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LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in dire straits after tying their worst start in franchise history. Their two wins are tied for the fewest in the entire NBA with the Houston Rockets, a team that likely isn’t complaining about that result like LA is. Amidst the team’s sluggish start, it’s no […]

It may be time for the Los Angeles Lakers to start rethinking their approach to forward LeBron James’ minutes on the court and their overall outlook to the young NBA season, according to ESPN analyst Richard Jefferson. “This is the spot where you say ‘Ok (LeBron James), take a day off,’” Richard Jefferson said in […]

Officially, LeBron James is listed as day-to-day with a left adductor strain. However, NBA guru Shams Charania also reported on Thursday that the Los Angeles Lakers intend to have their superstar sit out their next two games, thereby giving him a total of eight days to rest up and recuperate. That wasn’t all that Shams […]

Former Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah had quite a colorful journey during his time in the NBA. He was once one of the most feared big men in the league, and he had his fair share of on-court battles throughout what was a memorable 13-year career. As it turns out, however, one of Noah’s most […]

LeBron James exited Wednesday’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter with what turned out to be a groin injury. The Los Angeles Lakers have officially listed him as day-to-day, but it has now been revealed that LeBron is going to be sitting out his team’s next two games. The official diagnosis […]

Had it not been for LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers would be in a much worse spot than they are in now. This is the narrative that we have all been hearing of late, and if you actually see LeBron play, it is clear that he’s carrying the burden for his team at a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers lost another game on Wednesday night as they fell to their bitter cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers, 114-101. For his part, LeBron James believes that the defeat had a lot to do with the free-throw shooting disparity between the two sides on the evening. James wasn’t happy about the fact […]

According to Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham, an MRI on Thursday revealed that LeBron James has a strained left adductor. He will be day-to-day moving forward and will be listed as doubtful on the injury report for Friday’s home game against the Sacramento Kings. LeBron left the Lakers’ loss to the Los Angeles […]

At media day in September, Los Angeles Lakers general manager and vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka spoke candidly about the organization’s philosophy when it comes to parlaying their two tradable first-round picks (2027, 2029) to upgrade the present team around LeBron James, who had recently signed a two-year extension ahead of his 20th […]

Kyrie Irving missed his fourth-straight game Wednesday amid his suspension by the Brooklyn Nets. The team suspended Irving for a minimum of five games on Nov. 3 following his repeated refusal to apologize for posts of an antisemitic film, saying the guard is “currently unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets.” Irving apologized on […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was forced to exit Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with an apparent groin issue. James appeared to sustain the injury midway through the fourth quarter of the contest. He was spotted holding his groin area while heading to the tunnel and into the locker room. As Dave […]

LOS ANGELES — Another matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers was penciled in as a win for the Los Angeles Clippers, this time, on Wednesday night with no Kawhi Leonard. LeBron James had himself a spectacular offensive performance, but he was outdone by Clippers star Paul George, who led his team to a ninth straight […]

LeBron James would like the referees to start backing up their words with their whistles. Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ (2-9) 114-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday — their ninth straight L to their Crypto.com Arena co-tenants — LeBron used his postgame media session to criticize the way he’s being officiated. It […]

As if things couldn’t get any more worrisome for the 2-9 Los Angeles Lakers, the ailments keep racking up for LeBron James. Midway through the fourth quarter of his team’s 114-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday — the Lakers’ ninth straight loss to the Clips — LeBron aggravated his groin injury and […]

It looks like gone are the days of LeBron James’ teams being considered as title contenders, especially with Father Time seemingly catching up with the Los Angeles Lakers star in his 20th season in the NBA. The Lakers dropped to 2-9 on the season after losing the Battle of LA on Wednesday. The Purple and […]

Luka Doncic’s 30-point streak may have ended on Wednesday against the Orlando Magic, but the Dallas Mavericks superstar made another kind of history. Even better, not even the likes of LeBron James and Michael Jordan were able to do it. According to NBA History, the Slovenian sensation is only the second player in league history […]

Richard Jefferson isn’t a very big fan of the Los Angeles Lakers right now amid the team’s 2-8 start to the new season. In his mind, their biggest crime is wasting the last few remaining years of LeBron James’ Hall of Fame career. Jefferson isn’t letting LeBron off the hook completely, though. The ESPN analyst […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in disarray; after failing to make substantive changes over the offseason, at least to the degree that some fans might have liked, the team has begun the year 2-8 and dug a pretty decent hole for themselves in a Western Conference that looks pretty unusual all things considered. With fans […]

Los Angeles Lakers billionaire superstar LeBron James has repeatedly vocalized his intentions to own an NBA franchise. A stake in an NFL team could come first. Via his partnership with Fenway Sports Group, LeBron (with his business partner Maverick Carter), has dabbled in sports ownership outside of basketball. Last year, LeBron and Carter became the […]

