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BOSTON — Boston Celtics guard Derrick White somehow has an unfortunate and auspicious dental history. During a showdown with the rival Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night, White lost four front teeth, which were previously dislodged in Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals. The C’s won that game back in June to capture their 18th […]

Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban revealed the glaring issue with the organization’s shocking trade of Luka Doncic. It’s clear that the former majority owner of the Mavs has a much smaller role with the franchise now. And it looks like Cuban had very little say in general manager Nico Harrison’s blockbuster deal that landed […]

When two of the most valuable NBA franchises collide, the hype is always going to be through the roof, but rarely does the action validate all the buzz. It did on Thursday, though. The Los Angeles Lakers (40-21) erased a 13-point deficit in the second half and outlasted the New York Knicks (40-22) in overtime, […]

The last month has been a complete nightmare for the Dallas Mavericks. First, they traded away Luka Doncic, and Anthony Davis came to Dallas as part of the trade. Davis got injured during his first game with the Mavericks. Then, earlier this week, Kyrie Irving went down with an injury. He tore his ACL, and […]

In the aftermath of the NBA trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers have climbed up the Western Conference standings with their new star duo of LeBron James and Luka Doncic. Since the Doncic trade, the Lakers have gone 11-2 and currently hold the No. 2 seed in the West. The Lakers’ rise in the standings […]

While discussing Los Angeles Lakers’ guard Luka Doncic’s future with his new team, NBA analyst Gilbert Arenas seemed to forget about the kind of regular season numbers Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic is having. After Lakers’ Doncic flirted with a triple-double (30 points, 15 assists, and eight rebounds) in a 136-115 win against the New […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA as of late, having won seven consecutive games. With Luka Doncic finding his shot and his rhythm, the Lakers have shot up to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference. The Lakers have another big game on Thursday against the […]

LOS ANGELES – Since the offseason, it’s been no secret that the Los Angeles Lakers were searching for a starting caliber center, even when Anthony Davis was still on the team. Before the blockbuster trade, Davis made it clear that he wanted a center alongside him in the lineup. But with the arrival of Luka […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the biggest stories since trading for Luka Doncic, and it’s been less about the deal and more about how it’s changed their team. The Lakers are now second in the Western Conference, and people are now starting to talk about them possibly making it to the NBA […]

The Los Angeles Lakers put the sports world on its head after finalizing a trade, sending Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Luka Doncic. The deal was rather controversial, but L.A. is now in second place in the Western Conference and looking like a true contender. Meanwhile, the Mavericks are fighting for […]

On Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers continued their winning ways with a home demolition of the New Orleans Pelicans. Both LeBron James and Luka Doncic put up monster numbers in this one, continuing to build chemistry as one of the NBA’s most lethal duos as the season enters its home stretch. Doncic set the […]

On Monday evening, the Dallas Mavericks’ season unofficially came to an end when Kyrie Irving went down with an ACL tear. The injury was the latest in a series of unfortunate events for the Mavericks that began when Nico Harrison thought it would be a good idea to trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles […]

On Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers continued their winning ways with a home victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in blowout fashion. The Lakers controlled this game from the jump, with both Luka Doncic and LeBron James crossing the 30-point plateau en route to the victory. Los Angeles has been on a roll since […]

Some thought it would take the Lakers quite a bit of time to integrate Luka Doncic and turn the Doncic-LeBron James duo into one of the best in the association, but the 26-year-old star has wasted no time reminding everyone why they thought the Lakers were guilty of highway robbery in their trade with the […]

The Luka Doncic trade has been everything the Los Angeles Lakers had hoped it would be and more. On Tuesday night, Doncic kept it rolling for the West’s second-seeded Lakers, dropping 30 points, eight rebounds, and 15 assists in a masterclass that only his stat-sheet stuffing teammate LeBron James could somehow manage to outshine. James […]

Luka Doncic is getting more and more at ease with his new surroundings. While his former team, the Dallas Mavericks, is in shambles amid injuries and losses, he and the Los Angeles Lakers are humming loudly. With their 136-115 demolition job of a victory at home over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night, the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers (38-21) have been one of the most impressive teams in the NBA for a while now, vaulting into second place in the Western Conference standings after winning 12 of their last 14 games. And the crazy thing is, midseason acquisition Luka Doncic is not even consistently playing his best brand of […]

When the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic away to the Los Angeles Lakers, they were criticized by many for this dumbfounding decision. After all, Doncic is a star in the middle of his prime who led the team to the NBA Finals in 2024, and it didn’t make sense for anyone to mess with the […]

The 2025 NBA trade deadline was unlike any other, including for the Washington Wizards. The team overhauled its roster within two days, acquiring new veterans and a bevy of long-term assets in exchange for other veterans and second-round picks. One of the veterans the Wizards gave up was Jonas Valanciunas, who they acquired in a […]

The Los Angeles Clippers saw a bitter rival join another in their own town when Luka Doncic was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers last month. In a move that people in NBA circles still can’t explain, Doncic was traded from the Dallas Mavericks in a package including Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a first […]

