Los Angeles Lakers

ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins believes Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg is a top-10 player, and he isn’t the only one, as Tim MacMahon explained why he wouldn’t trade the NBA’s 2025 top prospect for Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Luka Doncic. After the Mavericks posted a 4-2 record, Flagg’s impressive start to the 2026-27 season hasn’t gone […] The post Tim MacMahon plants Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg top-10 player flag with Luka Doncic trade take appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Lakers players better start letting it fly, or else.

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No new addition is more important to the Los Angeles Lakers’ long-term success than center Walker Kessler. The defensive anchor was given a massive four-year contract — as well as two first-round picks and swaps to the Utah Jazz — because of L.A.’s belief in his ability to be a game-changer on the defensive end, […]

Luka Doncic scored 45 points Sunday in the Lakers' 131-125 win over the Raptors, but it was his defensive impact that drew the most praise.

Former NBA player and ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins expressed doubts about Luka Doncic's chances of winning the NBA MVP award, arguing that the Los Angeles Lakers are unlikely to finish high enough in the Western Conference standings. The post Kendrick Perkins doubts Luka Doncic’s MVP chances appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Byron Scott only sees one real superstar on the Lakers.

The All-NBA playmaker has started the season on the kind of offensive heater that has the Lakers dreaming big.

Luckily, the Lakers fan was a good sport about it.

Lakers coach JJ Redick is tired of fouls not being called.

The narrative surrounding Luka Doncic has always been the same. He’s a generational offensive talent that doesn’t have the stamina, or care, to be a net positive defensive player. That narrative wasn’t helped by his performance in the 2024 NBA Finals, when his defense really struggled against Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. But the Los […]

Yaxel Lendeborg hit six 3s and scored 37 points -- the most by a Warriors rookie since Stephen Curry in 2010 -- as Golden State beat the Clippers on Sunday night while resting Curry and Draymond Green.

Lakers coach JJ Redick made it clear that what happened on Sunday night won’t occur again.

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of a handful of teams interested in potentially acquiring Trey Murphy III and Herb Jones from the New Orleans Pelicans, per Clutch Points' Chris Dodson.

On the latest edition of The Bill Simmons Podcast, Simmons is doubling down on his reporting about the impending sale of the Los Angeles Lakers. The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly being sold to Josh Kushner for $12.5 billion, but Simmons reported last week that Kushner doesn’t have the funds to finalize the deal. Bill […] The post Lakers rumors: Bill Simmons doubles down on bombshell franchise sale report appeared first on ClutchPoints.

One of the Los Angeles Lakers’ big signings of the offseason was Sandro Mamukelashvili, who inked a four-year, $52 million contract with a player option in the final year. After originally being drafted in the second round, Mamukelashvili worked extremely hard to earn that contract with him having a breakout season with the Toronto Raptors […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Sandro Mamukelashvili says the perception of teammate Luka Doncic is wrong. Luka Doncic had another incredible night for the LA Lakers,...

JJ Redick says the bench unit has to be ready to play, and everyone has to be ready to shoot.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick named his five greatest shooters in NBA history, placing Stephen Curry at the top of his list while emphasizing the importance of shot difficulty and three-point shooting volume. The post JJ Redick reveals his top 5 shooters of all time appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Former NBA head coach Mike D’Antoni revealed that he accepted the Los Angeles Lakers coaching job in 2012 after being assured that Steve Nash would make a full recovery from his injury, but the veteran point guard never returned to his previous level. The post Mike D’Antoni says Lakers misjudged Steve Nash’s health appeared first on TalkBasket.net.