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Brazilian soccer sensation Neymar Jr. paid homage to some of his favorite basketball players with a mural painted next to his own basketball court. Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are among the faces featured, as well as Hall of Fame forward Scottie Pippen and current stars like Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond […]

If there was one takeaway from Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James’ comments following his team’s loss to the Washington Wizards, it’s that he doesn’t want any rest. The Lakers squandered a double-digit lead against the Wizards, forced overtime, and then lost in the extra session, 127-124, their third straight defeat and fourth in their […]

The Washington Wizards were able to overtake the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime on Monday, extending their winning streak to five games. Despite Washington’s improved play recently, Beal shared his reaction to the team’s five-game winning streak, via The Athletic’s Fred Katz. Bradley Beal on how five straight wins feels: "Different. It feels different. It […]

The Washington Wizards were able to pull out a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime on Monday and Rui Hachimura is beginning to show his horns as a defensive demon. Following Monday’s win over the Lakers, Hachimura revealed what has led him to give more effort to improve on defense of late, via […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James claimed he doesn’t feel the need to take part in load management even after figuring in several tight contests amid the absence of Anthony Davis. The four-time NBA MVP wanted to make a statement that he can still go hard and endure the long season at age 36. In […]

Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James has been forced to overcome a heavy workload since the absence of Anthony Davis. Despite this, head coach Frank Vogel believes that James will be able to power through. Per Bill Oram of The Athletic, Vogel doesn’t seem too bothered that James played over 40 minutes again in […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James took matters into his own hands by jacking up a 37-foot 3-pointer against the Washington Wizards on Monday. It was a chance to tie and send the game to another overtime. However, what LA got was another L instead. With no timeouts left, James casually rose up from way […]

Bradley Beal just put on a clutch clinic in the Washington Wizards’ visit to Staples Center. Beal scored six of the Wizards’ 12 points in overtime, including a huge floater to ice the game against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, 127-124. Don’t look now but the Wizards, who got laughed at by almost […]

Is this reality? Washington Wizards star Russell Westbrook just called game over the Los Angeles Lakers. The former MVP slithered his way past LeBron James himself to score the game-winning bucket plus the foul and seal the overtime win, 127-124. https://twitter.com/LegionHoops/status/1364089727473704963?s=20 The Wizards are now on a scorching hot 5-game win streak, with massive victories […]

On the quest to repeat following an abbreviated offseason, the two interrelated priorities for the 2020-21 Los Angeles Lakers have been, understandably, since the first day of training camp, health and playoffs. Yet, one month ago, the Lakers looked on their way to repeating as the Western Conference’s no. 1 seed, too. In late January, […]

Perhaps even more relevant than the recent firing of Ryan Saunders is the fact that the Minnesota Timberwolves organization glossed over current assistant coach David Vanterpool for the newly-opened post. Personalities from around the league have had their say about the matter, with the latest being none other than Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. […]

NBA Top Shot has become a popular trend among fans of basketball recently and there were records broken on the site on Monday. With LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers being among the most popular players, one of his moments on NBA Top Shot sold for a record-breaking $208,000. 👑ALL HAIL THE KING👑@YoDough scooped […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma doesn’t think the final seedings will be too important come playoffs time. According to the 25-year-old, times have changed and the implications of regular-season rankings no longer weigh as heavily as it did in years past. In his mind, Kuzma believes seedings don’t really matter much at this point: […]

The Los Angeles Lakers came up short of beating the Miami Heat in a rematch of last year’s NBA Finals on Saturday following a last-second miss from Alex Caruso. After the game, LeBron James shared what he didn’t like about Caruso’s potential game-tying shot: “I think the only bad thing about it is that he […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are encountering roadblocks along the way as they continue to miss the services of star big man Anthony Davis for the eighth time this season. LeBron James admitted that it hasn’t been easy but he is stepping up to the challenge to lead his team to win games even without the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had a tall task of defending home court without star big man Anthony Davis in a rematch of the 2020 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. Erik Spoelstra’s squad managed to stick around with their counterparts but had a costly inbounds error with 8.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter which […]

As March fast approaches and the first half of the NBA season nearing its close, Anthony Davis’ injury may not be the biggest problem the Los Angeles Lakers are facing. On Saturday night, the defending champions were once again frost-bitten by their frigid 3-point shooting in a 96-94 loss to the Miami Heat in the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers nearly pulled off the late game comeback against the Miami Heat after LeBron James’ clutch steal led to a potential game-tying buzzer-beat from Alex Caruso. Unfortunately, Caruso’s jumper from the right wing clanked the front of the rim and Miami survived to win, 96-94. Watch the frantic finish to end the […]

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo gave Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James a dose of his own medicine during their 2020 NBA Finals rematch on Saturday night. Midway through the fourth quarter, James thought he had a clear lane to the basket until Adebayo came from behind and swatted away The King’s layup attempt. Watch […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was sharing the wealth early on against the Miami Heat, and it resulted in a buzzer-beating trey for Marc Gasol at halftime. After Wesley Matthews’ own trey went in-and-out, the reigning champions got another chance courtesy of an offensive rebound from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. The King made sure KCP’s effort […]

