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Buoyed by another impressive defensive effort, the Los Angeles Lakers made an energizing run to take a 98-90 lead over the Portland Trail Blazers with 4:42 remaining in the fourth quarter. Then, Darvin Ham put Russell Westbrook back in the game. The move played right into the Blazers’ hands. Chauncey Billups put his hulking center, Jusuf […]

Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James is not falling into the interview trap that reporters could interpret as him bashing his teammate Russell Westbrook. Westbrook has been the talk of the sports world on Sunday after his epic fail doomed the Lakers against the Blazers. With 30 seconds left on the clock and the Lakers leading […]

While LeBron James refused to talk about Russell Westbrook’s bad shot in crunch time that doomed the Los Angeles Lakers against the Portland Trail Blazers, his on-court reaction may provide some hints about his feelings towards the epic fail. To recall, with 30 seconds remaining in the game and the Lakers ahead 102-101, Westbrook surprisingly […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are stuck in the mud this early in the 2022-23 NBA season. They are still winless after three games, the latest of which was a 106-104 loss in front of a home crowd Sunday at the hands of the Portland Trail Blazers. As always whenever the Lakers lose, much of the […]

Russell Westbrook’s second season with the Los Angeles Lakers has been much like his first one, full of struggles and criticisms about his play. With that said, even his former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Anthony Morrow thinks he should leave the team ASAP. Morrow firmly believes Westbrook is still capable of playing at a high […]

Russell Westbrook was facing some tough questions from the press following the Los Angeles Lakers’ disappointing loss against the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. Juan Toscano-Anderson was in the vicinity during the said interview, and the new Lakers recruit could not help but stand up for his embattled teammate right there and then. Toscano-Anderson […]

Gordon Hayward liked a Tweet that suggests he may want a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. A Twitter account called Lakers All Day Everyday posted a screenshot of Hayward’s liked Tweet. Gordon Hayward seems to think the Lakers should trade with the Hornets instead of the Pacers 👀 pic.twitter.com/M0uEc5aKvF — Lakers All Day Everyday (@LADEig) […]

Russell Westbrook has been on the receiving end of a lot of criticism after he went 0-of-11 against the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. Russ has had another rough start to the season, and it isn’t at all surprising that the pitchforks have already been brought out so quickly against the Los Angeles Lakers […]

The Los Angeles Lakers suffered their second straight loss of the new season on Thursday in what was another disappointing performance. The players were in an understandably sour mood after suffering defeat at the hands of their fierce rivals in the Los Angeles Clippers, and it certainly didn’t help that the fans were heckling them […]

If you haven’t heard by now, then here it is: Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook went 0-of-11 from the field in what was a horrendous shooting performance against the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. What you probably haven’t heard as well is the fact that he actually played some pretty outstanding defense on […]

There were a lot of problem areas that stand out when looking at the Los Angeles Lakers’ box score against the Clippers on Thursday. One that jumps off the page is Russell Westbrook’s goose egg in the field goals department. LeBron James was asked about Westbrook’s futile offensive performance during the postgame presser. King James […]

Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers started their season off with a win, defeating LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in the first game at Crypto.com Arena. The talk of the town following the game, however, centered on the struggles of one Russell Westbrook. Westbrook finished his second game of the season with […]

Russell Westbrook’s first two games for the Los Angeles Lakers this season has been a rollercoaster of emotions as always. In the team’s season opener, Westbrook played reasonably well, especially coming off the bench. Many of the good things Westbrook did in Game 1 was also present in their match against the Los Angeles Clippers. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers want Russell Westbrook to come off the bench be an elite role player. That means tightening the screws on defense and putting forth equal effort on both ends, regardless if he’s on or off the ball. They also need him to take, and ideally make, open shots. In Thursday’s home opener […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were able to keep it close against their cross-town rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers, on Thursday night. In the end, however, it was the Clippers who escaped with a victory in the Crypto.com Arena, 103-97. Russell Westbrook got the start for the Lakers in this one, but to say that he […]

There’s been a lot of talk surrounding Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Lakers’ plan to have him come off the bench. It doesn’t sound like Russ is buying in on the notion at all, which has caused quite a ruckus in and around the squad. As expected, Skip Bayless is now having a field […]

It may have just been a preseason game, but the fact that Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham finally decided to have Russell Westbrook come off the bench certainly made all sorts of headlines. Russ himself stated that his hamstring injury may have been indirectly caused by the fact that he came off the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were thoroughly outclassed by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday. They fell behind by as much as 27 and lost 123-109. The fact that these Lakers failed to hang with the defending champions isn’t newsworthy or surprising unto itself. But the ways in which they struggled — and their corresponding postgame […]

Russell Westbrook came out with some contentious comments following the Los Angeles Lakers’ opening-night loss to the Golden State Warriors. The former league MVP pretty much blamed his recent hamstring injury on the fact that he was forced to come off the bench in LA’s preseason matchup against the Sacramento Kings — something that he […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz were heavily linked in trade rumors during the offseason, with the discussions centered around Russell Westbrook and their 2027 and 2029 picks. At some point, LA was even viewed as the potential missing piece to complete the trade that would have sent Donovan Mitchell to the New York […]

