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New acquisition Tyson Chandler saved the Lakers against the visiting Hawks on Sunday, blocking a last-second Trae Young finger roll to preserve a 107-106 win. He also saved LeBron James from his ongoing ignominy from the charity stripe when the game is close at the end. Trailing 106-105 with 19.9 seconds remaining on Sunday, James clunked […]
Friday delivered the report that Lakers president Magic Johnson “admonished” coach Luke Walton in a meeting about the team’s slow start, leading people to wonder if Walton’s job was in jeopardy. Following the news, LeBron James signaled that he was confident in Walton and the Lakers coaching staff after beating the Portland Trail Blazers on […]
Saturday’s star-studded Lakers–Rockets game drew the largest overnight rating—a 2.5—since the Warriors won game No. 73 on the last night of the 2016 season. It was LeBron James’ purple and gold debut at Staples Center against perhaps the second-best team in the Association. But by the end, all anyone was talking about was the brawl that […]
LOS ANGELES—The story, Saturday, was supposed to be about LeBron James. Instead it was about a brawl that marred the home debut of the Lakers new star, set the stage for possibly some lengthy suspensions, and just might tarnish the reputation of one of LeBron’s new running mates if the allegations against him are indeed […]
The Lakers have come to be known as the Meme Team for the eclectic cast of characters around LeBron James, but they’ve been missing one important ingredient to fully realize their potential. After missing their first 15 three-pointers in Thursday’s road opener against the Blazers, they finished just 7-of-30 from deep in a 128-119 loss. In other words, they […]
It’s hard to gauge the veracity of a “whisper,” but we’re gonna try. The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor included a disarming paragraph about the prospect of LeBron James teaming with Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy Butler in his preview column on Tuesday because both Kawhi and Jimmy will be unrestricted free agents this coming summer: There are whispers around the […]
Southeast Division Atlanta Hawks If This Squad Was A Drake Lyric: Sex, love, pain, baby, I be on that Tank shit Buzz so big I could probably sell a blank disc “Best I Ever Had” Atlanta’s the only steadfast tank team heading into the season, even if we know Drake’s dapping the R&B singer with […]
Drake still had a few more tricks up his sleeve after Friday’s momentous Chris Brown reunion at Staples Center. Saturday, he properly christened LeBron James’ new kingdom by having the star join him on stage along with Travis Scott to perform “Sicko Mode.” The short turn-up went down the second night of Aubrey & the Three Amigos Tour’s three-show stint at Staples Center. During the […]
The Lakers landed LeBron James this summer, but it wasn’t the foregone conclusion many followers of the league have surmised. No, it took an embrace of power as serious as Daenerys Targaryen’s on Game of Thrones. That’s the metaphor running through the first part of Sam Amick’s densely reported Athletic feature on how Lakers owner Jeanie Buss actually went about landing […]
