The Los Angeles Lakers are right to tread lightly with Kobe Bryant's status. The 35-year-old has yet to play in a game this season while he recovers from an Achilles injury. Every time it seems we get closer to the Black ... (Continue reading)
The Los Angeles Lakers are right to tread lightly with Kobe Bryant's status. The 35-year-old has yet to play in a game this season while he recovers from an Achilles injury. Every time it seems we get closer to the Black ... (Continue reading)
Los Angeles Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni was forced to insert Jordan Hill into the team's starting lineup after an embarrassing loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on November 10 in which the purple and gold surrendered 47 points in the first ... (Continue reading)
Los Angeles Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni was forced to insert Jordan Hill into the team's starting lineup after an embarrassing loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on November 10 in which the purple and gold surrendered 47 points in the first ... (Continue reading)
You might as well take an extended vacation, NBA Defensive Player of the Year award voters, because your services will not be required this year. Los Angeles Lakers swingman Nick Young took a charge on Detroit Pistons forward Josh Smith with ... (Continue reading)
You might as well take an extended vacation, NBA Defensive Player of the Year award voters, because your services will not be required this year. Los Angeles Lakers swingman Nick Young took a charge on Detroit Pistons forward Josh Smith with ... (Continue reading)
Predictions are overrated. Everyone knows games are not played on paper and seasons do not elapse in the minds of prognosticators, but we still value preseason consensus far too highly in professional sports. Case in point: the 2013-14 Golden State Warriors. The Warriors ... (Continue reading)
The Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder have a thing for buzzer-beaters when they play one another. Two weeks after Andre Iguodala sunk the Thunder with a game-winner at Oracle Arena, Russell Westbrook drained a three-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining ... (Continue reading)
The road from league laughingstock to legitimate contender is supposed to be one that inspires hope. It's supposed to be an underdog story and a celebration of a team altering its course and heading in the right direction. Fans hop on ... (Continue reading)
The Los Angeles Lakers are hovering around .500, a surprisingly competitive mark for a team expected to struggle without its biggest star—Kobe Bryant—in the lineup. The Black Mamba is still inching closer to a return from a devastating Achilles tear that ... (Continue reading)