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The Los Angeles Lakers have been a mess over the last two games, and head coach JJ Redick needs to make a change quickly before things spiral out of control. On Monday, the Lakers were outclassed by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 109-80 loss. On Wednesday, things got even worse in a 134-93 drubbing at […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were obliterated by the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, losing by a final score of 134-93. LA has now dropped three of their past four games overall, and they hold a 12-10 record. So, are the Lakers in trouble? There is plenty of time for the Lakers to bounce back, as […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been shaken to their core. On Wednesday night, they suffered their worst loss of the 2024-25 season to this point after the Miami Heat laughed them off Kaseya Center by demolishing them by 41 points, 134-93. For a team that had such high hopes to start the season, especially after […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the most inconsistent teams in the NBA this season. Their first season with JJ Redick as head coach has been a roller coaster, but they hit rock bottom this week. After a lifeless performance in a 109-80 loss to the Minnesota  Timberwolves, the Lakers followed that up […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have lost five out of their last seven games, and they’ve lost four of them by an average of 26 points, their worst stretch of the season so far. Likewise, these embarrassments included Wednesday’s 134-93 banger against the Miami Heat, who demolished the Lakers by 41 points in a game already […]

Before the season, Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said he hoped to get 30 games or so as a sample size before he made any major decisions about the roster. This would be in addition to the 88 games essentially this same roster played together last year. Now, with Jarred Vanderbilt not slated […]

MIAMI – In the reunion between the Miami Heat and LeBron James, the former gets the upper hand Wednesday night as they beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 134-93. Heat star Bam Adebayo had a bounce-back game along with Tyler Herro, who shined from three-point range. Herro would lead the team with 31 points (11 of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ season trajectory has taken a downward turn following a 109-80 blowout loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. Once sitting at a promising 10-4 record, the Lakers now find themselves at 12-9, raising questions about the team’s performance and leadership. Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas has joined the conversation, offering […]

All the good vibes brought forth by the Los Angeles Lakers’ incredible start to the 2024-25 season have to be gone by now especially after their demoralizing 109-80 defeat to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. Facing their fifth game in seven nights, the Lakers came out flat — with LeBron James and Anthony Davis […]

Boston Celtics point guard Jrue Holiday recently joined Paul George on the “Podcast P” show. Known as one of the NBA’s premier perimeter defenders, Holiday reflected on his time with the 2018 New Orleans Pelicans during the discussion. The 6-foot-4 defensive specialist spent seven seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans before becoming an essential contributor […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have so far put together a 12-8 record, a mixed record of quality wins over playoff teams and embarrassing blowouts, mainly due to new coach JJ Redick finally handing over the keys to Anthony Davis, the team’s best player. Moreover, AD has upped his offensive production this season, with career-high averages […]

If the NBA season ended tomorrow, who would be the league’s MVP? Nobody seems to have an answer to this is a question right now. Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, and a few others are in the first tier of players contending for the MVP award, yet each of these candidates faces vast differences. […]

The word “promise” often gets tossed around the Los Angeles Lakers (12-8), mainly in regards to rookie Dalton Knecht, role player Max Christie or new head coach JJ Redick, but there is no mistaking this team’s ultimate goal in 2024-25. The superstar duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis are entrusted to lead the franchise […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the thick of a crowded Western Conference. With a 12-8 record, they are presently sixth in the West. But only four games separate the top seed Oklahoma City Thunder at 15-5 and the No. 10 team, the San Antonio Spurs, at 11-9. Awards, wins, losses, hype and accolades aren’t […]

Los Angeles Lakers fans were hoping for a get-right game against the lowly Utah Jazz (4-16) on Sunday night, but they watched as their squad barely escaped the Delta Center with a 105-104 win. Actually, if not for head coach Will Hardy’s decision to call a timeout in the closing seconds of the contest, it […]

LeBron James delivered with 27 points and 14 assists, playing a crucial role in leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a narrow 105-104 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night. James has the most 25-point, 10-assist games in the 3-point era, while Anthony Davis dominated with 33 points and 11 rebounds. LeBron James […]

The Los Angeles Lakers (11-7) will host the Oklahoma City Thunder (14-4) Friday night at Crypto.com Arena in their final NBA Cup group-stage game. The Lakers, tied with the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs in the West Group B standings at 2-1, are aiming to secure a critical win to advance in the midseason […]

In a series events surely no one could’ve seen coming, the same flawed Los Angeles Lakers roster from the 2023-24 season that started 10-7 has started this season 10-7 (now 11-7 after beating the San Antonio Spurs) — only with a significantly worse point differential. Replacing Darvin Ham with JJ Redick is probably going to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have had plenty of peaks and valleys in their first season with JJ Redick as the head coach, and Tuesday night was one of those low points. The Lakers got crushed on the road by the Phoenix Suns in a 127-100 drubbing in NBA Cup action. This was the first NBA […]

