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Now that the Los Angeles Lakers are firmly in play-in tournament territory with a 36-28 record, LeBron James is bluntly voicing his opposition to the concept. “Whoever came up with that shit needs to be fired,” said James on Sunday. “But, whatever.” Following the Lakers’ uninspired 121-114 loss to the Toronto Raptors (27-38) at Staples […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, with LeBron James and Anthony Davis back on the roster, showed off their chemistry and ball movement on Sunday against the Toronto Raptors in a possession that ended with an Andre Drummond slam. Check the Lakers’ ball movement below. It started off with a great read by Davis to kick the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers honored Kobe Bryant’s daughter Gigi with Mambacita gear before their game on Sunday. It would have been Gianna Bryant’s 15th birthday on Saturday. Her mom, Vanessa Bryant, decided to honor her by releasing the Mambacita apparel for the special occasion. Anthony Davis and other Lakers joined in this tribute by wearing […]

After welcoming back LeBron James last Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers now take on the Toronto Raptors at Staples Center this Sunday. With that said, it’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Raptors-Lakers prediction and pick. The Raptors are the 12th seed in the Eastern Conference with a record of 26-38 […]

A Los Angeles Lakers starter out again? Yes, starting point guard Dennis Schröder is out against the Toronto Raptors due to health and safety protocols, according to Jovan Buha of The Athletic. Schröder has been one of the most reliable and consistent players for the Lakers this season. His absence will be felt in Sunday’s […]

The Los Angeles Lakers finally have their stars back, but they’re clearly still not back to full strength. Big man Anthony Davis has been back for the last five games now but even he admitted he’s still in the process of ramping things up. Davis revealed his current health status, via Lakers reporter Mike Trudell: […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James returned to the lineup on Friday against the Sacramento Kings after sitting out six weeks due to a high ankle sprain. His partner-in-crime, Anthony Davis, who just returned to the Lakers after missing significant time himself, apparently found out about James’ return in a pretty peculiar way. According to […]

On Friday, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, semi-fresh off a high ankle sprain, played his first professional basketball game since March 20. Despite what Lakers (36-27) head coach Frank Vogel described as a “very very disappointing” 110-106 loss to the short-handed Sacramento Kings (26-37) at the Staples Center (dropping L.A. to within one game […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James—who has missed the past 20 games with a high right ankle sprain—will return to the court Friday against the Sacramento Kings at Staples Center. The Lakers upgraded LeBron’s status to “available” around 5:45 p.m., shortly before head coach Frank Vogel was set to Zoom with the media. “He’s been […]

Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers haven’t clinched anything yet. Following the team’s third loss in four games — an uninspired and bricky 116-107 drubbing against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday — Anthony Davis isn’t taking anything for granted. “We control our own destiny. We have to start playing with a sense of desperation,” […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are all in with their new frontcourt duo of Anthony Davis and Andre Drummond. At least according to Lakers coach Frank Vogel, who remains 100% confident in his two AD’s as the defending champions try to hurdle through their struggles for the past few weeks. After another tough loss on Wednesday […]

Anthony Davis crashed a few times on Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards. Aside from being on the wrong end of an NBA Top Shot Moment after being posterized by Rui Hachimura, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar also did some off-court crashing after the game after he went and ruined Russell Westbrook’s postgame interview. Via […]

Rui Hachimura just went full yakuza mode and caught a body. His latest victim – Anthony Davis. The Washington Wizards young gun posterized the 2020 champion in their game on Wednesday and left the Los Angeles Lakers superstar on the floor. Check out Rui’s new NBA Top Shot Moment here: Rui Hachimura just put AD […]

The return of the King is imminent. On Monday night, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin included this notable update on the status of LeBron James in his recap following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 114-103 victory over the Orlando Magic. “James could return as soon as this week, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. James has looked ‘strong’ in […]

“Do your sh*t, Dennis.” According to Dennis Schröder, that’s how LeBron James encourages the Los Angeles Lakers point guard to keep his foot on the gas — at all times, ideally, regardless of who’s on the court. On Monday against the Orlando Magic at Amway Center, Schröder did his sh*t, once again, driving the Lakers’ […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard Dennis Schröder is sitting on valuable information. On Monday, after leading L.A. to a 114-103 victory over the Orlando Magic, the point guard claimed to know precisely when LeBron James will make his long-awaited return to the Lakers’ starting lineup. Being a good company man, though, he refused to spill […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson wants us all to know that Anthony Davis balled out on Monday against the Orlando Magic. In just his third game back after missing 30 games due to a calf issue, Davis was out of his minutes restriction and tallied 18 points. The thing is, he needed 15 shots, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a win over the Orlando Magic on Monday, 114-103. Anthony Davis had his best game back since returning from injury and as he discussed LA’s winning effort in his post-game interview, AD could not help but reveal a hilarious text message from Kyle Kuzma prior to the contest. The […]

Getting warmer. The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t set a target date for LeBron James to return to the lineup, and the organization has provided few details on his recovery. Officially, the message was more of the same from Frank Vogel on Monday. In his pregame Zoom with reporters, the coach was asked to give an […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis is one of the best players in the league but that doesn’t mean he goes without criticism. His ability to play on both ends of the floor makes him a guy you don’t want to play against. Charles Oakley criticized Davis for shooting 3-pointers due to his great midrange […]

