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When the Los Angeles Lakers brought Magic Johnson into the fold a few weeks ago, who knows what their long-term intent was. It was evident from the very beginning that Magic wanted an elevated level of control in the team’s front office. He was not bashful about that assertion even though the team never publicly [...]

Lou Williams looks more and more out of place on the Los Angeles Lakers by the day. He’s on the wrong side of 30, he takes touches away from the kiddies by default, and while he hasn’t hurt their tank, his absurd offensive output doesn’t do their top-three protected first-round pick (owed to the Philadelphia [...]

If Magic Johnson has his way, Jim Buss won’t be the Los Angeles Lakers’ Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for much longer. No, seriously, he said as much (kind of) during an appearance on ESPN’s First Take, per the Los Angeles Times’ Tania Ganguli (h/t Silver Screen and Roll): [tweet https://twitter.com/taniaganguli/status/831607998053167104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Don’t worry Lakers fans, I’m [...]

There was an article written on Bleacher Report Monday by NBA writer Brian Boyles which detailed how the Pelicans have failed to effectively build around star forward Anthony Davis, but there was one piece of information that was especially interesting. According to the media group that represents Davis and Westbrook there have been discussions of [...]

It was announced last week that quite possibly the great Los Angeles Laker and the most successful Laker of all-time was returning to the organization in an advisory role. Johnson played 13 seasons for the team, winning 5 NBA championships and 5 Regular Season MVP awards. He has also coached and been involved with the [...]

Are the Los Angeles Lakers feeling strong pangs of buyer’s remorse after signing Timofey Mozgov to a four-year, $64 million deal over the summer? Do they regret giving Luol Deng four years and $72 million? The short answer: Maybe. The longer answer: Most probably. From ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne: As the trade deadline approaches, we’ll hear [...]

As the Los Angeles Lakers re-usher in the Magic Johnson era, they face some tough questions. Chief among those issues is the future of longtime general manager Mitch Kupchak, who doesn’t seem all that popular outside the organization, according to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne: According to sources close to the situation, Magic has already heard from [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers are organically tanking. Or maybe they’re just plain tanking. Injuries to key players have awaited the Lakers this season at every turn. And just when they were starting to reach full strength, D’Angelo Russell suffered multiple knee injuries that are expected to keep him out a couple weeks at minimum, per the Orange [...]

At 35, Jose Calderon doesn’t factor into the rebuilding Los Angeles Lakers’ plans—immediately or otherwise. And while there have been no reports to date that the team is working on buying out the final year of his contract, FOX Sports’ Chris Broussard implied it’s a possibility, and that Calderon could end up with the reigning-champion [...]

After signing a huge, four-year, $64 million contract to join the Lakers this past off-season, Timofey Mozgov hasn’t hasn’t had the sort of impact he or the Lakers had hoped for the first half of the 2016-17 season. He is averaging 8.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in 21.7 minutes per game and hasn’t earned the [...]