Los Angeles Lakers

LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony could move up the NBA’s all-time scoring leaders list this season. See which players have the most points in history.

It may be a roster like none other. The Los Angeles Lakers have four of the NBA’s top seven active scorers. The top three leading active rebounders. Three of the top four active leaders in assists. Three of the top five in blocks. Three of the top five in wins. Four of the top six in steals. They could...

Warriors coach Steve Kerr is a curious as any NBA observer to see how former league MVP Russell Westbrook blends with incumbent Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis as part of the latest “Big Three” to chase a championship together in Los Angeles. Kerr was on the visitors’ bench when the Lakers’ star-studded, veteran trio played together for the…

The Los Angeles Lakers spent the summer gutting the roster of a championship contender and restocking it with seasoned NBA talents committed to making an immediate title run together. Now that everybody is in uniform, the Lakers are talking like they’ve got all the time in the world to follow this remarkable experiment from conception to completion. “We’re taking...

Steph Curry, James Harden and LeBron James are among the highest-paid NBA players for the 2021-22 season. See the full top-50 list here.

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LeBron James and Russell Westbrook were on one side. Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving sat on the other. Safe to say there won’t be a better collection of benchwarmers in an NBA game this season. Brooklyn and the Los Angeles Lakers kicked off the league’s preseason schedule Sunday, though did so largely without their biggest names in...

The Lakers quest to win their 18th NBA championship has officially begun. Tuesday marked the beginning of Lakers training camp, and the team’s annual Media Day. Each year a select group of media members assemble to ask questions of all players on the Lakers roster. As the players make their rounds, they do interviews for television, radio, take team...

LeBron James wished there was an NBA version of HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” but which team would fit the best? Here’s a power ranking of potential candidates.

LeBron James has heard the basketball world talking about how the Los Angeles Lakers are too old, and he is laughing — both literally and figuratively. “Some of the memes and some of the jokes have been extremely funny,” James said with a grin Tuesday. At 36 years old, James is on a roster of his peers as he enters…

Former Knicks head coach David Fizdale has joined his hometown Los Angeles Lakers as the lead assistant coach on Frank Vogel’s staff. The Lakers also hired John Lucas III as an assistant coach and named Roger Sancho their head athletic trainer Wednesday. Fizdale was the Memphis Grizzlies’ head coach for 101 games from May 2016 until November 2017, leading them…

The Los Angeles Lakers have traded the rights to Marc Gasol back to the Memphis Grizzlies, where the 36-year-old center spent his first 11 NBA seasons. The Lakers also sent a second-round pick in 2024 and cash to Memphis on Friday in exchange for the draft rights to Chinese big man Wang Zhelin. ESPN then reported the Grizzlies intend to…

DeAndre Jordan is back in Los Angeles, and this time he’ll be chasing a championship from the Staples Center locker room that has a few more trophies in it. The longtime Clippers center signed with the Lakers on Thursday, filling their penultimate roster spot as the 10th 30-something player on the 17-time NBA champions’ remarkably experienced roster. Jordan is...

It’s like they’re looking in a mirror. The Lakers and Dodgers are the two biggest sports teams in Los Angeles. That much is undisputed. Over the years, when one team’s stock was up, the other’s was down. But recently, for the last two years the two franchises have mirrored each other perfectly. For the last three decades, both teams...

Russell Westbrook was a Lakers fan from childhood, and he skipped school to attend their championship parades. After he became close friends with Kobe Bryant, they spoke about the responsibility and honor of playing for this decorated franchise. Yet even after Westbrook became an NBA superstar with the autonomy now available to basketball’s best players, he figured the timing...

Carmelo Anthony realized the time was finally right to join forces with his friend LeBron James. Whether James and the veteran-led Los Angeles Lakers can help Anthony win his first NBA championship remains to be seen. “Most people will say we should have gotten together years ago, early in our career, but we were on two different paths. It just…

The Los Angeles Lakers continue to rebuild their roster around their new superstar trio. After acquiring Russell Westbrook from the Washington Wizards in a draft day trade on Thursday, the Lakers agreed to terms with free agents, Dwight Howard, Trevor Ariza, Kent Bazemor, and Wayne Ellington on Monday. On Tuesday, the team was active again, reportedly agreeing to terms with…

In the words of Mase, “Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.” The Los Angeles Lakers held a reunion on Monday when they agreed to terms with free agents Dwight Howard, Trevor Ariza, Wayne Ellington, and Kent Bazemore. All four players are former Lakers, joining the team for their second stint, and in Howard’s case, his third stint in the...

The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook from the Washington Wizards for three players and this year’s first-round draft pick.

Philip Anschutz has agreed to sell his 27% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to two owners of the Dodgers, according to a published report. Citing unidentified sources, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that the 81-year-old billionaire is selling his stake to Mark Walter and Todd Boehly, two of the Dodgers’ owners. The transaction was first reported by Sportico, a...