In 2019, Frank Vogel accepted a lowball, three-year offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. At the time, the unsexy hiring was widely labeled as a stopgap until LeBron James’ USA Basketball teammate, Jason Kidd, took over. Instead, two years later, Vogel is in line for an early, handsome, and deserving raise (and Kidd is a […]

Los Angeles Lakers center Marc Gasol has seen a diminished role in the second half of the 2020-21 season, especially after the arrival of another big man in Andre Drummond. On Saturday night, the Spaniard saw limited action once again in their tilt against the Dallas Mavericks. After the game, Gasol then had a hilarious […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis still needs more time to adjust on the floor after recovering from hi long injury layoff.He admitted that his current condition has affected his shooting from the field after he played in his second game back against the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night, per Ryan Ward of Lakers Nation. […]

For the most part, the Los Angeles Lakers have hung tough since LeBron James sprained his ankle on March 20. They’ve gone 7-11 over the 18 games, all of which besides the last two — both losses to the Dallas Mavericks — came without Anthony Davis. There have been silver linings during this undermanned stretch. […]

It looks like Anthony Davis spent his time on the sidelines watching a lot of game film. As it turns out, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar may have taken a lot of time looking at none other than Stephen Curry. AD busted out his best Steph impersonation with this very impressive scoop layup (h/t the […]

Anthony Davis made his much-awaited return for the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday against the Dallas Mavericks. AD played just 17 minutes though, as the Lakers lost 115-110. With the Lakers taking on the Mavs again on Saturday, LA head coach Frank Vogel revealed that he intends to increase Davis’ minutes limit (h/t Tim MacMahon […]

Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis made his much-anticipated return to the court recently after sustaining a serious, calf injury. Davis was on the sideline for so long that when he played again there was something new with the team – a 6’10, 279-pound addition in the form of Andre Drummond. Davis spoke […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have found themselves in fifth place in the Western Conference after LeBron James and Anthony Davis fell to injury in the middle of the regular season. Luckily for them, Davis is already back in the lineup and once LeBron is healthy, Los Angeles will be good to go in the postseason. […]

Anthony Davis is back. Rusty, no doubt. But back. Following a two-month absence, Davis made his long-awaited return to the Los Angeles Lakers’ starting lineup on Thursday. Davis said he felt “100 percent healthy” on Wednesday, yet Frank Vogel kept his word and capped his workload at 17 first-half minutes in L.A.’s 115-110 loss to […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis finally made his long-awaited return in their game against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. It’s safe to say that Andre Drummond was extremely excited for this day to come. The way he gushed about sharing the court with The Brow as teammates for the first time in the […]

Even with Anthony Davis back in the lineup, Dennis Schroder and the Los Angeles Lakers still succumbed to the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, 115-110. Once owners of the best record in the Western Conference, the reigning champions have dropped all the way to the fifth spot with a 35-24 slate. But as far as Schroder […]

Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis received a rude welcome from Kristaps Porzingis of the Mavs Thursday night, after making his return from a nine-week absence. With AD attempting to work himself back into playing shape, Porzingis posterized the defending big man in a reminder of just how fast the pro game is. Something tells […]

The Dallas Mavericks duo is at it again. Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis dazzled their way into another highlight as the two superstars perfectly linked up for a perfectly executed alley-oop slam against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Late in the second quarter, Doncic found the cutting Porzingis for the massive poster. LUKA LOBS […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis is still shaking off the cobwebs in his first game back from injury versus the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. After missing his first few attempts, AD finally got his name on the board with this smooth-looking jumper. At around the halfway mark of the opening period between Los Angeles […]

Los Angeles Lakers fans are grinning from ear to ear right now. Head coach Frank Vogel, after all, confirmed that superstar Anthony Davis will return to the lineup against the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on Thursday (via Marc Stein of The New York Post). Anthony Davis starts tonight in Dallas, Lakers coach Frank […]

For 15 minutes against the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, and with 14 games left in the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers are expected to welcome back Anthony Davis to the lineup. Frank Vogel confirmed that Anthony Davis, if he has no soreness in the morning, will start tomorrow vs. Dallas and be on […]

The 2020-21 NBA season has been an up-and-down one for the Los Angeles Lakers. One of the league’s hottest teams out the gate, the Lakers slowed down dramatically, even before their two stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis went down to injury. Their role players and supporting cast reflect this: each member of the team […]

Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Anthony Davis spoke to the media on Wednesday following the team’s 14th practice of the season. Davis has remained around the Lakers since re-aggravating his calf/Achilles, but the unannounced Zoom was his first time speaking to reporters in roughly two months. After sitting out the past 30 games, Davis is expected […]

Los Angeles Lakers star forward and Nike athlete Anthony Davis laments the fact the late Kobe Bryant’s partnership with the “Swoosh” has come to an end. Bryant’s contract with Nike ended last week. Recent trademark filings suggest his estate could be preparing for in independent launch. Davis said it was hard learning time ran out […]