In his eighteenth NBA season, former NBA champion Tyson Chandler, walked into Staples Center sporting a Los Angeles fitted baseball cap as he suited up for the first time as in his hometown for the home team, Los Angeles Lakers.
With the Lakers off to a 2-5 start on the season, team president Magic Johnson reportedly had an “aggressive meeting” with head coach Luke Walton following the team’s 0-2 road trip according to ESPN.
LeBron James lifted the Lakers to their third win of the season from a free throw that sealed the game against the Mavericks on Wednesday inside Staples Center. The Lakers were in a nail biter once more, despite the team leading for the entire game and by as much as 18 points in the first quarter.
The electric atmosphere inside Staples Center continued as LeBron James earned his first triple-double as he led the Los Angeles Lakers to their first home win of the season against the Denver Nuggets with Laker great Kobe Bryant sitting court-side on Thursday. “It’s my first triple-double as a Lakers and my first home win as a Laker,” started Lakers star forward LeBron James. “Any time you can do good things individually that results in a win, that’s what important to me. I think our crowd has been great in our home games and they were great again tonight. James finished
Los Angeles Lakers fans poured into Staples Center ahead of the home opener against the Houston Rockets on Saturday, invigorated to usher in the new “Showtime” era with LeBron James as the star. What happened was a different type of “showtime”. In the fourth quarter several members of these teams had multiple physical altercations and oddly enough, the fracas did not dim the excitement but fostered it.
Lakers teammates Brandon Ingram and Rajon Rondo and Chris Paul of the Rockets were suspended without pay Sunday for an on-court fight, with Paul taking the heaviest financial hit. Ingram was suspended four games, Rondo will sit out three games and Paul two games. The NBA handed down the punishments a day after the incident in the fourth quarter at Staples Center. The penalty was costliest to Paul, who has the highest salary of the trio and was fined a total of $491,782. Paul is president of the NBA Players’ Association. He began serving his suspension Sunday night and
The newly revamped Los Angeles Lakers will debut with LeBron James as the headliner in a quest for the team’s first road win of the season as they open the much-anticipated regular season, with a visit to Portland as the team squares off against the Trail Blazers on Thursday, Oct. 18.
Lonzo Ball will make his Lakers preseason debut as he takes the court for the first time in 195 days that he will share with new teammate LeBron James on Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors. Ball missed Los Angeles’ first four preseason games as he recovered from arthroscopic surgery for an injury he sustained to his left meniscus.
The Los Angeles Lakers held media day on Monday, Sept. 24. It was different from just one year prior as dozens of media members filed into the UCLA Health Training Facility in El Segundo eagerly awaiting the first signs of LeBron James. It was the first time James addressed media since signing a $153.3 million contract to become a Los Angeles Laker.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced the signing of LeBron James as a free agent Monday night, confirming the seismic shift created by the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player’s decision to leave Cleveland for the 16-time champion franchise on the West Coast.
Ingram will be re-evaluated in approximately one week.
The Los Angeles Lakers took advantage of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s depleted roster to land a 106-81 win.
The Los Angeles Lakers stepped up their defensive energy against the physical Phoenix Suns to score their seventh consecutive home game 112-93.
Lakers sophomore Brandon Ingram and rookies Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma were three of 10 American first- and second-year players selected by the league’s assistant coaches to participate in the Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars game
A strong second-half effort would gain the Lakers their fifth straight home game win.