remember that Uber promotion starring the Golden State Warriors superstar and LeBron James that was released around this time last year? Other than nationwide headlines the pair made for offering their opinions on President Donald Trump, the most notable exchange during their […]

The NBA trade deadline passed with Anthony Davis still a member of the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday, February 7. Multiple teams expressed interest in Davis, who requested a trade earlier this season, but the Pelicans chose to hold onto him. Improper behavior all around Keeping Davis was well within the Pelicans’ contractual rights. However, […]

LeBron James might just have pulled the greatest heist in NBA All-Star Draft history during Thursday’s first rendition of its broadcast, putting on a clinic in true Fantasy Basketball fashion while managing to toe the line between friendly competition and elite-level tampering. The King’s picks for this 2019 iteration of the February festivities are so […]

LeBron James wasn’t shy about tooting his own horn again, following some semi-praise for the aggressive moves the Eastern Conference contenders made before the trade deadline, fully knowing he no longer has a stronghold in the East. The Los Angeles Lakers star left the conference for the first time in 15 seasons after agreeing to […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James managed to put together quite the roster for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game. It seems even Boston Celtics point Kyrie Irving is impressed with how the draft turned out. The two will be reunited as teammates in Charlotte. Irving was notably surprised by the starting five for Team LeBron, via […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics by a score of 129-128, LeBron James went over to speak to Bill Belichick. Belichick had just led the New England Patriots to their sixth Super Bowl victory in the last two decades. James walked over and was seen saying a few words to the coach, […]

When LeBron James and Rajon Rondo of the Los Angeles Lakers finally hang up their jerseys for good, there’s a good chance that we’ll still see them in the bench. This time, wearing suits. In their game against the Boston Celtics, James and Rondo were seen actively coaching the young Lakers squad. Peep the clip below […]

So much for the post-deadline drama creating friction between LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates. Late in the second quarter of their team’s nationally-televised game against the Boston Celtics on Thursday, James and Brandon Ingram combined for a transition alley-oop that would make both basketball purists and YouTube highlight heads blush. INGRAM TO […]

It should come as no surprise that Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James selected Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade to his team for the 2019 NBA All-Star Game. Now it appears Wade is looking to go out in style with his best friend and former teammate. Team LeBron will undoubtedly be looking to secure a […]

The NBA announced the results of the 2019 All-Star Draft on Thursday. This was the second year the teams were selected via a draft, and the first year that the draft was televised. Last week, Wizards guard Bradley Beal told reporters he wasn’t a fan of the league’s decision. Bradley Beal said he thinks televising […]

Charles Barkley really, really doesn’t approve of the Los Angeles Lakers’ apparent power play for Anthony Davis. On a special edition of “Inside the NBA” Thursday night, during which LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo drafted their teams for the upcoming NBA All-Star game, the league’s most popular media personality took the opportunity to poke fun […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons wondered where Adrian Wojnarowski was after the All-Star draft-day trade that happened. LeBron James, though, thinks he knows the answer. Team LeBron James and Team Giannis Antetokounmpo agreed to a trade after the All-Star draft, with LeBron sending Russell Westbrook to Giannis in exchange for Ben Simmons. It was a […]

During the NBA All-Star game draft, LeBron James was in the last round of the draft. The choice was between Dirk Nowitzki and Dwayne Wade. Who would James select? James acted as if he would be interested in selecting Dirk, but then laughed it off and selected his good friend Dwayne Wade. Giannis Antetokounmpo laughed and […]

NBA has announced the results of the 2019 All-Star Game Draft. The top vote-getters, LeBron James of the Lakers and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks, each drafted their 14-man squads. After the draft, Antetokounmpo revealed his strategy. Giannis was telling people that his strategy was to pick first time All Stars because he figured they would […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo had a hilarious response to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James picking Anthony Davis in the NBA All-Star draft. It wasn’t surprising at all to see LeBron James draft Anthony Davis considering all of the wild trade speculations in recent weeks, and it will only add to the rumors of […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo selected their All-Star rosters for the All-Star Game coming up next weekend in Charlotte. Upon wrapping up their selections, though, LeBron James proposed a deal to Giannis Antetokounmpo, offering to send Russell Westbrook to Team Giannis in exchange for Ben Simmons. Antetokounmpo accepted, […]

The trade deadline buzzer has sounded and the Los Angeles Lakers have not been able to acquire Anthony Davis. Over the past two weeks, the Lakers have tried to convince the New Orleans Pelicans to let them have AD. They were willing to trade almost the entire team with the hopes that they could pair […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is continuing to show that he’s one of the best entrepreneurs in the business, as he’s just announced a new sneaker during the All-Star Game. First look at the Nike LeBron 16 "Watch The Throne" that @KingJames is rumored to wear during All-Star Weekend in Charlotte. 📸 @J23app pic.twitter.com/RkzNwT6rCT […]