LeBron James Articles - Page 327

On Thursday, Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson made an appearance on SiriusXM Radio to discuss the state of the Lakers franchise and, inevitably, superstar forward LeBron James. In the process, the Hall of Fame point guard turned professional sports executive would tell the radio analysts that the assertions recently made by ESPN senior writer […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James says actor Denzel Washington was a big role model for him growing up as a kid in Akron, Ohio. James’ father walked out on him and his mother, so LeBron didn’t have a father figure to look up to who was close to him. The four-time MVP […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James’ oldest son, LeBron James Jr., is currently in eighth grade and will be playing his high school basketball in Los Angeles next season. Barring a change to the NBA’s rules, James Jr. will have to play one season of college basketball before he enters the NBA. Bronny […]

Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton is slowly learning the kinks of coaching a player of the magnitude of LeBron James, as he recently figured out not to call plays when he has the ball in his hands. “The scouts also have noticed that when James is running the point, he rarely looks toward the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have an 11-9 record after 20 games in the 2018-19 season, the first of four seasons with prized free agent acquisition LeBron James on the team. It’s painfully clear to everyone that for the team to reach its lofty aspirations, James needs the help of another All-Star alongside him. The much […]

LeBron James arrived in Los Angeles with hopes of lifting the Lakers back to prominence, as he did with the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers. In a stacked Western Conference, the Lakers weren’t expected to reign so quick, but their slow start isn’t like anyone expected either. As pointed out by FredSmootBoatParty on Reddit, Los Angeles’ loss […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are already going to be without veteran point guard Rajon Rondo for the foreseeable future as he recovers from surgery on his right hand, so losing second-year guard Lonzo Ball for any extended period of time would be a disaster for the team, according to superstar small forward LeBron James. Lonzo […]

Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball of the Los Angeles Lakers turned a botched dunk by LeBron James into a highlight play for the ages. From the clip posted by SportsCenter, Ball, James, and Kuzma were trying to orchestrate a fastbreak. As they approached the rim, Ball passed it to James who, as always, wanted to […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James wants to share the floor with his oldest son in the NBA one day. James’ son, LeBron James Jr., is in the eighth grade right now. The earliest James Jr. could play in the NBA would be during the 2024-25 season if he only plays one season […]

LeBron James’ return to Cleveland was a success for ESPN. According to Ben Cafardo, Communications Director at ESPN, the Lakers-Cavs game last week averaged 3,764,000 viewers, making it ESPN’s most-watched regular-season game since Christmas 2015. Last week's Thanksgiving Eve @ESPNNBA doubleheader was significant success. @KingJames' return to #Cleveland for Lakers-Cavs averaged 3,764,000 viewers, making it […]

Denver Nuggets owner Josh Kroenke sent Los Angeles Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James a throwback jersey over the summer in an attempt to lure the four-time MVP to come to Denver as a free agent. Kroenke and James are good friends off the court and have even vacationed together in the past. LeBron appreciated Kroenke for […]

The Los Angeles Lakers started the season a little rocky and have somewhat righted the ship. As things currently stand, the Lakers are 11-8, which is good enough for seventh place in the NBA’s Western Conference. And while they have won seven of their last ten games, there is still some kinks to get worked […]

Despite being eight years removed from the infamy of “The Decision,” LeBron James’ unprecedented move to the Miami Heat back in 2010 still remains to be one of the biggest moments in sports history. The Los Angeles Lakers star recently spoke about what went through his mind in the immediate aftermath of his decision to […]

On July 8, 2010, ESPN aired The Decision to 13 million salivating viewers, as Lebron James announced he was — you know — taking his talents to South Beach. Backlash ensued, highlighted by owner Dan Gilbert, who penned a letter calling Lebron a “narcissist” and “coward.” Today, the antonyms of such words; altruistic, heroic, better […]

Since he made numerous eyebrow-raising statements last season, LaVar Ball had been suspiciously quiet during the 2018-19 campaign. On Monday night, the eldest Ball broke this streak and supplied yet another questionable line for the media to eat up. When a reporter from TMZ Sports questioned LaVar Ball on who was better as a teenager, […]

LeBron James is still the best basketball player in the world, but it is still an adjustment for his new teammates to learn how to play with him as Brandon Ingram notes. Ingram told Ryan Ward of ClutchPoints that he and some of his Los Angeles Lakers teammates have fallen into the habit of watching James […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers believes that the team’s unselfishness is creating more bad effects than good ones. Per Ryan Ward of ClutchPoints, James addressed the team’s turnover problems in the last two games. In their 83-90 win over the Utah Jazz, they lost the ball 23 times. James himself had five turnovers. And […]

To say that Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was delighted by Ohio State’s demolishing of the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday night would be an understatement. In fact, the three-time NBA champ was so pumped about the big win, that he went absolutely savage on rookie teammate Moe Wagner. Ohio native James is obviously a […]

JaVale McGee is thankful to LeBron James for lobbying the Los Angeles Lakers to sign him in free agency. Javale Mcgee signed with the Lakers in the summer for the veteran’s minimum worth $2.4 million. The deal is now proving to be a bargain, with the 30-year-old center having a breakout season and averaging a […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Utah Jazz Friday night, Lakers superstar small forward LeBron James told reporters that second-year point guard Lonzo Ball doesn’t realize his greatness yet. Sometimes, Lonzo Ball can lack aggression on offense. LeBron James, Rajon Rondo, and even head coach Luke Walton have all said they want Ball to […]

