Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
The NBA plans to allow pre-approved designated back-to-back allowances for players who are 35 years old on opening night or have career workloads of 34,000 regular-season minutes or 1,000 regular-season and playoff games combined. Prior to the 2017-18 season, the NBA first implemented a player resting policy (PRP) for all 30 teams. Since 2017, teams […]
NBA win totals odds for the 2023-24 season are featured here. The 2023-24 NBA regular season runs from Oct. 24, 2023, through Apr. 14, 2024. The NBA will hold its inaugural in-season tournament from Nov. 3 to Dec. 9. All games except the final count toward the regular season standings. The 2024 NBA All-Star Game […]
Rui Hachimura has seemingly found a true home with the Los Angeles Lakers. After being traded at the NBA Trade Deadline, the versatile forward really settled into his role. He was even instrumental to their playoff success which catapulted them all the way to the Western Conference Finals. Hachimura is a “Swiss army knife,” in […]
Bleacher Report polled the NBA community on which active players belong in the top 100 entering the 2023-24 season, and let’s just say the top-25 rankings list will surprise a number of fans. Where did 2023 MVP center Joel Embiid end up? How about 2023 NBA Finals MVP center Nikola Jokic? Last week, Bleacher Report released […]
The Los Angeles Lakers signed free agent center Christian Wood to a two-year, $5.7 million contract, according to sources. His new deal includes a $3.036 million player option for 2024-25. Wood, 27, made 17 starts in 67 appearances with the Dallas Mavericks in the 2022-23 season. The 6-foot-10 center averaged 16.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.8 […]
The BetOnline sportsbook has released odds on the first NBA player to receive a flopping technical foul in the 2023-24 season. In July, the NBA Board of Governors approved a rule change that will make flopping a technical foul for the 2023-24 season. When a game official calls a flop, defined by the NBA as “a physical […]
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, 61, tied the knot with stand-up comedian, actor, and radio host Jay Mohr, 53, on Sunday in Malibu, California. The couple married in a small ceremony on a Malibu beach in front of 20 friends and family members. There were not any NBA players or executives in attendance, according […]
A number of NBA records are set to fall as Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is set to enter his 21st season in 2023-24. Five incredible milestones could be reached by the four-time MVP before he celebrates his 39th birthday this December. If the future NBA Hall of Famer plays into his 40s, he […]
Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers super star LeBron James, is older today than LeBron was when he first made his NBA debut. The incoming USC freshman is 18 years and 329 days old. Bronny turns 19 on Oct. 6. On Oct. 29, 2003, LeBron was 18 years and 303 days old […]
Former Los Angeles Lakers coach Byron Scott believes future NBA Hall of Famer LeBron James will have over 40,000 points by the end of his professional playing career, and James could reach this mark next season. When asked by Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson on whether he thinks anyone will ever break James’ scoring record in […]