The Lakers have always been an attractive destination for NBA superstars, given the franchise’s big market and decorated history. However, it’s worth noting that the Lakers seem to miss their targeted players these days. Unlike in the past, the Lakers have managed to secure the services of some coveted talents. Here’s a look at the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off a humbling defeat to the Denver Nuggets, with Anthony Davis putting up his worst game of the season in a 127-102 defeat. And now, Davis’ playing status for their Tuesday night NBA Cup contest against the Phoenix Suns appears to be in a bit of doubt. The Purple […]

As we inch closer to Thanksgiving and the holiday season, not much has changed regarding the hierarchy in the race for the NBA’s MVP award. Nikola Jokic and Jayson Tatum continue to battle at the top of the rankings, and Anthony Davis remains inside the top five of the rankings due to his two-way play […]

One of the biggest storylines for the Los Angeles Lakers coming into their Saturday night showdown against the Denver Nuggets was the MVP caliber basketball that Anthony Davis has been playing. The Lakers history with the Nuggets the past couple of seasons has been well-documented With LA coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Orlando […]

In their third straight home game, the Los Angeles Lakers will host the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night. Anthony Davis tops the Lakers’ injury report, which also includes Jaxson Hayes, Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt, among others. Davis is probable with a plantar fasciitis injury that has plagued him throughout the early portion of 2024-2025. […]

Franz Wagner hit a game-winning three-pointer with 2.5 seconds left to give the Orlando Magic a thrilling win over the Los Angeles Lakers last night, but Wagner’s heroics would have been a non-factor had the Lakers, and Anthony Davis, in particular, made a few more free throws in crunch time. With the Lakers up by […]

On Thursday night, it looked as though the Los Angeles Lakers were well on their way to victory lane against the Orlando Magic. With 19 seconds left, the Lakers were up by two, 118-116, and they had possession of the basketball. All they needed was to ice the game with two free throws. But then […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are rolling early in the season, and it’s mostly because of the strong play from Anthony Davis. The Lakers star has been putting up big numbers almost every night, and he’s making an impact on both sides of the floor. Another thing that has helped is Davis staying healthy, but he […]

Things are off to about as bad a start in the Paul George era for the Philadelphia 76ers as was previously conceivable. The team is currently ranked dead last in the abysmal Eastern Conference with a 2-11 record. George, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey have been in and out of the lineup with various maladies. […]

Having two superstars on an NBA team is a great way to increase a team’s chances of winning a championship. However, given the number of recently failed duos, fans can tell that a tournament is never guaranteed. Nonetheless, some duos have defied the odds to capture the elusive ring. Here is a look at 10 […]

The start of the 2024-25 season saw Boston Celtics All-Star Jayson Tatum take the No. 1 spot in the NBA MVP rankings. Then it was Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who seized the top spot, with his team being undefeated. Last week, the spotlight shifted back to Tatum, as his heroics have been the […]

SAN ANTONIO, TX – Basketball is far too nuanced a sport to isolate the reason for a run down to any one factor, but it is becoming rather difficult to ignore the run the Los Angeles Lakers have been on since JJ Redick moved D’Angelo Russell to the bench. The decision came after months of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are 9-4 and at least for the time being, the league’s marquee franchise has the look of a team that knows who they are and knows that they can compete against any team in the NBA. After multiple years of stalled offenses under Frank Vogel and Darvin Ham, the Lakers currently […]

Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers will go head-to-head with the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night. LA is off to an 8-4 start in 2024-25, and Davis is playing at an MVP-caliber level. However, the Lakers star is dealing with an injury. Davis is battling left plantar fasciitis at the moment. The 31-year-old […]

The Los Angeles Lakers pulled off a comeback win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, thanks to hot shooting from Dalton Knecht, LeBron James’ third straight triple-double, and timely buckets from Anthony Davis. Despite riding the bench for a good chunk of the game due to foul trouble, the big man hit two big threes […]

With Christian Wood already out indefinitely as he recovers from knee surgery and now Jaxson Hayes expected to miss at least the next week or so with an ankle sprain, the Los Angeles Lakers must two rely on Christian Koloko to play backup minutes behind Anthony Davis. According to sources with knowledge of the Lakers’ […]

LOS ANGELES – To win a title in the NBA, it takes a lot of sacrifice from every player on the roster all the way from one to 15. After having been a part of the 2020 championship team with the Los Angeles Lakers, Anthony Davis understands the need for sacrifice. The Lakers and head […]

It always seems like Anthony Davis is showing up on the injury report for the Los Angeles Lakers. Although he already missed a game this season, the good news is that Davis is off to a super fast start and has remained healthy over the last year. The bad news is that Davis suffered an […]

The first few weeks of a new NBA season are always a feeling-out period in terms of figuring out who has a legitimate chance of winning the league’s MVP award. Of course, the reigning MVP will always be in the discussion, yet Nikola Jokic was looked over through the first few weeks because of the […]

All too often, NBA coaches will drag their feet on changes to the starting lineup, citing the need for proper sample sizes when in reality, waiting only puts off the inevitable. Only eight games into the season, JJ Redick decided he wasn’t going to wait for data to tell him what he and his coaching […]