Lakers

  As the NBA season tipped off, the Inside the NBA team of Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal and Ernie Johnson shared their insights on the 2015-16 NBA season. You know that Sir Charles is never shy in expressing his opinion, so we knew this would be fun. At the time, Kobe Bryant's retirement decision wasn't set in stone, like it is now. Kobe Bryant will not … [Read more...] about Charles Barkley “gets it” regarding Kobe’s last season

You’d think that buying tickets to your favourite NBA game would be easy, right?  Not always.  Sometimes, it can seem like every game in town is always sold out.  The popularity of tickets depends on who your team is playing, whether it’s the beginning of the season or clinch time, and even how well the team has been playing lately. … [Read more...] about Tips for Buying NBA Tickets

There's a new documentary about Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the National Basketball Association’s all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points, and six-time MVP, premiering Tuesday on HBO. "Kareem: Minority of One" highlights the life and work of Abdul-Jabbar. … [Read more...] about New HBO Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Documentary Preview (Video)

Kobe Bryant's retirement decision is not set in stone. Yes, his contract expires after this season, but as Kobe told a reporter "who the hell said" that he was leaving. Bryant has also said that fielding retirement questions an indeed be a "pain in the ass" (it's mild, entry-level swearing day here in the opening paragraph) Lakers insiders (and today, c'mon who isn't "an … [Read more...] about Kobe Bryant complicates everything in Lakerland this year

The Los Angeles Lakers- one of the NBA's top three franchises (at least from a general awareness point of view). The other two franchises in that group, the Chicago Bulls and the Boston Celtics, have a tradition of excellence, much like the Lakers themselves. With the Bulls and the Celtics, we pretty much know what we're going to get this season. We also what direction … [Read more...] about L.A. Lakers: NBA’s least predictable team this season

It's extremely rare for the L.A. Lakers to be this down for this long. Rough times in Lakerland means a vast overhaul is required this summer. A massive sea change is needed to make the team competitive again. … [Read more...] about L.A. Lakers have two big offseason issues to resolve

The Los Angeles Lakers selected Larry Nance Jr. out of Wyoming with the 27th pick in the first round of last night's NBA Draft. Which means he's about to become teammates with international superstar Kobe Bryant. It could be very uncomfortable when the two players meet in training camp this September given: … [Read more...] about Lakers 1st round pick Larry Nance once called Kobe a RAPIST

As he navigates his way through the NBA Draft process, Jahlil Okafor has as bright a north star as possible guiding his course. Fellow Chicagoan Jabari Parker has been there to lend support. Parker, a Simeon graduate, was also a Duke University "one-and-done" who went #2 overall in his draft class (2014, Milwaukee Bucks). Okafor is poised to go #2 in this class Thursday … [Read more...] about Jahlil Okafor poised to become next Lakers great