After the Lakers’ last practice before their playoff series begins Saturday night, LeBron James praised Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, calling him “one of the best players to ever play this game.” “He does everything. Does everything. The most important thing is he changes the way his teammates think about their own play,” James said. “When you're able to inspire your teammates to play at a level that sometimes they don't even feel like they can play at, that's the true testament of a great...
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The future of Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham has been the subject of considerable speculation -- almost since the franchise hired him to replace Frank Vogel in June 2022. Ham guided the Lakers to the Western Conference Finals last season and the inaugural NBA Cup this season, but LA's inconsistency over the past two years on the whole has proven frustrating to their millions of followers around the globe. Ham's relationship with...
As a rising crop of young stars lead their teams into the NBA postseason, the league’s old guard are thriving past their sell-by dates – and none more than the Lakers’ ageless superstarThe second-youngest team in the NBA, the Oklahoma City Thunder, just clinched the top seed in a feverishly competitive Western Conference. A Minnesota Timberwolves squad, led by 22-year-old phenom Anthony Edwards, are hot on their tails. But on the bottom end of the bracket, and the other end of the age spectrum,...
On Friday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers are playing the Memphis Grizzlies
The King says it stings to have never won Defensive Player of the Year.
The Los Angeles Lakers led the Denver Nuggets by 20 points in the second half but couldn't close the defending NBA champions out en route to a 101-99 road
The Los Angeles Lakers star blocked the Denver Nuggets guard with 9:35
Here are five takeaways from the Lakers’ 114-103 loss in Game 1 of their first-round playoff matchup with the Denver Nuggets. One of the simplest ways the Lakers could turn around their fate from their multiseason struggles with the Nuggets would be for LeBron James and Anthony Davis, together, to outplay Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. Saturday in Game 1, the Lakers’ stars combined for 59 points on 56.4% shooting from the field while grabbing 20 rebounds and dishing out 13 assists. Jokic and...
Skip Bayless is often accused of being a LeBron James hater, but he may
Your eyes would tell you quickly. The Lakers, at their very best this season, have received the kind of all-around dominance from LeBron James that made him the best player in the league — a surefire ticket to the end when winning mattered most. But with 39 years on his bones and 21 seasons worth of mileage on his legs, James has had to pick his spots. On the nights when James has been able to play with his foot on the gas on both ends of the court, the Lakers have been as difficult to beat as...
The NBA endorsed the calls made by officials during the final two minutes of the Lakers' 101-99 playoff loss to the Nuggets on Tuesday night. LeBron James and the Lakers, who led by as many as 20 points in the third quarter, complained shortly after losing on a buzzer-beating shot by Denver's Jamal Murray and falling behind 2-0 in the Western Conference playoff series. In the two-minute report the league issues assessing officiating decisions made late in games, the sole error the NBA flagged...