Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
These six players had personal success this year, but are hoping to take the next step in 2016-17.
Timing is crucial when it comes to trade kickers. Salary cap guru Eric Pincus explains why.
Every player enters free agency in pursuit of a major payday, but some also seek redemption.
Los Angeles Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss says that Phil Jackson, her fiancé and the president of the Knicks, will not be leaving New York to rejoin the Lakers. “No. To visit, yes … but in terms of basketball, he’s committed to New York for many years,” Buss said Monday on ESPN Radio’s Beadle and Shelburne […]
How much money will each NBA team have to spend during this summer’s crazy free agency period?
Brian Shaw will join the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff as Luke Walton’s associate head coach, sources told ESPN. A former Lakers assistant under Phil Jackson, Shaw previously was the head coach of the Denver Nuggets, but he was fired in the middle of the past season. He compiled a 56-85 record in less than […]
The Lakers haven’t enjoyed much success over the last few seasons, but they finally appear to be on the upswing.
Team/player options and qualifying offers must be decided before July. Here’s a complete list.
A piece of the Staples Center game floor specially made for Kobe Bryant’s last game sold for $179,100. The piece, four panels measuring four feet by eight feet each, had Kobe’s former number 8 on it and was signed by Bryant after he scored 60 points in his final game on April 13. Source: Darren […]
No team moved up in the lottery, but the Lakers left New York City probably feeling a bit like lottery winners too. After finishing a dreadful 17-65, the Lakers still were in danger of having to surrender their first-round pick to Philadelphia if it landed outside the top three, due to the protections negotiated into […]