The Los Angeles Lakers opened the 2022-23 season with a 123-109 loss to the Golden State Warriors that wasn’t really as close as it looks. The Warriors dominated the proceedings, and ran away with this game in the third quarter after the Lakers stuck around in the first half. Even though they were in this […]

Russell Westbrook was in the starting lineup for the Los Angeles Lakers on opening night, days after leaving the preseason finale against the Sacramento Kings on Friday with a strained hamstring — which, notably, was the first game of his Lakers tenure in which the team asked him to run with the reserves. After Tuesday’s […]

One of the biggest questions facing the Los Angeles Lakers this season was how would Russell Westbrook fit in with the team. All of the news during the offseason has been about how the Lakers wanted to trade Westbrook. However, the Lakers point guard makes so much money, his contract is practically impossible to move. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were rumored to be shopping for a Russell Westbrook trade before the season began. After watching him play in the first half of LA’s opening night tilt against the Golden State Warriors, Charles Barkley believes they need to pull the trigger on the best trade available ASAP. The Hall of Famer […]

After all the offseason talks about Russell Westbrook coming off the bench, the Los Angeles Lakers ended up starting the veteran guard alongside Patrick Beverley in their season opener against th Warriors. Naturally, it raised plenty of eyebrows around the NBA. NBA Twitter particularly showed no mercy to the Lakers as plenty of fans and […]

Much has been made about Russell Westbrook potentially being phased out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ plans and potentially starting off on the bench. At least for opening night, LA is still committing to the Brodie experience. The Lakers announced their starting lineup for their opener against the Golden State Warriors and Russell Westbrook is […]

Kevin Durant is tired of the haters. The Brooklyn Nets superstar recently discussed toxic criticism and its impact on NBA players. “I understand that at certain points where you don’t play well and you are open to criticism when you don’t play well… The dialogue around our game is just so toxic at this point,” […]

Will Russell Westbrook be in the Los Angeles Lakers’ Opening Night starting lineup? According to Patrick Beverley, he will “not come off the bench.” [Russell Westbrook is] not gonna come off the bench,” Beverley said. “We all know that. That was just to try to see how it works with the second unit. I need […]

Relative to the calamity that was the 2021-22 season, the Los Angeles Lakers have high expectations for their 2022-23 campaign, which begins on Tuesday at the Chase Center against the defending champion Golden State Warriors. There’s a new coaching staff, fresh systems on offense and defense, and a younger supporting cast around LeBron James, Anthony […]

Right now, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are hoping to start the new season with a clean slate, particularly on the Russell Westbrook front. Well, maybe a semi-clean slate after what turned out to be a rather disastrous preseason run for the team. With a slew of backcourt additions for the Lakers over […]

Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook are nursing injuries, but they are only minor and aren’t expected to affect their availability in opening night against the Golden State Warriors. James is apparently dealing with a left foot soreness, while Davis continues to recover from the lower back soreness that has […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook made headlines for all the wrong reasons lately after he was accused of rejecting a Patrick Beverley-led huddle during a preseason game. The clip went completely viral — and understandably so — as it put Russ in a bad light with regard to his supposed willingness to work with […]

For the second straight season, the Los Angeles Lakers will battle the Golden State Warriors on NBA opening night. One year ago, the Dubs took down the new-look LakeShow in Los Angeles, 121-114. That game turned out to be somewhat foreshadowing. The Lakers displayed zero chemistry in contrast to the Warriors’ smooth operation, LeBron James […]

For the second straight year, the Los Angeles Lakers experienced an inauspicious preseason. In 2021-22, they lost all six warmup contests in what turned out to be a foreboding glimpse of a disastrous campaign. This time around, now under Darvin Ham, the Lakers scraped out one exhibition victory while sandwiching their 1-5 slate with 30+ […]

Russell Westbrook will be listed as “day-to-day” with left hamstring soreness, according to the Los Angeles Lakers. Westbrook has no structural damage in his hamstring, per Yahoo’s Chris Haynes, though his status for Tuesday’s season opener vs. the Golden State Warriors is up the air. Russell Westbrook (hamstring) and Dennis Schroder (finger) are both “day […]

After a split between the two sides seemed imminent this past summer, the Russell Westbrook-Los Angeles Lakers saga will continue into the 2022-23 NBA season–for now. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported the Lakers’ hope is newly hired head coach Darvin Ham will be able to connect with Westbrook and establish a trusting relationship the 2017 MVP […]

For the majority of his NBA career, Russell Westbrook has only known life as a 34-minute per game starter. However, in the Lakers’ most recent preseason loss to the Sacramento Kings, the 2017 MVP came off the bench for the first time since 2008. The idea of utilizing Westbrook as a second-unit leader was whispered […]

When it was revealed the Los Angeles Lakers were having Russell Westbrook come off the bench in their preseason finale against the Sacramento Kings, many were concerned about the impact of the perceived demotion on Russ. Many also wondered whether it would be a permanent thing, especially since the last few games of the preseason […]

It hasn’t been the smoothest of preseasons for Russell Westbrook in Year two with the Los Angeles Lakers. The All-Star point guard was forced to exit the team’s preseason finale against the Sacramento Kings with an apparent injury. According to NBA insider Shams Charania, Russell Westbrook suffered a hamstring injury after he was seen entering […]