Lakers

Paul George is the Los Angeles Lakers’ best free-agent recruiter. And he’s not even a Laker. While appearing on 95.7 The Game, NBC Sports Bay Area analyst and former NBA player Kelenna Azubuike said George has “definitely” started recruiting Klay Thompson on behalf of the team he doesn’t yet play for: [tweet https://twitter.com/957thegame/status/879721276742316032] I mean, [...]

Magic Johnson just low-key trashed D’Angelo Russell. The Los Angeles Lakers team president spoke briefly about why he moved the 21-year-old combo guard, and his answer can only be described as a complimentary dis. Here it is, via ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: [tweet https://twitter.com/BaxterHolmes/status/878375870255079424] Oh. Imagine a 21-year-old just two seasons deep into his career playing [...]

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and team president Magic Johnson have a clear goal: Get two superstars to play with their current core. From ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: “There’s just a renewed energy around here,” Pelinka said. “We feel it in the offices every day. We felt through this draft process. I think clearly [...]

The rumor mill keeps churning as we are now less than 48 hours from the 2017 NBA Draft. One of the biggest players in the draft rumor game this year is the Los Angeles Lakers who hold the No. 2 pick and are currently trying to balance their desires in this year’s draft with their [...]

It has been known for months now that Paul George has dreamt of being the next superstar to don a Los Angeles Lakers uniform and has had his sights set on joining them in free agency in 2018. As The Vertical Reporter Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted over the weekend, George has all but told the Pacers [...]

According to a report from former ESPN columnist, Grantland creator and current CEO of The Ringer Bill Simmmons, murmurs are bustling around the league that the Lakers and Suns are trying to work out a trade to swap the No. 2 and No. 4 pick in the draft. Simmons says that he heard that the [...]

Rumors that state LeBron James may leave the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2018 are not just noise. They’re for real. The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor first introduced the chatter after the Cavaliers were bounced by the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. And now, The Vertical’s almighty Adrian Wojnarowski has spoken (via Silver Screen & Roll): “Not [...]

Josh Jackson has been a name that is trending upward in the past weeks as an extremely athletic and gifted 6’8″ player out of the University of Kansas who projects to be an elite defender who can guard multiple positions and the potential to be a 20 point per game scorer down the line. The [...]

What was that about Markelle Fultz, the NBA’s consensus No. 1 pick, only meeting with the Boston Celtics? Though it was initially expected the point guard would only break bread with the owners of the no. 1 pick, it turns out he will be meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers, proprietors of the second overall [...]

LaVar Ball has his reasons for wanting his son, Lonzo Ball, to end up with the Los Angeles Lakers. And those reasons—well, his primary reason—doesn’t say much about the rest of the roster. During an appearance on CSN’s Celtics Talk podcast (h/t For The Win), LaVar cited the Lakers’ lack of incumbent leadership as the impetus [...]