Lakers guard Luka Doncic has been named the NBA’s Player of the Month for the Western Conference, while Celtics wing Jaylen Brown has won the award in the East, the league announced today (Twitter link).
The Lakers started a trend in the preseason with poor third quarter play, which has continued into the regular season. Early in the campaign, Lakers head coach JJ Redick called it out and got it fixed.
The NBA announced that Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic was named Western Conference Player of the Month for January. In 15 games in January, Doncic averaged 34 points, 7.2 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 1.5 steals while shooting 50.6% from the field and 39.2% from 3-point range.
With the NBA trade deadline coming up, much of the discussion surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers has been about potential deals the team can make to improve the roster this season.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
As the Cleveland Cavaliers charge toward an active trade deadline, fans and insiders believe the Los Angeles Lakers could jump in to earn the upgrade they desperately need.
Halfway through the season, the speculation about LeBron James retiring is only growing. The Lakers forward provided mysterious answers, such as it possibly being his last game at Madison Square Garden.
The Lakers are a flawed team. That’s not even a hot take. After an early exit out of the playoffs last season, this team looks headed for a similar, perhaps even identical, path.
Former two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo remains the biggest name circling the NBA Trade Deadline, but the Los Angeles Lakers are not in that race. According to insider Jake Fischer, the Lakers and the Milwaukee Bucks see the market very differently right now.
An issue that has plagued the Los Angeles Lakers all season long has been their third quarters. No matter what strategies head coach JJ Redick has tried to employ, the Lakers have oftentimes come out of halftime flat and not executing.
Seeing how Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has developed as a guard over the last few years is an impressive feat. When he signed on a two-way contract as an undrafted free agent in 2021, Reaves was a hustle, energy guy and eventually earned the respect of former head coach Frank Vogel.
Most of Michael Jordan's most popular sneakers have come in Chicago Bulls colors, but that has not stopped Nike and Jordan Brand from playing to the rivalries in his NBA career.
LeBron James has caught the golf bug late, but he’s fallen deeply in love with the sport. The NBA’s all-time leading scorer first started playing the sport this summer, aged 40, and he’s been obsessed ever since.
Cooper Flagg is starting to look more comfortable in Dallas. After a rough start to his rookie season, he's adjusted to the NBA pace and started showing what he can actually do.
The King may soon be taking up his court elsewhere. The Los Angeles Lakers are “definitively” ready to move on from their superstar forward LeBron James, Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer reported during a livestream on Monday.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers have trended in the right direction in January. They also have more good news on the horizon. Breakout star Austin Reaves is close to returning from his injury at an important time for the Lakers.
After stints with the Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings, defensive-minded forward Jake LaRavia became an unrestricted free agent this past summer and didn't take long to make his decision, signing a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, joining fellow AMR Agency client and friend, Austin Reaves.
Clark joined NBC's pregame broadcast ahead of Sunday night's Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks game and called Doncic "amazing and incredible" before going on to discuss how she could pattern parts of her game after his to improve as she prepares to enter her third WNBA season.