Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
The legal battle to control the Los Angeles Lakers is essentially over as controlling owner Jeanie Buss has removed her brother Jim Buss as a trustee and replaced him with her younger sister Janie Buss, according to documents entered into Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday morning. The court agreed that the three trustees are […]
The Lakers honored Shaq with a statue this week. Here are some thoughts on his career from people who cover the NBA.
Devin Booker scored 70 points against the Boston Celtics and earned a rare place in NBA history.
Eric Pincus lays out some of the basics of the new CBA set to take effect next season.
The Los Angeles Lakers have signed David Nwaba to a multiyear deal after the rookie guard impressed them on a pair of 10-day contracts. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka announced the move on Tuesday, after Nwaba’s second 10-day contract expired. Nwaba was promoted from the Lakers’ D-League affiliate on Feb. 28, and he immediately caught […]
D’Angelo Russell’s 40-point performance could have intriguing implications for the Lakers.
The youngest Los Angeles Laker to ever score at least 40 points in a regular-season game — no small feat, that, considering the franchise’s illustrious history — was quick to point out a key fact underscoring his performance. “We don’t have anything to lose,” D’Angelo Russell, all of 21 years and 24 days old, said […]
The NBA fined two Los Angeles Lakers players and one from the Milwaukee Bucks for an on-court scuffle that broke out during the Bucks’ 107-103 win Friday night at the Staples Center. Bucks center Greg Monroe has been fined $35,000 for shoving Lakers guard Nick Young above the shoulders, the league announced Sunday. Young was […]
(Lakers’ coach Luke) Walton delivered a scathing post-game press conference, criticizing the officiating and calling out Bucks personnel that interfered with the altercation. Luke went full “Hit ‘em Up” after the game. “I’m gonna need an explanation on it because it made no sense to me,” a fuming Walton said when asked for his thoughts […]
Los Angeles Lakers president Jeanie Buss has asked her older brothers Johnny Buss and Jim Buss for assurances they’ll vote for her to remain both the controlling owner and a member of the team’s board of directors for the rest of her life, according to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. The […]
