The Los Angeles Lakers have started the season with a 7-3 record despite a number of key players missing time due to injury. LeBron James has yet to make his season debut, while Luka Doncic has missed four games and Austin Reaves missing three.
The Los Angeles Lakers continue to roll during the early part of the 2025-26 season despite missing players like LeBron James and Austin Reaves. While James has yet to suit up this season as he works his way back from a sciatica issue, Reaves has missed the Lakers’ past three games due to a groin injury.
“I’ll be honest with you, I did have one moment in that first half when we had a few possessions we couldn’t score against the zone, it’d be great to have LeBron just to throw it to in the high post,” JJ Redick had said after the Lakers’ opening loss to the Warriors, and he might be feeling the same again tonight.
Turns out the Lakers won’t be going 80-2 this season. Even if their win streak wasn’t going to last forever, there were more ceremonious ways for it to end.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The Los Angeles Lakers have started the 2025-26 season looking as good as ever, and without LeBron James in their squad, which has raised eyebrows. Do the purple and gold really need their King back?
Before the Los Angeles Lakers’ road tilt in Atlanta, JJ Redick told reporters he likes where the defense sits through nine games, even with LeBron James sidelined, and circled two fixes for this trip.
Mouhamed Gueye and Zaccharie Risacher combined for 40 points to help the short-handed Atlanta Hawks take a 122-102 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.
The Lakers’ five-game win streak was halted in a blowout 122-102 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. Luka Dončić ended with 22 points, five rebounds and 11 assists but shot 7-17 from the field.
The Los Angeles Lakers looked to keep things rolling as they began a five-game road trip against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. The Lakers were going for their sixth straight win but again had to do so shorthanded with LeBron James, Austin Reaves and others out of the lineup.
While there were a lot of unfair criticisms lobbied his way, one of the more fair — and persistent — critiques of Luka Dončić has been his defense. Throughout his career, Luka’s defense has come under fire time and time again.
The Los Angeles Lakers are on a roll, entering Saturday’s matchup against the Atlanta Hawks riding a five-game winning streak. Their depth around the star trio of Luka Doncic, LeBron James and Austin Reaves has stepped up, which has been necessary with all three missing time with injury early in the season.
The Los Angeles Lakers have been hit by the injury bug early this season as LeBron James has yet to play while Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves have also missed time.
Russell Westbrook is an undisputed future Hall of Famer. So why has he become such a passed-over journeyman in his NBA dotage? The 6-foot-4 UCLA product, 36, spent a year-and-a-half with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers, from 2021-22 through a portion of 2022-23, while on a maximum contract.
An unsung hero for the Los Angeles Lakers so far this season has been Rui Hachimura, who has been a steady source of offense while holding his own defensively.
Some of the luster will be missing Saturday night when the Los Angeles Lakers visit the Atlanta Hawks in a game that will be contested without two marquee stars.
Nick Smith, Jr. was dumped by the Charlotte Hornets this summer. Now on a two-way deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, the 21-year-old could have a big impact this season.
Ahead of the 2025-26 season, the Los Angeles Lakers received a massive update on the projected free agent value of Austin Reaves. On a recent episode of The Ringer's The Zach Lowe Show, The Athletic's Lakers beat reporter Dan Woike informed host Zach Lowe that Reaves was already in line for a major raise.