Historic Box Score: Magic Leads Lakers To Championship In Game 6
For our second edition of historic box scores, we'll take a look back at Magic Johnson's legendary performance against the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1980 NBA Finals. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar--the Lakers' leading scorer and rebounder at the time--badly injured his ankle…
Lakers Nation Reacts: Who Will Represent The Western Conference?
With the Western Conference Finals underway, we asked Lakers Nation who would represent the west in the Finals, the Memphis Grizzlies or San Antonio Spurs. Memphis got to the WCF after beating the Clippers and Thunder, while the Spurs defeated…
Kobe Tweets Response to Retirement Questions After Announcement
There was a lot of hype heading into the Sports Spectacular event on Sunday night. While it wasn't expected to be much of a splash, rumors started circulating (none of which had much credence) that Bryant was announcing his retirement.…
Kobe Announces Sports Spectacular Partnership To Fight Homelessness
During the Sports Spectacular event on Sunday night, Kobe announced (via remote video) that he was teaming up with Sports Spectacular to help eradicate homelessness. Kobe, who's been fighting homelessness in Los Angeles along with his wife and the Kobe…
Kobe Bryant Involved In Sports Spectacular Livestream Event
Last night on his Facebook page, Kobe announced that he would be making a surprise announcement tonight. The link he shared was to a Livestream event called Sports Spectacular, which was first established back in 1986. Sports Spectacular's Facebook page…
Dwight Howard Not Close To Final Decision Despite Lakers’ Wishes
During his exit interview at the end of the postseason, Dwight Howard stated that he intended to take his time to make his final decision on where he will play next season. So far, Howard hasn't strayed from that train…
Lakers Rumors & News: Kobe Plans Special Announcement on Faecbook
After suffering the season-ending Achilles injury, Kobe Bryant had to take some serious thought about which direction to take moving forward. With Kobe considering retirement once his contract expires with the Los Angeles Lakers next season, many seem to believe…
Lakers Rumors: Dwight Howard Leaning Towards Houston Rockets?
It's been a quiet off-season so far for the Lakers in terms of personnel changes. While there have been plenty of ideas thrown out by various media outlets, actual rumors coming from the teams themselves have been quiet. The league…
Pau Gasol Tweets Updates For Western Conference Finals Game 1
With his brother involved in the Western Conference Finals, Lakers forward Pau Gasol has been on Twitter talking about what's going on with Marc's Grizzlies. Today was no exception, as Marc and the Grizzlies played in their very first Western…
Phil Jackson Recalls Kobe Bryant’s First Words to Michael Jordan
All the excerpts from Phil Jackson's newest book, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success, have been rather fascinating so far. Whether it's Jackson talking about the similarities and differences between his championship teams or the comparisons made between Kobe Bryant…
