Lakers

What a terrible, just awful start to the NBA career of Julius Randle. The Los Angeles Lakers forward, who went #7 overall in the draft from the University of Kentucky suffered a broken leg in the blowout home loss to the Houston Rockets in the season opener. There were questions about the health of his foot on draft night, but now he's got a bigger issue. Julius Randle will … [Read more...] about Julius Randle suffers broken leg in Lakers season opener

The Los Angeles Lakers were not able to land a big free agent this summer, and a lot of the blame seems to be placed on Kobe Bryant. The Lakers had their worst season in a very long time last year, and 2014-15 doesn't look much better. Is it really fair to blame Kobe Bryant though for what's happened? These are franchise issues, should they fall at the feet of Kobe? Yes, he … [Read more...] about Why don’t free agents want to join Kobe Bryant on the Lakers?

It keeps getting worse for the Los Angeles Lakers. Can you say Ronnie Price starting point guard? Yes, the third string player at the one from last year. As we've chronicled, Kobe Bryant isn't going to have much in the way of a supporting cast. And now the Steve Nash news. … [Read more...] about Lakers will be without Steve Nash for entire ’14-’15 season

The L.A. Lakers will likely struggle through another long season. They are built around one very big, very expensive piece. And that piece is aging and coming off dealing with injury issues. Obviously the health and well-being of Kobe Bryant is concern number one for L.A. Lakers fans, but there are plenty of other issues to be resolved as we head to the start of the 2014-15 NBA … [Read more...] about L.A. Lakers have poor supporting cast for Kobe this season

L.A. Lakers guard Jeremy Lin has obviously dropped down in profile since February of 2012, the one month of Linsanity. However, he's still a big star. He's not that phenomenal a NBA point guard, but he has a very high profile still. And no one would be able to sustain that level of Jeremy Lin mania. Not even a Tim Tebow. The Lakers PG has actually seen a recent music and comedy … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Lakers Jeremy Lin showcases acting, musical skills

Kobe Bryant is signed for two more years with the Los Angeles Lakers. He'll be 38 when the deal is up, and presumably he'll hang up his high-tops then. He says he is “scared” about his future after basketball. … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Kobe Bryant scared of life after basketball

It looks almost certain that Pau Gasol is leaving the Los Angeles Lakers now. There's only two questions left to be answered: where does he go next? And will it be a a sign and trade deal that leads Pau Gasol to his new NBA destination? The Chicago Bulls will not get Carmelo Anthony or Chandler Parsons, so they have to go all in on Gasol now. And since they don't have much … [Read more...] about Pau Gasol rejects two Lakers offers, leaving L.A.