The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after two NBA seasons, prompting speculation that LeBron James was involved in the decision. Ham’s dismissal comes after the Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Denver Nuggets, the same team that knocked them out of the postseason last year.
In a scathing critique, the outspoken NBA legend Charles Barkley lambasted the NBA media for their reluctance to criticize players for their poor performance.
Anthony Davis saw his offseason begin a lot sooner than he'd have liked, as the Los Angeles Lakers lost in the first round to the Denver Nuggets in five games.
Charles Barkley has urged LeBron James to retire from the NBA “sooner rather than later,” citing the unflattering late-career performances of Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing.
It’s been almost a week since the Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the NBA Playoffs by the Denver Nuggets, and the fallout is still ongoing.
As the Los Angeles Lakers enter into another drama-filled offseason, they have multiple questions to answer. The fate of star LeBron James is up in the air, even if most people do believe that he will ultimately return to Los Angeles next season.
The NBA fined Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell $25,000 on Saturday for verbally abusing a game official. His actions occurred on the court after the Lakers’ season-ending Game 5 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, the league said.
The Lakers officially parted ways with Darvin Ham on Friday and fans agree it was the right move. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA.
The Los Angeles Lakers will look for the 29th head coach in franchise history. The search will be extensive as the Lakers want to avoid looking for another head coach two or three years from now.
Former Los Angeles Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal was one of the most dominant players in NBA history. However, Shaq’s NBA tenure did not come without his struggles shooting free throws.
Former Michigan standout and Los Angeles Lakers draft pick Darius Morris has died at 33, his family announced Saturday. No cause of death was given. TMZ reported Morris' body was found in the Los Angeles area on Thursday.
On Monday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers had their season come to an end when they lost to the Denver Nuggets by a score of 108-106 in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.
This was a rough season for the Lakers, but Jarred Vanderbilt had a particularly bad one where he played so well but found himself too often on the injury report.
ESPN personality Michael Wilbon ripped into LeBron James and Anthony Davis on Friday over the way they handled the end of the Los Angeles Lakers’ season.
A former Los Angeles Lakers player during the Kobe Bryant era has died. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported on Saturday that ex-Lakers guard Darius Morris has died at the age of 33.
The NBA fined Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell $25,000 on Saturday for verbally abusing a game official. His actions occurred on the court after the Lakers’ season-ending Game 5 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, the league said.
With the Los Angeles Lakers out of the playoffs much earlier than anyone in the organization would have liked, they now head into the offseason with multiple questions to answer.
Following their recent NBA playoff elimination, the Los Angeles Lakers are once again in the spotlight for their coaching decisions. After parting ways with their previous coach, the Lakers, known for their dramatic responses to playoff exits, are now reportedly considering a mix of experienced and novel candidates for the position.
Former NBA player and current ESPN analyst JJ Redick has been making waves in the basketball media world, even making a podcast with LeBron James. Recently, Redick’s name has even been thrown around as a potential coaching replacement for Darvin Ham with the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Los Angeles Lakers organization is known to be a family with former players, coaches and executives welcome back to Crypto.com Arena at any time. Anyone who attends a Lakers game is likely to see former players walking the concourse and greeting fans at any point.
It’s a bit of added insult to injury for him, whose season came to an end as a result of that Monday loss
In a scathing critique that reverberated across the NBA landscape, former head coach George Karl minced no words in his assessment of the Los Angeles Lakers, asserting that their only championship victory since the departure of legendary coach Phil Jackson "doesn't count" and highlighting the franchise's instability over the past 15 years.
Here's a look at some of the names under consideration to take over the Lake Show.
It would appear that Ham has admirers around the league.
Darvin Ham is out of L.A. after just two years on the bench.
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