The Dallas Mavericks turned heads before the trade deadline after general manager Nico Harrison traded superstar Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, a month later, Kyrie Irving has suffered a torn ACL and is out for the season. Meanwhile, newly acquired Anthony Davis’s return to the lineup hangs in the balance due to […]

When Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving took the Dallas Mavericks to the 2024 NBA Finals, it seemed like this team was set to be the league’s next contending threat for many years to come. Not even a year later, Nico Harrison and the Mavs face a scenario where their championship window has effectively closed, something […]

Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season due to a torn ACL in his left knee. Shortly after the news reports broke, Los Angeles Lakers star, and Kyrie’s former Mavs teammate, Luka Doncic took to social media to share a heartfelt message following Irving’s injury. “You will come back […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the hottest teams in the league over the last few weeks, going from 20-17 to 38-21 overall and in control of the Western Conference’s 2-seed. LeBron James and Luka Doncic have been a great one-two punch, but injury concerns could halt Los Angeles’ momentum on Tuesday night […]

Things went from bad to worse for the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night when they lost Kyrie Irving to a serious-looking knee injury early on in their contest against the Sacramento Kings. Irving, on an aggressive drive to the basket, seemed to bend his knee backwards after planting his left foot, immediately sending him to […]

At 9:12 PM PST, Feb. 1, Shams Charania of ESPN fired off a tweet that sent shockwaves throughout the NBA. Luka Doncic was heading to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis was traded to the Dallas Mavericks. Hilariously, four minutes later, Charania sent another tweet, declaring that the trade was indeed “real,” which only […]

The initial shock of the Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers has finally settled. Still, with such a gargantuan trade, other NBA players are continuing to adapt to the shift. Doncic’s former teammate Quentin Grimes was the latest to provide a response as well as to apparent reports about the Mavericks suggesting […]

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers (38-21) won their sixth-consecutive game on Sunday and currently occupy second place in the Western Conference. The Dallas Mavericks (32-29) sit firmly in the NBA Play-In Tournament danger zone and are still waiting for Anthony Davis to return from an abductor strain. Needless to say, Mavs fans are […]

Just like that, we have about one month left in the 2024-25 NBA season. As every team in the league enters the home stretch of their respective schedules, it has been the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors taking advantage of every opportunity to prove that they are real threats in the NBA power […]

After the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night, it marks their sixth straight win as the duo of LeBron James and Luka Doncic continue to shine. With the Lakers now second in the Western Conference standings, sports analyst Shannon Sharpe gives a bold stance regarding their playoff hopes. As Sharpe […]

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Los Angeles Clippers 108-102 on Sunday night. In a game that came down to the wire, Doncic drained a three to reach 29 points around the three-minute mark in the fourth quarter before things got interesting. Dorian Finney-Smith missed a layup and a put-back off of […]

The fallout from the massive Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade is still taking place, which puts into perspective just how big of a deal that it was. The Mavericks acted quickly and quietly to move off of their young superstar in favor of a defensive anchor in the middle. One of the biggest questions that remained […]

The Los Angeles Lakers rolled to their sixth straight win on Sunday night, picking up a 108-102 win over their crosstown rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers. Luka Doncic starred for the Lakers in this one, but he suffered an injury scare along the way that briefly forced him out of the contest, which led to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are on a roll, as they picked up their sixth straight win on Sunday night with a 108-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. The addition of Luka Doncic ahead of the trade deadline appears to be paying dividends for the Lakers, and the superstar point guard believes the rest of […]

The start of Luka Doncic’s Los Angeles Lakers career wasn’t very convincing. Nonetheless, the entire world knew that it was going to take him some time to find his rhythm after recovering from a calf injury that kept him out for over a month, and now, Doncic appears to be getting back on track in […]

Times are changing for the Los Angeles Lakers. The franchise may have been stuck in neutral ever since they won the championship in 2020, but their trade for Luka Doncic has breathed new life into the team. On Sunday night, the Lakers were once again victorious, moving to 38-21 on the season and into second […]

The Los Angeles Lakers witnessed their first scare involving Luka Doncic since his arrival via trade. The perennial All-Star left the Lakers versus Los Angeles Clippers contest with an injury scare. Doncic trekked to the locker room and started grabbing his right hip/upper leg, per Lakers insider for The Athletic Jovan Buha. Video then surfaced […]

On Sunday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers will host the crosstown rival Los Angeles Clippers in a rematch of Friday night’s game between the two teams, with the Lakers defeating the Clippers in narrow fashion. Sunday’s tilt will mark the fourth and final (regular season) game between the two teams this year, with the Lakers […]

Looking at the last 15 games, the Los Angeles Lakers have held the NBA’s second-best defensive rating behind only the Cleveland Cavaliers, as per the league’s official website. The Lakers have gone 12-3 during the stretch, with LeBron James being a driving catalyst behind the team’s defense. The Lakers’ 106-102 win over the Los Angeles […]