Saturday night will feature a rematch of last season’s Finals as the Los Angeles Lakers host the Miami Heat in the STAPLES Center. For Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, the contest presents itself as an opportunity to look back on LeBron James’ glory days in Miami. Spoelstra spoke highly of LeBron, particularly about the four-time […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum had an interesting reaction to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James attempting (and miserably failing) a Damian Lillard-type logo shot. McCollum has been taking a bit of heat for allegedly throwing shade at LeBron for his botched attempt, which the former has decided to address in a recent interview. […]

At this stage of LeBron James’ storied career, winning an MVP isn’t simply about making a statement in the present. It’s about making history. Another trophy would tie James with Michael Jordan and Bill Russell in regular-season MVPs (five) and place him one behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most MVPs in NBA history. Speaking of Abdul-Jabbar […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has been watching a lot of basketball lately as he remains out due to a fracture in his left foot. He poked fun of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James after the four-time MVP badly missed on an airball from the logo during their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves […]

The entire basketball world witnessed Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards punch his official entry to the dunk of the 2020-21 season, including Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. In case you missed it, Edwards caught the body of Toronto Raptors forward Yuta Watanabe that sent social media into a frenzy. Anthony Edwards just caught a […]

The concept of defying Father Time has been strongly associated with Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. The 36-year-old wonder, after all, continues to play at an elite level even in his 18th season in the league. While The King definitely deserves that recognition, his former teammate Dwyane Wade suggested that more people should also […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James recently became only the third player in NBA history to join the prestigious 35,000 career points club. While that astonishing accomplishment is already quite the feat itself, Metta World Peace believes The King can score about 5,000 points more before he hangs up his sneakers for good. The retired […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James made history on Thursday night, becoming just the third player in NBA history to reach the 35,000-point milestone. Now standing at 35,017 career points following their 109-98 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, James trails only Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Despite the loss, […]

Larry Nance Jr. has already had a hell of an NBA life in his first six years, the last four of which have come with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played with two legends in Kobe Bryant on the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James on the Cavs within three seasons. In his first year, Nance […]

There were definitely a ton of storylines heading into the marquee match-up between the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, wherein the Nets came out as 11-point victors. Aside from the obvious potential NBA Finals preview this game brought, it also marked another clash between former teammates Kyrie Irving and LeBron […]

Based on the way they played at Staples Center on Thursday, the Brooklyn Nets clearly looked forward to facing the Los Angeles Lakers. Nets guard Kyrie Irving admitted as much after their 109-98 win over the Lakers but added that they wanted to face LeBron James and the defending champions at full strength. He also […]

It was back to the drawing board immediately for LeBron James and Anthony Davis after the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Brooklyn Nets, 109-98 at Staples Center on Thursday. With the game already decided with three minutes still left in the game, cameras caught LeBron and AD talking shop about a possible strategy against […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel revealed that superstar big Anthony Davis was re-evaluated by team doctors on Thursday night and will be out for “four weeks.” Notably — or optically, as to lessen the blow of the news — Vogel referred to Davis’ injury as a “calf strain” rather than an Achilles injury […]

Kyrie Irving had LeBron James looking for a map on Thursday. The Brooklyn Nets superstar bamboozled the hell out of his former teammate after a ball fake that had ‘The King’ spinning in confusion. Irving then spun around again and made a sweet fadeaway jumper as the Nets blew out the defending champions at home. […]

Kyrie Irving had the perfect response to LeBron James missing a technical free throw in the opening quarter of the Brooklyn Nets vs. Los Angeles Lakers game on Thursday. Irving, who was upgraded to available just before tip-off, dished out some classic trash talk against his buddy who stepped up to the charity stripe for […]

In tonight’s matchup against the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James became the third player in NBA history to reach 35,000 points. The accomplishment came as James stepped onto the free-throw line late second quarter. With this free throw, LeBron James becomes the 3rd player in NBA history to reach 35,000 career points, […]

Now that the player votes for this year’s NBA All-Star Game have been officially tallied, the usual suspects for the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in the top two spots for votes. LeBron James, who’s set to start for a record-breaking 17th straight time this coming March 7, got the most player votes with a […]

The NBA announced the starting fives for the 2021 All-Star Game on Thursday, with LeBron James and Kevin Durant leading the pack. James has been a leading vote-getter in each of the last three seasons, and will once again serve as a captain this year despite past grievances about the league holding All-Star festivities. Durant, […]

The basketball world will be focused on Staples Center on Thursday, as the Los Angeles Lakers (22-7) host the Brooklyn Nets (18-12) in one of the marquee matchups of the 2020-21 NBA season (1o p.m. ET on TNT). It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Nets-Lakers prediction and pick. Despite the unfortunate […]