The Michigan Wolverines were on pace to make it to the College Football Playoff until Urban Meyer’s Ohio State Buckeyes took Jim Harbaugh’s boys to the woodshed on Saturday, with the Buckeyes pounding out a huge 62-39 victory in Columbus. Ohio State’s win gave Buckeyes superfan and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James a reason […]

It’s not a good day to be a Michigan Wolverines fan for obvious reasons. Conversely, it’s an unforgettable one for Ohio State Buckeyes football supporters like Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. In case you haven’t heard, the Wolverines got their behinds whooped big time by Ohio State in Columbus this Saturday to the tune […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ 90-83 grind-it-out win over the Utah Jazz was their eighth victory over the last 10 games. Throughout their resurgence, one thing that has helped their cause, aside from LeBron James’ constant contributions, has been the elevated play of Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram. The two Lakers youngsters’ aggressiveness manifested against the […]

After a slow start to the LeBron James era for the Los Angeles Lakers, the new-look squad led by the three-time NBA champion may be starting to figure things out as the team draws near the 20-game mark in the 2018-19 campaign. On Friday night, the day after the Thanksgiving Day holiday, LeBron and company […]

LeBron James was out in Staples Center doing LeBron James things when the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Utah Jazz Friday night. In one play early in the third quarter, James picked up the ball off a Jazz turnover. With no one else standing in between him and the rim, the four-time Most Valuable Player […]

After five teams and 10 years of playing in the NBA, JaVale McGee has finally become a consistently relevant starter to a playoff team. They say LeBron James makes better players out of his teammates, and the Los Angeles Lakers big man is a living, breathing, and shot-blocking proof of it. JaVale McGee is having […]

LeBron James and the city of Cleveland. Those two entities have been synonymous with each other ever since the Cavs used their first overall pick for James in the 2003 draft. It hasn’t always been a perfect relationship, though it has been mostly fruitful. They’ve had a love-hate relationship from that point. A brief rift […]

The Los Angeles Lakers won the basketball lottery this offseason by signing LeBron James. The best player in the game left the Cleveland Cavaliers after four season to sign with the Lakers long-term, knowing they would need to build to become a championship-level team. The biggest question with LeBron there Los Angeles was who would […]

LeBron James has his Los Angeles Lakers on a roll heading into the Thanksgiving holiday. The Lakers have won six of their last seven games and eight of their last 10, averaging 29.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 0.9 steals, 1.1 blocks and 3.0 three-pointers per game on 53.8 percent shooting from the field and […]

If one could pinpoint a slight weakness in Lakers star LeBron James’ game, it would be his inconsistency in shooting free throws. It also turns out that LeBron has 11 free throw lane violations against the Cavaliers during his Cleveland homecoming. The Action Network’s Rob Perez tweeted out a video detailing James’ lane violations. https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1065491644378750977 […]

With it being his first trip back to Cleveland since joining the Los Angeles Lakers over the summer, the Cavs decided to play a special tribute video for LeBron James during the first quarter of Wednesday night’s game. There were some who thought James would be boo’d once he stepped onto the court. Instead, he […]

It’s not a secret that one of Kyrie Irving’s reasons for demanding a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers last year was because he didn’t want to play under LeBron James’ shadow anymore. It appears that the Lakers star couldn’t care less about it as he says that it’s not his problem if Kyrie didn’t want […]

LeBron James’ return to Cleveland this time was a sweet one. The crowd cheered for him and gave him a warm welcome. The 14-time All-Star and three-time NBA champion was grateful to the Cleveland crowd: James said he really appreciates the fans in Cleveland and all the love they showed him, that he felt the […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers was back in Cleveland facing the Cavaliers. But his return was starkly different from a few years ago. Right after James’ decision of taking his talents to the Miami Heat, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert penned a letter addressed to Cleveland. In it, he promised a championship before LeBron […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is wearing St. Vincent-St. Mary’s colored kicks in his return to face his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. Check out the photo below posted by NBA on ESPN: .@KingJames' kicks showing love to St. Vincent-St. Mary 👌 (via @NBA) pic.twitter.com/0UpH4AoCg3 — NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) November 22, 2018 James […]

LeBron James is back in Cleveland to face the Cavaliers, but he’s once again playing for a different franchise in the Los Angeles Lakers. The crowd that once supported him did not turn their back on him this time. Instead, they were delighted to see him and gave him a standing ovation. LeBron’s return to […]

LeBron James is back in Cleveland Wednesday night to take on the Cavs for the first time as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, and two fans showed up to the game in a half L.A., half Cleveland jersey. The 14-time NBA All-Star signed a four-year deal with the Lakers in July after spending the […]

In the modern NBA, revenge games are a fact of life. Players are constantly changing teams and whenever there is a major change, fans and media circle that player’s “revenge game” on the calendar. A “revenge game” occurs when a player plays a team he previously played on. Revenge games can work both ways. Players […]

Tonight, LeBron James will return to the Quicken Loans Arena for the second time in a different jersey. Tonight, he will face the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. The three-time champion signed a four-year, $153.3 million deal with the Lakers in the summer. Fans, critics, and […]