Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart has been fined $35,000 for making an obscene gesture towards a game official, it was announced by James Jones, Executive Vice President, Head of Basketball Operations with the NBA.
Former Los Angeles Lakers coach Mark D'Antoni has been nominated for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for the 2026 class. D'Antoni is a new candidate for the Hall of Fame, joining a long list of basketball's greatest teams, coaches and players that are eligible for induction.
Luka Doncic’s first full season with the Los Angeles Lakers has been a success thus far as the team has been one of the best in a loaded Western Conference.
The Los Angeles Lakers could be missing as many as three of head coach JJ Redick's preferred starting five players heading into their Saturday clash against their crosstown rivals, the LA Clippers.
Rich Paul said the long-debated idea of a rivalry between Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony never fully materialized, citing league circumstances rather than individual competition.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
The Los Angeles Lakers are always about their stars and Luka Doncic is next in line to carry on that tradition. After what appeared to be an uncertain future last year, Doncic fell into their lap, thanks to a stunning trade to the Dallas Mavericks.
The Los Angeles Lakers offense was electric on Thursday night against the Utah Jazz. They scored 143 points — their highest point total of the season — behind a 45-point triple-double from Luka Doncic and 28 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds from LeBron James.
Rich Paul pushed back on one of the NBA’s longest-running debates while speaking on the Game Over podcast, offering a blunt assessment of LeBron James’ supposed rivalry with Carmelo Anthony.
The Los Angeles Lakers just got scarcer. So there’d be an urgency to bring in backups. But not today. After a hard-fought win against the Jazz yesterday, the team is going into tomorrow’s game against the LA Clippers even more short-staffed.
The Los Angeles Lakers are feeling merry about the road ahead, while the Los Angeles Clippers have been weighed down with the holiday blues as the cross-town rivals get set to meet in a Clippers home game Saturday at Inglewood, Calif.
The Los Angeles Lakers could be down another starter on Saturday when they face the Los Angeles Clippers. This is after Rui Hachimura popped up on the injury report ahead of the rivalry showdown at Intuit Dome against a 6-21 Clippers side.
The Los Angeles Lakers released their injury report for Saturday’s road game against the L.A. Clippers and Deandre Ayton (left elbow soreness), Austin Reaves (left calf strain) and Gabe Vincent (low back soreness) remain out while Rui Hachimura (right groin soreness) is questionable.
The Los Angeles Lakers are continuing their impressive run this season. Following a high-scoring 143-135 victory over the Utah Jazz, the LA Lakers now sit third in the Western Conference with a 19-7 record.
It's safe to say that the Los Angeles Lakers are in good hands with guard Luka Doncic. Doncic, who the team traded for in February in a shocking deal with the Dallas Mavericks, continues to add his name to the list of Lakers greats, adding another spectacular performance to his growing resume Thursday night against the Utah Jazz.
There's a lot of NBA season left, as the Lakers played just their 26th game of the season Thursday night, earning a win over the Utah Jazz. However, despite the long season ahead, there is a major existential question facing the Lakers that only one man can answer.
In basketball, just like in relationships, communication is key. For the Lakers, hearing what head coach JJ Redick wants to have happen during close games has been an issue.
The Los Angeles Lakers have a well-documented problem on defense. It's gotten so bad, that the team's head coach, JJ Redick, has used choice words to describe his team's effort on the defensive end of the court.
Former 18-time All-Star Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant's place on the list of the greatest NBA players of all time is a hotly contested issue.
Former Tennessee Vols standout Dalton Knecht may be on LeBron James' bad side now. And it has nothing do to with anything Knecht did. Knecht, who is in his second season with the Los Angeles Lakers, was recently sent to the G League after essentially falling out of the rotation in LA.
James has proven this season that he is still capable of playing at a high level, but many fans are concerned that the Los Angeles Lakers star's motivation is starting to wane.
The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off a close 143-135 win over the Utah Jazz. While this is a positive result, Marcus Smart hinted at some problems with the team’s performance.
The Lakers will be without Gabe Vincent again, and yes, it is starting to feel familiar. Los Angeles announced that Vincent has been diagnosed with lower back tightness and will be reevaluated in roughly one week, as relayed by Broderick Turner of The Los Angeles Times.
The Lakers have one of the best records in the league. JJ Redick still isn’t satisfied. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, Redick has made defense a major point of emphasis, calling on the Lakers to lock in earlier and more consistently.