Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers have effectively shut down healthy veterans Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov for the rest of the season to give the majority of playing time over the final 15 games to their younger players, sources told ESPN. Deng and Mozgov had each been replaced in the starting lineup and their playing time […]
After having a resurgent season full of productivity and joy, Nick Young will return to a spot that had sparked frustration in past seasons. Young will face reduced playing time off the bench. “It’s nothing. It’s that time of year you want to check out the young guys and evaluate them,” Young said. “I understand […]
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Luke Walton likes (David Nwaba) @dnwaba0’s play thus far. No decision made if Lakers will give him another 10-day, but Luke said he’s earned it Source: Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News on Twitter
The Los Angeles Lakers formally announced Tuesday that former sports agent Rob Pelinka, who famously represented Lakers icon Kobe Bryant, will become the franchise’s new general manager, tasked with helping it emerge from its worst period in history. Pelinka, 47, replaces Mitch Kupchak, the NBA’s longest-tenured general manager, who was fired in late February after […]
Before accepting the Lakers’ four-year, $72 million offer, (Luol) Deng and Miami coach Erik Spoelstra chuckled after telling Deng he would be crazy to decline the Lakers’ offer. “I don’t listen to it,” Deng said of the criticism about his contract. “I know people are on me. I know everybody is talking about it. I […]
“I really liked working with Mitch Kupchak and Jim Buss; they weren’t the problem,” said Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni, the former Knicks coach who resigned as Lakers head coach in April 2014 after two seasons. “When you have a superstar of the magnitude of Kobe (Bryant), and he retires. And…they had tried to make […]
The Lakers have waived guard Jose Calderon, clearing way for Calderon to sign with Golden State, league source tells The Vertical. Source: Shams Charania of The Vertical – Twitter
The trade deadline has come and gone, but it was a preview of deals to come this summer.
The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, so here are this year’s biggest deadline losers.
