Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers thought they were entering “The Bubble” more healthy than they’ve been all season. Three days in and they’re already down a man. Lakers’ point guard Rajon Rondo suffered a fractured right thumb during practice on Sunday at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Rondo is expected to undergo surgery as soon as possible and be...

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers will have a gift awaiting them when they arrive in Orlando, Florida on Thursday. Center Dwight Howard, a leading candidate for NBA’s Comeback Player of the Year Award will be there to greet them. After weeks of consternation, Howard announced to CNN’s Don Lemon on Monday that he plans to join the...

Practice facilities in the NBA have been open for a couple of months, with one major element missing from them. No team has had an actual practice yet. Most of the work that has gone on in those buildings during the NBA’s shutdown has been voluntary, and all of it has been of the individual variety — one player working…

JR Smith was not ready to wrap up his 15-year NBA career when he left the Cleveland Cavaliers in late 2018, and the ensuing 20 months were not much fun for the veteran shooter. “I went through a very depressed state for a long time,” Smith said Monday. “I’m a big video gamer, (but) I didn’t even play (NBA) 2K…

The Los Angeles Lakers know one person who won’t be part of their 35-person travel party to Orlando, Florida for the restart of the NBA season. Lakers assistant coach Lionel Hollins was determined a “higher-risk individual due to underlying medical conditions,” according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Broderick Turner of the L.A. Times spoke with an anonymous team...

The Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers have all but guaranteed themselves the top two playoff seeds and face a balancing act when the NBA returns to action. While other teams will be fighting for a postseason berth or playoff seedings when they play the final eight regular season games in Florida, the Lakers and Bucks will be looking to…

Mamba forever. Los Angeles Lakers’ legend Kobe Bryant was named the final cover athlete on Thursday for the basketball video game NBA 2K21. The late Bryant was tragically killed in a helicopter crash in January along with eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. NBA2K21 released two different versions of the cover on their Twitter account including a video...

The sudden suspension of the NBA season was a double disappointment for Anthony Davis. “It happened on my birthday, which is kind of a bummer because I couldn’t do anything,” the Los Angeles Lakers’ seven-time All-Star big man said with a laugh. Davis turned 27 on March 11 when the NBA shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. After a few…

The 2020 NBA champion, if one is crowned, will have emerged as the ultimate winner from a season that lasted more than a full year from start to finish. A season that saw political unrest between the NBA and China, the deaths of David Stern and Kobe Bryant,racial issues across the nation and, if that wasn’t enough, a pandemic. It is a season like none...

J.R. Smith has joined LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers for their championship push. The Lakers announced their long-anticipated signing of Smith as a substitute player Wednesday, the first day allowed under the rules of the NBA’s summer restart. Smith is the Lakers’ roster replacement for Avery Bradley, who cited family reasons last week for his decision not...

The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers will resume play July 30 by facing each other at Walt Disney World Resort, the NBA announced Friday. The game will be the second of what the league has dubbed “seeding games.” The first will be between the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans. Both games will be televised nationally by TNT….

The Los Angeles Lakers will be without a key two-way player when they return to the court in Orlando, Florida next month. Lakers’ guard Avery Bradley has announced that he has opted out of the NBA’s return to play on July 30, and will not rejoin his team later this week in Los Angeles. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was the...

A person with knowledge of the situation says All-Star forward Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets has tested positive for the coronavirus and is quarantining in his native Serbia. Jokic is expected to be back in Denver long before the team leaves for the Disney complex for the restart of the NBA season next month, said the person who spoke…

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently the favorites to win the 2019-20 NBA Championship, but would those odds change if they were without two of their key players? That’s the question that oddsmakers will have to ask themselves if players such as Dwight Howard and Avery Bradley decide not to return when the season resume on July 30. For the…

LeBron James is becoming a leader for social change. On Wednesday, James took another step in his evolution from the world’s greatest basketball player to acclaimed social activist. James announced that he was creating an organization to help increase African American voter registration, turnout, as well as voter education, and voters rights. In an interview with the New York...

Pau Gasol wants to return to the NBA next season but hasn’t ruled out finishing his career in Europe. The 39-year-old Gasol said Tuesday he needs to be playing next season to give himself “a chance” of making it to the Olympics one last time. The Spaniard said he is keeping his options open but going back to the...

The National Basketball Association is at a pivotal moment in their history. On Friday, both the NBA board of governors, and the NBPA approved the 22-team return to play date and format to finish the 2019-20 season. If all goes to plan, the league that was the first major professional sport in the United States to suspend their season; will…

Los Angeles Lakers’ star LeBron James has spoken out about social injustice for years. He is held underneath a microscope as one of the greatest basketball players in the world, but he is quick to remind us he is a human being first and foremost. LeBron has constantly used his platform to shine a light on the evils and indignities…

The NBA board of governors has approved a 22-team plan for restarting the season at the Wide World of Sports complex at Disney World in Orlando, Florida in late July. According to the plan, all 22 teams will play eight regular season games, and possible play-in games for the number 8 and 9 seeds before the playoffs begin. A formal…

It started as a slow drip entering the weekend, but by Tuesday, June 2, each and every one of the ten professional sports teams located in Southern California released public statements in response to the death of George Floyd while in police custody. All of the statements took a stand against racism, and some directly mentioned the protests that spread…