The Los Angeles Lakers find themselves severely shorthanded at a critical juncture in the season, facing significant roster challenges just as the regular season winds down.
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Michael Cooper, a five-time NBA champion as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, is now a head coach in college basketball. Cooper has been hired by Cal State Los Angeles, a Division II school, according to Benjamin Royer of The Orange County Register.
LeBron James is 41 years old, playing his 23rd NBA season, and somehow still posting 30-point games. But this Lakers season just took a brutal turn, and now one of his peers is saying enough is enough.
The Los Angeles Lakers are at home on Thursday night as they host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Western Conference showdown. Los Angeles enters Thursday’s game with a 50-28 record after losing on the road to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Jerry West did it all in the NBA. First as a player, then as an executive. But before the legacy, before the logo, there was a flatbed truck and a city that had not bought in yet.
The Los Angeles Lakers will reportedly keep LeBron James out of Tuesday's home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, leaving the team extremely short-handed against the defending NBA champions.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced LeBron James (left foot injury management) has been downgraded to out for Tuesday night’s rematch against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis are no longer teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the two are still very close friends, as they were for their entire tenure together in L.A.
The Los Angeles Lakers are just trying to make it to the finish line at this point, having lost both Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic for at least the regular season, and possibly beyond that, over the weekend.
Mychal Thompson has jokingly suggested that a WWE star may have “cursed” the Lakers, as the team continues to deal with a growing injury crisis at a crucial stage of the season.
With Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves out for the foreseeable future, Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick called upon Luke Kennard to become the team’s new lead guard.
All was going well for the Los Angeles Lakers at the end of March, but then disaster struck in April. The Lakers have seen both Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves suffer injuries that have ruled them out for the rest of the regular season.
Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick may have claimed 50-win seasons in his first two years on the job, but even he will find it hard to make up for the losses of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
The Los Angeles Lakers hit a brutal stretch last Thursday, and the timing could not be worse. Both Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves went down with injuries during a 139-96 blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Los Angeles Lakers took another major hit on Saturday when the team announced guard Austin Reaves will miss the rest of the regular season with a Grade 2 oblique strain.