Lakers Get Going Amidst Flutter of Controversy
Three games hardly matter over the course of an 82-game season. That is unless the games prior to those three games have left fans feeling like their team is disheartened, uninterested, going through the motions and basically playing at such…
Bill Walton Encouraged Luke to Consider Future After Basketball
The Walton family has been fortunate enough to have two family members make it to the NBA. Bill Walton had an incredible college career, and his success carried into the NBA. Despite his individual accolades, Walton's most memorable moment was…
Jim Cleamons Wants To Coach College Basketball & The Top NBA News
Top Story Lakers' assistant coach Jim Cleamons wants to become the head coach of a college basketball team one day. He currently helps Phil Jackson run the sidelines, but Cleamons has bigger goals in mind. Cleamons says he wants to…
Phil Jackson, Ron Artest, and the Never-Ending Quest for Motivation
I can’t lie: I miss the old Ron Artest. The guy swigging Hennessey at half-time? Sounds like a guy I’d want in my fox-hole. The guy whocan be enraged to the point of starting a brawl in an arena of…
Kobe Still Leading All-Star Voting; Odom, Gasol, Bynum Need Votes
The third All-Star voting returns are in, and it looks very similar to the first two. Lakers' star Kobe Bryant leads the way with 1,391,597 votes, more than any other player in the Western Conference. This continues a recent trend…
Behind Kobe’s 24 Points, Lakers Knock Off Suns, 99-95
Just 24 hours after their 25-point blowout of the Detroit Pistons, the Los Angeles Lakers (24-11) took the court at US Airways Center in Phoenix, Az. to take on Steve Nash and the Suns (14-18). This will be the first…
Pre-Game Report: Lakers @ Suns
Tonight's Starters: Derek Fisher - Steve Nash Kobe Bryant - Vince Carter Ron Artest - Grant Hill Pau Gasol - Channing Frye Andrew Bynum - Robin Lopez The Lakers bounced back from their dreadful loss against the Memphis Grizzlies at…
What Blake Griffin Can Learn From Shannon Brown About the Dunk Contest
As Laker fans, it's hard to forget about the disappointment we felt after Shannon Brown's less-than-thrilling performance in the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest during last year's All Star Weekend in Dallas, Tex. Shannon came into the contest as one of…
NBA Announces 2011 Dunk Contest Contestants & The Top NBA News
Top Story This year's NBA All-Star Weekend will take place in Los Angeles, and the contestants for the dunk contest have been announced. Although fans wanted LeBron James and Shannon Brown to partake in the contest, they should not be disappointed…
Now Playing: Lamar Odom as the NBA’s Most Famous Sixth Man
After three consecutive double-digit losses against the Bucks, Heat and Spurs, Phil Jackson decided he would shake-up the Lakers starting lineup, placing Andrew Bynum in the starting unit and sliding Lamar Odom back into his reserve role. In his first…