Staples Center

Bear with us until the end, Los Angeles Clippers fans. It’s about to seem like Chris Paul, your All-Star point guard, is throwing some shade your way. But he’s not. Paul, though, did say he doesn’t feel like Staples Center has become an adequate home-court advantage for the Clippers, per Dan Woike of the Orange [...]

Historically, the LA Clippers have been one of the worst franchises in all of North American team sports, but their luck changed about 5 years ago. Now, they’re consistently one of the best teams out west. No longer are they the little brother of the Lakers. They are easily the better, more entertaining team and [...]

Everything around Kobe’s final game was pricey. Anyone even remotely associated with him or the team, in just about any capacity, had the opportunity to cash in. Tickets to the game were outrageous and ad prices probably spiked as well. During the game, Staples Center sold a whopping $1.2 million-worth of Kobe Bryant merchandise. That’s [...]

Lakers President and Co-Owner Jeanie Buss released a statement Wednesday announcing that the Lakers will be erecting a statue of Shaquille O’Neal outside of the Staples Center to be unveiled sometime during the 2016-17 season: “We look forward to having Shaq join the other legends who have been honored with statues at STAPLES Center,” Buss [...]

During a difficult season for the L.A. Lakers, the chanting Staples Center crowd has pleaded with Lakers management to, “Bring back Phil!” While I admire Jackson as a coach, probably as much as anyone, you don’t have to fly to Montana to figure out why he won’t come back to the Lakers, not this season. [...]

August 22, 2012 – Rob De France As I donned my gold Kobe Bryant “24” jersey and slipped on my black ‘back-to-back’ 2009-2010 NBA Championship hat, I headed out for the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Tickets in one hand, a beverage in the other, I looked around for my seat. Of course, the Lakers [...]

May 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Back in November, we brought you the very unfortunate news of a toddler who fell from the luxury suite at Staples Center and died as a result. A lawsuit has been filed by the family of this young boy. A lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of the [...]

May 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been very vocal lately about how he feels he has been treated by the Lakers organization. It started with him saying he feels slighted that they never erected a statue for him, but he also went on to vent more frustrations. The Lakers have responded [...]

May 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Lately, it seems like honoring former players with statues appears to be the new thing. But as that trend continues, naturally, you’re going to have many players feel as if they’re being left out. Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who won five world championships as a Los Angeles [...]

November 22, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Going to a professional sports game as a child is such a magical feeling. If you are lucky enough to be watching the game from way up in one of the luxury suites you must feel extra special. Well last night’s Lakers win over the Warriors was marred [...]