Elon Musk’s Twitter is already proving to be somewhat problematic, at least when it comes to parody accounts and impersonations. After purchasing a verification badge became an option, the social media platform has seen a massive uptick in parody accounts and users impersonating reporters, attempting to fool everyone on a breaking news story. On Wednesday, […]

Through 10 games, the 2022-23 season for the Los Angeles Lakers — and the 20th season for LeBron James — has literally been a painful experience. Anthony Davis is playing through a sore back that has caused him to miss one game and parts of others. Multiple Lakers have dealt with a non-COVID illness, including […]

While the Los Angeles Lakers have been heavily linked with Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving and Indiana Pacers duo Myles Turner and Buddy Hield in the past, it doesn’t look like they are going to trade for any of them. There have been plenty of calls for Rob Pelinka and co. to make some changes […]

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who played alongside LeBron James with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2018 to 2021, admitted he sometimes finds it hard to watch the Purple and Gold play this 2022-23 season. The Lakers have struggled in their first 10 games of the season. After a 0-5 start, they won back-to-back games against the Denver […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James may be one of the most popular athletes who ever graced our lifetime, but there’s also no denying that he has his fair share of haters as well. The naysayers have followed him throughout his career, and at this point, King James has just gotten used to it. One […]

Right now, LeBron James still needs 1,106 points before he is able to surpass the all-time scoring record of Los Angeles Lakers icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At this point, it feels like it is only inevitable that King James is going to be the all-time scoring leader in the history of the NBA sooner or later. […]

Election day arrived and LeBron James wanted to make sure his voice was heard ahead of people going to the voting booths. The Los Angeles Lakers star tweeted yesterday a video of him endorsing Georgia’s Democratic candidate for Governor Stacey Abrams. “Georgia, waddup!” James started. “LeBron James here. “I just want to say that obviously […]

The LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers dropped to 2-8 on the season Monday night as they lost 139-116 to the surprising Utah Jazz. It was the second time in 2022-23 the Jazz have already beaten the Lakers. Following the defeat, head coach Darvin Ham spoke on three areas his team must improve moving forward. Via […]

One of the biggest rivalries during the early 2010s was that between the Chicago Bulls and the Miami Heat. Before he got injured, Derrick Rose and the Bulls represented one of the biggest threats to LeBron James and his Heat Big 3. As it turns out, however, all these stars nearly joined the same team […]

To say that the Los Angeles Lakers have struggled to start the new season would be a complete understatement at this point. This team has won just two out of the nine games it’s played this year, and their 2-7 record represents one of the worst in the entire NBA. All this is despite the […]

LeBron James has been dealing with lingering foot soreness and a non-COVID illness for over a week now. Despite the ailments, the 37-year-old has not missed a game for the 2-6 Los Angeles Lakers, though he hasn’t quite looked like himself on the court. James is averaging 24.3 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 7.1 assists in […]

After two straight wins against the Denver Nuggets and New Orleans Pelicans, the Los Angeles Lakers have proceeded to drop their next two games to drop to 2-7. In their latest loss, a 114-100 defeat at the hands of the scorching Cleveland Cavaliers, the Lakers managed to keep the game close, even leading by six […]

This is quite easily one of the worst seasons LeBron James has had over his long career. The Los Angeles Lakers star has looked absolutely awful on the floor. There have been many times this season where his play was a big reason for their losses. This isn’t the LeBron that most of us know. […]

With the tragic news of the passing of Takeoff, one of the three members of the hip hop group Migos, there’s been an outpouring of remembrance and support for their work of late. One vocal fan has been Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. After the Lakers’ latest loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, King James […]

After winning two straight games against the Denver Nuggets and New Orleans Pelicans, two teams that made the playoffs last season, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers had high hopes of turning their season around after a rough 0-5 start. However, the schedule gave the Lakers no breaks, as they proceeded to lose to […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis has been dealing with a bad back since the preseason, but it looks like he is on his way to full health. The veteran big man admitted as much when speaking to reporters on Tuesday, noting that his back is improving day by day. With that said, Davis revealed […]

LeBron James had to pick up his jaw off the floor as he watched Kevin Durant lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 98-96 win on the road over the Charlotte Hornets. The Los Angeles Lakers forward is known to watch big-time games on off days and he made sure not to miss the Nets’ showdown […]

Paolo Banchero has been setting records in his first season in the NBA and his latest one puts him in rare company. On Saturday, the Orlando Magic rookie finished with 33 points and 16 rebounds in the team’s 126-123 OT loss to the Sacramento Kings. Despite the loss, Banchero became only the second teenager since […]

There’s simply nobody like LeBron James. To see this man do the things he’s doing at 37 years of age and in his 20th season in the NBA is nothing short of marvelous. So much so, that even his own Los Angeles Lakers teammates have been left in awe of King James’ greatness. Just ask […]

The Los Angeles Lakers may be 2-6 on the season, but Anthony Davis firmly believes that they are still a team to be feared with him, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook leading the way. On Tuesday Davis was asked if he believes opponents get up to face the Purple and Gold. After all, they have […]