Lakers

Tuesday night was a good night to be a Lakers fan at the Staples Center as the Lakers trounced the visiting Grizzlies 116-102 behind the third career triple-double of Julius Randle. Although it was a good night for all Lakers fans in attendance, it was especially life altering for one lucky and clutch fan. An [...]

Is Donatas Motiejunas Hollywood-bound? According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne and Marc Stein, the Los Angeles Lakers brought in the seven-footer for a workout just before Christmas: The Los Angeles Lakers have auditioned free-agent big man Donatas Motiejunas within the past week, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN that the Lakers brought Motiejunas in before [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers will have to find a way to carry on without their most valuable player. We’re talking, of course, about Larry Nance Jr. Nance suffered a bone bruise in his left knee, and as relayed by ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes, there is no timetable for his return: Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. will [...]

Two games into his return from a hamstring injury, which spanned 17 of the Brooklyn Nets’ tilts, Jeremy Lin is injured again. Per Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scotto: [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/809181517314457602] Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson informed reporters ahead of the game that Lin was a gametime decision with lower back tightness. He apparently showed up to [...]

Sophomore point guard D’Angelo Russell has given the Los Angeles Lakers and their fans plenty to be happy about this season when he’s healthy. He is playing more freely, the offensive IQ is clearly there, and he’s showing flashes of potential superstardom. All those good vibes don’t change the fact that the Lakers passed on [...]

Phil Jackson is prepared to see through his rebuilding project with the New York Knicks. We’ll let you decide whether that’s a good thing. The Zen Master sat down to talk with ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan, and when asked about the opt-out clause in his contract with the Knicks, he made it clear he isn’t going [...]

So I guess it’s safe to say the Los Angeles Lakers prefer Luke Walton to Byron Scott. Bold, I know. But it’s the truth. The Lakers are above .500, at 4-3, with one of the 12 best net ratings in the NBA. And while it’s still early, Jordan Clarkson says the team wants to continue [...]

During his 20 years in the league, no one seemed to love playing basketball more than Kobe Bryant. Rumor has it that he was always in the gym, working on his game. Even during his prime, he was typically the first guy to arrive, last one to leave. Now that he’s done playing, he’s keeping [...]

It has been 20 years since the Los Angeles Lakers 1986-87 season in which they won 67 games in the regular season and defeated the Boston Celtics in their rubber match of their NBA Finals rivalry to win their fourth championship of the decade. The Lakers have decided the best way to honor that all-time [...]

As D’Angelo Russell transitions into a more prominent leadership role for the Los Angeles Lakers, he will do so with the full faith and support of the retired Kobe Bryant. From ESPN.com’s Baxter Holmes: When asked who he has spoken to about leadership, Lakers second-year point guard D’Angelo Russell told the ESPN game crew, “I [...]