Tag: Los Angeles Lakers

Eric Pincus looks at how NBA teams have used cash in trades over the last two years.

Los Angeles city leaders have declared this Wednesday as “Kobe Bryant Day,” honoring the Los Angeles Lakers icon who played 20 seasons in purple and gold before retiring in April. The honor, which was announced in a statement Monday, falls on a day that commemorates the two jersey numbers that Bryant wore during his Lakers […]

Entering the 2016-17 NBA season, here are some of the position logjams to keep an eye on.

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed forward/center Yi Jianlian, it was announced today by General Manager Mitch Kupchak. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. “We’re excited to have a player of his worldwide accomplishments,” said Kupchak. “We look forward to bringing him to training camp and hopefully having him make an […]

Wait is over for Brandon Ingram: The Los Angeles Lakers will sign the No. 2 overall pick on Tuesday, sources tell The Vertical. Source: Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports on Twitter

”I hear Lakers have a deal with Zach Auguste, who played for the summer league squad, haven’t gotten word on terms.” Source: Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders on Twitter

The Los Angeles Lakers announced today that the team has hired Jud Buechler, Brian Keefe, and Theo Robertson as player development coaches on Head Coach Luke Walton’s staff, joining associate head coach Brian Shaw and assistant coaches Jesse Mermuys and Mark Madsen. Source: NBA.com/Lakers

At the 16th annual Harold and Carole Pump foundation gala over the weekend, (Jordan) Farmar talked about what the players could expect with (Luke) Walton as head coach, who he referred to as “one of my best friends in the world.” “If you don’t know Luke it’s hard to explain, just him, his personality, the […]

Jabari Davis takes a look at some of the NBA players who will be “x-factors” this upcoming season.