Jordan Clarkson

Jordan Clarkson is just like the rest of us. Meaning? He’s inspired by our new NBA overlord, Stephen Curry. Per Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Times: Steph Curry inspires Clarkson: "He was doubted by everybody coming in the league. Seeing what he’s doing now. It’s amazing." — Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) February 29, 2016 It’s [...]

This is what the Los Angeles Lakers planning for the future feels like. There are no world-beating trade rumors, no wild scenarios in which the Lakers land a superstar while giving up little to no assets. They are a team on the mend, preparing for Kobe Bryant’s retirement, patiently waiting for their young foundation of [...]

Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott is not on the hot seat. Right now, it seems his seat is actually pretty comfortable. Despite coaching the Lakers toward one of the NBA’s worst records, and despite allowing Kobe Bryant to shoot himself into the unflattering history books, and despite doling out insufficient playing time to Los [...]

Kobe Bryant is a realist. Sometimes. And this is one of those times. Although the Black Mamba can be stubborn, if delusional, about his ebbing abilities, the last few years of his career have seen him evolve into a more pensive realist. He’s not about to declare himself a top-10 player, even if he carries [...]

Byron Scott is the head coach of a rebuilding Los Angeles Lakers team that desperately needs its young guns to develop and learn and thrive and form something resembling a foundation for the future. And yet, Scott doesn’t seem to acknowledge that’s the team he’s coaching. A lot of criticism has been thrown Los Angeles’ [...]

The view from the outside of the Los Angeles Lakers is becoming increasingly divergent. That’s what happens when a team loses 116 games in two seasons. It doesn’t matter how many banners they still have hanging, or how much they believe better days are just around the corner. Protracted losing breeds contempt. It doesn’t just [...]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie point guard—Jordan Clarkson—went loose on Wednesday night against the Jazz, as he ended the night with a career high of 22 points, which helped his team pull out a rare road victory with a score of 100-97. And late in the second quarter, Clarkson gave the crowd one hell of a [...]