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A second statue of the late Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, depicted courtside with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, was unveiled today in a private ceremony held outside Crypto.com Arena. The statue is expected to be available for public viewing starting Saturday. Kobe and Gianna Bryant…

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LeBron James has reportedly agreed to return to the Los Angeles Lakers next season under a new deal. After opting out of his last contract, the elder James is coming back on a two-year, $104 million contract that includes a player option for 2025-26 and a no-trade clause, ESPN reported on Wednesday…

At 2 PM Pacific time today, LeBron James will be eligible to move on to any team in the NBA. That’s not to say he will, particularly since the Lakers drafted his son, Bronny, and has his podcast partner, J.J. Redick, as the team’s new coach. ESPN reports James intends to opt out of the final…

The Los Angeles Lakers are doing their pre-draft due diligence on one of the most intriguing prospects in college basketball. Bronny James, the son of you-know-who on the Lakers, had a workout with the team on Thursday. The NBA Draft is approaching on June 26, and the presence of LeBron on the team…

Former Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat head coach turned Heat executive Pat Riley has sent out a lengthy homage to Jerry West, who died today. The two were involved in one of the most bizarre moments in Lakers history. In 1981, owner Jerry Buss held a confusing press conference in which he…

Jerry West, the basketball legend who led the Los Angeles Lakers to a championship in 1972 as a player, built the team’s “Showtime” and Kobe-Shaq-era dynasties as general manager and whose silhouette inspired the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. He was 86. West was “the…

An interesting off-season for the Los Angeles Lakers is growing even bigger, as reports are circulating that the team is targeting UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley to fill its head coach opening. Hurley has won back-to-back national championships at the University of Connecticut. ESPN, among…

Former NBA player Darius Morris, who started a playoff game for the Los Angeles Lakers and played for four other NBA teams, has died at 33. The cause of his death has not been disclosed. Morris also played for the University of Michigan from 2009-2011 and is one of five players in school history to…

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham was ousted on Friday after two seasons and two failed playoffs appearances. Ham’s fate was sealed when he was subjected to a shouting tirade by Lakers star LeBron James for failing to challenge an out-of-bounds ball during the playoffs. James yelled at his…

The NBA’s in-season tournament accomplished exactly what the league was hoping when the initiative was announced this summer. That is, it injected some excitement into the regular season and ginned up the NBA’s ratings in the process. The Los Angeles Lakers brought home the inaugural championship…

For HBO, the Los Angeles Lakers’ decade-long dynasty never really was. The premium cabler said Sunday that Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty was canceled after two seasons — with just one of the team’s five 1980s NBA titles depicted onscreen. In an exit interview with Vulture, Winning Time…