Los Angeles Lakers

Byron Scott, head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, cannot see Kobe Bryant, a career-long member of the Los Angeles Lakers, playing for another team other than the Los Angeles Lakers. Well, that’s surprising. In absolutely no way. New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson sent Twitter into a miniature tizzy at the start of [...]

NBA Free agency is approximately nine months away, and yet the Kevin Durant sweepstakes are already underway. This is to say, the rumor mill is alive with speculation. Mostly Stephen A. Smith’s. ESPN’s foremost authority on loud articulation has already alleged that Carmelo Anthony is pitching KD on joining the New York Knicks. He even [...]

Kobe Bryant has no plans to leave the Los Angles Lakers after the 2015-16 season. Sorry, Phil Jackson’s ego. Jackson, who won three titles as Kobe’s coach in Los Angeles and is now president of the New York Knicks, caused quite a stir last Friday when the ‘Bockers officially opened for business, all but predicting [...]

Jeremy Lin did a reddit AMA on Wednesday, and, naturally, he tackled the important questions. Like whether former Los Angeles Lakers teammate is a super genius. It all started when Lin was asked about the funniest teammates he has ever played alongside, to which he responded (h/t HoopsHype): Jeremy, who’s the funniest guy you’ve ever [...]

I grew up amidst the basketball eras of Magic, Bird, and Jordan, when finding a great European player in the NBA was about as rare as the L.A. Clippers making a good draft selection or the playoffs for that matter. I grew up in a time where the Lakers Vlade Divac was literally considered the [...]

Shaquille O’Neal doesn’t think Kobe Bryant, now 37 years old, should stop playing after the 2015-16 season. Does anyone else smell another two-year, $48.5 million extension coming for the Black Mamba? Yeah, me neither. Here’s what Shaq had to say, per John Reid of the Times Picayune: As former teammates, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal [...]

Metta World Peace is a confident man. Maybe too confident. Maybe delusional. The 35-year-old hasn’t played in the NBA since 2013-14, and though he’s interested in returning to the Association, potentially with the Los Angeles Lakers, the odds are against him making any sort of substantive impact for any kind of team—unless, of course, you [...]

Kobe Bryant’s 20th NBA season will begin without delay. Most likely. Rotator cuff surgery in January ended up sidelining the Los Angeles Lakers great for the rest of 2014-15, limiting him to just 35 appearances overall. At the time of his surgery, January 28, the recovery process was supposed to take roughly nine months. If [...]

Remember before, when we decided Pat Riley was an optimist after he called the Miami Heat a championship team? Well, Los Angeles Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell has his level glass half full-ness beat. During an interview with Alex Kennedy of Basketball Insiders, the dual guard essentially guaranteed that the Lakers would make the playoffs next [...]

Metta World Peace and Kobe Bryant are together again. Almost. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the 35-year-old MWP, who hasn’t played in the NBA since 2013-14, looks to be nearing a return to the Los Angeles Lakers: Yahoo Sources: Metta World Peace has begun to work out daily at Lakers’ facility, inching closer to [...]