Lakers

Paul George has been way more open than most NBA players about his desires in his upcoming free agency and his dream to play for his hometown team: the Los Angeles Lakers. George made this abundantly clear to the Indiana Pacers, but at least did so with enough time for the Pacers to deal George [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers would like LaVar Ball, father of rookie Lonzo Ball, to take it easy on head coach Luke Walton. And that, as of now, is an official statement. According to ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne, Lakers president Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka recently sat down with LaVar in hopes of convincing him [...]

If real-estate investments portend NBA free-agency decisions, LeBron James needs a new poker face. The four-time MVP, who holds a player option for next season, has apparently purchased a mansion in Brentwood California, making it the second one he’s bought in the area, per the Los Angeles Times‘ Neal J. Leiterbeg: LeBron James has made a [...]

With the Los Angeles Lakers on a five-game losing streak, people are searching for unrest—something, anything, that points to a possible change in light of recent struggles. Nothing’s inherently surprising about this. Such stuff is pretty standard practice under the circumstances. It’s doubly pertinent for the Lakers. They play in a huge market. They have [...]

LaVar Ball has some thoughtz and feelz about Lonzo Ball’s thoughtz and feelz about the Los Angeles Lakers’ recent five-game losing streak. Shocking, I know. Here’s what LaVar said, courtesy of SiriusXM NBA Radio: “He’s disgusted, he’s not used to losing like this. The #Lakers should build around Lonzo. Why are they sitting him down [...]

Steve Kerr wasn’t happy following the Golden State Warriors’ matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. Sure, the Dubs won. But it took them an overtime period to do it. And had Brandon Ingram not have missed a couple times down the stretch, or had the Lakers successfully boxed out on a rare [...]

Lonzo Ball has a fan in head coach Doc Rivers. In advance of his team’s victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, the Los Angeles Clippers’ head coach told reporters he has extremely high hopes for Hollywood’s headlining rookie, per Lakers.com’s Mike Trudell: Doc Rivers says he’s very high on @ZO2_: “He’s not (just) [...]

Ready for the non-surprise of the year? Okay, here it goes: LaVar Ball isn’t happy with how the Los Angeles Lakers are coaching his son, Lonzo Ball. Totally shocking, I know. Like, completely out of left field. No one saw this coming. (Note: Everyone saw this coming.) Consider what Papa Ball said, per Bleacher Report’s [...]

If you’re a member of the Los Angeles Lakers and you want to shoot threes during games, head coach Luke Walton is officially going to make you work for it. For now, at least. The Lakers, collectively, are shooting under 30 percent from long range–by far and away the worst mark in league. The Memphis [...]

Mindaugas Kuzminskas was recently waived by the New York Knicks so they could make room for Jokaim Noah’s return from a 20-game suspension that began last season. And while he has yet to find another home, the instant-offense virtuoso could end up with the Los Angeles Lakers. According to ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: The Lakers are [...]