Los Angeles Lakers

According to NBA insider Jake Fischer of The Stein Line, the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers are preserving cap space for 2027 when Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo can become an unrestricted free agent. Antetokounmpo has a player option worth $62.8 million for the 2027-28 season....

NBA superstar Luka Dončić inquired with the Los Angeles Lakers to see if they can acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks, according to Fox Chicago’s Lou Canellis. Antetokounmpo wanted to get traded from the Bucks in the offseason and his first choice was the New York Knicks. "I can tell...

According to Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report, the buzz around the NBA is that this will be LeBron James' final season with the Los Angeles Lakers. James, 40, becomes an unrestricted free agent after this season for the first time since 2018. It's unclear whether the NBA legend will retire...

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday despite playing without NBA legend LeBron James and veteran Marcus Smart and the Purple and Gold believe Maxi Kleber's airballed layup helped them win. Kleber got fouled on a drive to the hoop and had an easy layup, but he...

A blockbuster NBA trade idea sending LaMelo Ball to the Dallas Mavericks, Klay Thompson to the Los Angeles Lakers and Rui Hachimura to the Charlotte Hornets has been created. NBA writer Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Mavericks, Lakers and Hornets: Dallas Mavericks get:...

Klay Thompson has entered a phase of his career where the games matter, but the teaching might matter even more. And on Saturday night at Intuit Dome — after waking up expecting to sit, then erupting for 17 fourth-quarter points to lift the Dallas Mavericks past the LA Clippers —...

NBA legend LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers won't play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. James is out because of left foot injury management. Along with James, the Lakers will face the Pelicans without Marcus Smart, who is dealing with back spasms. James, 40, has appeared in...

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg packed a weekend’s worth of NBA history into two nights in Los Angeles, turning a back-to-back against the Lakers and Clippers into a defining early chapter of his rookie season. On Friday, the 18-year-old became the youngest player in league history to record 10 assists,...

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo told reporters on Saturday that he wants to break LeBron James' NBA scoring record. James is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Antetokounmpo is currently 47th. Against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday, Antetokounmpo became the sixth-youngest player in NBA history to score 21,000 points. Only James,...

The Dallas Mavericks will be without six rotation players Saturday night against the Los Angeles Clippers, a stretch of absences that will again force head coach Jason Kidd to reconfigure his lineup and lean heavily on inexperienced groups. Anthony Davis, who made his return Friday after missing a month with...