Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball has a minor left-knee sprain after the rookie underwent an MRI, the team said Sunday. Ball is questionable for Monday’s game against the Grizzlies. Ball woke up feeling soreness in the knee on Sunday, and the team sent the No. 2 overall pick to undergo an MRI in […]
David Yapkowitz breaks down possible trade deadline moves in the Pacific Division.
After planning to sign Jamil Wilson to a 10-day contract, the Los Angeles Lakers changed course and won’t complete a deal with the free-agent forward, league sources told ESPN. The Lakers reneged on the deal Wednesday after a TMZ report surfaced that a woman had filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court alleging […]
The 2018 NBA Trade Deadline is less than a month away. Will there be any real movement?
Rookie forward Kyle Kuzma came to Luke Walton’s defense on Monday, saying that the Los Angeles Lakers stand by their head coach. Kuzma said the narrative out there that the team had quit on Walton was “upsetting.” LaVar Ball told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman that Walton had lost control of the team and “they don’t want […]
The Los Angeles Lakers have requested waivers on center Andrew Bogut, the team announced Saturday. The Lakers waived Bogut ahead of the deadline, meaning the team would have to guarantee the center’s contract for the remainder of the season. The move allows the Lakers roster flexibility to look at other prospects and potential 10-day contracts […]
Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is being released from the Seal Beach Detention Center on Monday morning and would be permitted to travel with the team outside of California, league sources tell ESPN. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard is near the conclusion of a 25-day sentence for a probation violation that originally occurred from an arrest in […]
Point guard Lonzo Ball went through his first full-contact practice since injuring his left shoulder nearly two weeks ago and is hopeful that the Los Angeles Lakers will clear him to play Friday against the Charlotte Hornets. The rookie said his bruised shoulder still is less than 100 percent but noted that will be the […]
With the NBA season slipping away for several teams, the trade season could prove to be fairly active.
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George said Wednesday that the Indiana Pacers suspected his relationship with Los Angeles Lakers associate head coach Brian Shaw constituted tampering over the summer, but the NBA’s investigation found no evidence of tampering by Shaw, multiple sources told ESPN. “They thought it was tampering,” George said after the Thunder shootaround before their game in Los Angeles (10:30 […]
