Lakers

Paul George hasn’t talked to Kobe Bryant about what it would be like to join the Los Angeles Lakers. But it sounds like he’s going to. George made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday night, so naturally, the Lakers chatter came up. Jimmy Kimmel asked him if he’s spoken with Kobe about donning purple and gold, to [...]

LaVar Ball has no doubt his son, Lonzo, will trade in his UCLA jersey for Los Angeles Lakers garb at this June’s draft. Holster your “The lottery is rigged!” takes for another time. This has nothing to do with existing knowledge, and everything to do with LaVar’s commitment to treating his gut feelings as future realities. [...]

How badly does Paul George want to play for the Los Angeles Lakers? So badly, he’s openly spoken about it in the past, according to former teammates. From the Sporting News’ Mitch Lawrence: A SoCal native, he’s been talking about playing for his hometown team, the Lakers, for a long time. He’s never made his long-term [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA over the past week, winning four straight games including beating a 60-win Spurs team and another playoff team in the Memphis Grizzlies. In most cases, finishing what has been a rough season strong would be a good if not great sign [...]

Los Angeles will be playing host to next year’s NBA All-Star Game, and don’t think for a minute Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss isn’t pining for purple and gold to be repped on the floor, at Staples Center, when the 2018 superstar exhibition tips off. During an appearance on a podcast for Forbes Sports Money, Buss [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers no longer have a Buss family power struggle on their hands. Jeanie Buss is the controlling owner, and her brothers, Jim and Johnny, are ditching their hopes of changing that. From the Los Angeles Times‘ Tania Ganguli: The monthlong fight between Jeanie Buss and her brothers, Jim and Johnny, to control the Lakers is over. [...]

Brandon Ingram is 19 years old, but the Los Angeles Lakers are pushing the rookie to carry himself like he’s 29. Head coach Luke Walton has been impressed with the newbie’s consistently gritty efforts. Many of the numbers won’t support it, but Ingram is already good. Though his three-point touch—and perhaps the speed of his release—need some [...]

No wonder DeMarcus Cousins isn’t member of the Los Angeles Lakers. The Sacramento Kings were asking for too much. That’s not the vibe you get from the package they ultimately accepted from the New Orleans Pelicans—Buddy Hield, a top-three protected first-round in this year’s draft, the Philadelphia 76ers’ second-round pick, Langston Galloway and Tyreke Evans. [...]

On the heels of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 139-100 loss to the Houston Rockets Wednesday night, there was much to talk about. There was also a lot of shade that needed to be thrown, apparently. Let’s start with head coach Luke Walton. He was irate, per the Los Angeles Daily News‘ Mark Medina: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina/status/842208257993256960] Okay, [...]

While the Los Angeles Lakers, owners of the NBA’s second-worst record, are already projected to keep this year’s top-three protected first-round pick, they aren’t taking any chances. They’re shutting down both Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov for the rest of the year, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com: The Los Angeles Lakers have effectively shut [...]