Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
The 9-41 Lakers have now tied for their longest losing streak in franchise history — the 1993-94 Lakers also lost 10 straight games — and this team could break that tie with consecutive loss No. 11 on Tuesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center. “Honestly, it doesn’t really matter,” Lakers icon Kobe Bryant said […]
With an enormous amount of cap space and (Kobe) Bryant no longer in Los Angeles, general manager Mitch Kupchak and company will set their sights on luring superstar Kevin Durant to the Lakers. Although there will be plenty of teams reaching out to Durant this summer, the Lakers may have an advantage. Stephen A. Smith […]
The Lakers have sent Tarik Black to the @DFenders – they play tongiht in El Segundo — Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) January 30, 2016 Source: Eric Pincus of Basketball Insiders on Twitter
Salary cap guru Eric Pincus looks at the best- and worst-case cap projections for each NBA team.
Conferred w/ several league sources: Lakers have “definitely not” made DeAngelo Russell available, view he and Clarkson backcourt of future. Source: Jake Fischer of Sports Illustrated on Twitter
Zach LaVine will be in the 2016 Slam Dunk Contest, but who will the NBA choose as his competition?
Following is a statement from Lakers President and co-owner Jeanie Buss regarding the announcement that Shaquille O’Neal will be honored with a statue at STAPLES Center. The statue will be unveiled on a date yet to be determined during the 2016-17 season: “We look forward to having Shaq join the other legends who have been […]
Kobe Bryant missed his ninth game of his 20th and final season Tuesday, sitting out with a sore right shoulder as his Los Angeles Lakers fell 92-90 to the Dallas Mavericks at Staples Center. Bryant’s right shoulder has bothered him virtually all season and figures to be an issue the rest of the way. It’s […]
The league recently reached out to Larry Nance Jr. about the possibility of his being a participant in this year’s contest, which will be held Feb. 13 during the NBA All-Star Weekend at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Although the league didn’t extend an official invite — it was more of a “feeling out” […]
Dirk (Nowitzki) on Kobe (Bryant): “It’s disappointing that he’s going to hang it up after this year, but I think he deserves this little tour he’s on.” Source: Dwain Price of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Twitter
