Tag: Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers rookie forward Brandon Ingram, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, left Friday’s 96-89 loss to the Utah Jazz with a sore right knee and did not return. The Lakers said Ingram would be re-evaluated Saturday. The Lakers face the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Sunday. Source: Baxter Holmes […]

Last year’s Warriors were one of the most disappointing superteams of all-time, but some have been even worse.

Jabari Davis and Lang Greene welcome you into their weekly NBA “barbershop discussion” with today’s debut conversation.

The Los Angeles Lakers have exercised their team options for the 2017-18 season on guard D’Angelo Russell and forwards Julius Randle and Larry Nance Jr. The Lakers announced the expected moves Wednesday before their season opener. Russell and Nance were first-round picks in the 2015 draft, while Randle was a first-round pick in 2014. Source: […]

One is a 36-year-old longtime Laker who has been in the league since the turn of the century. The other is 25 but already a journeyman, having played for five different teams in four years. In spite of the odds, both Metta World Peace and Thomas Robinson have made the Lakers’ opening night roster, surviving […]

The Chicago Cubs could break a 108-year championship drought, but which NBA teams have gone the longest without a title?

After talks with team officials on Sunday, China star Yi Jianlian has asked the Los Angeles Lakers for his release, according to league sources. Sources told ESPN.com that with the Lakers facing roster cut-down decisions by Monday at 5 p.m. ET, Yi and his representatives requested that the Lakers let him go to pursue other […]

Jabari Davis forecasts the 2016-17 Most Improved Player race, which is always a tough award to predict.

Eric Pincus on who’s up for rookie-scale extensions, and who can have their third- or fourth-year option picked up.