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Why Malik Monk could be too good for the Los Angeles Lakers
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in late January and the Lakers are set to face Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers the next night, in the fourth game of a six-game East Coast swing. They’re 2-1 so far — a rare reprieve in a season rife with turmoil. Russell Westbrook‘s play has improved since he was […]
Continue readingSources: Los Angeles Lakers feel urgency to make changes as trade deadline nears
LOS ANGELES — A troubling loss to the defending champion Bucks on Tuesday night led to an uneasy admission within the Lakers’ locker room: The roster is not working, and something must be done to get the team back on course with Thursday’s trade deadline fast approaching. The suspicion had been mounting for weeks, if […]
Continue readingLeBron James convinced Los Angeles Lakers ‘in this together’ as Russell Westbrook struggles
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — While much of the discourse about this season’s Los Angeles Lakers has centered around the acquisition of Russell Westbrook and how the point guard has not been an ideal fit, LeBron James insists there is no one player responsible for the team still scuffling along below .500 as Thursday’s trade deadline […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, Anthony Davis sit out vs. Charlotte Hornets
James missed his second straight game with soreness in his left knee. Davis, who returned earlier this week from a 17-game absence because of a sprained MCL in his left knee, was out with a sore right wrist after banging it on the rim during a dunk in a loss to Philadelphia on Thursday. The […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Lakers respond to Nuggets drubbing, Magic tweet with bounce-back effort vs. top-ranked Utah Jazz offense
“I think there’s a huge lesson to be learned with this group that we’re going nowhere without being a great defensive team,” Lakers coach Frank Vogel said after his team held Utah to 36.9% shooting. “Our guys finally locked in, and this is the No. 1 offense in the league by a mile, and we […]
Continue readingLeBron James: Hard to fully assess 16-16 Los Angeles Lakers ‘when we haven’t been whole’
“We don’t know,” James said. “We have no idea what this team can be.” After seeing his game-high 34 points go to waste — his eighth 30-point performance in L.A.’s past 12 games — the 19-year veteran rattled off the setbacks the Lakers have suffered. There were the dozen games he missed. The injuries that […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel enters NBA’s health and safety protocols
David Fizdale will coach the team for Sunday night’s game in Chicago, which will be the Bulls’ first since a COVID-19 outbreak on the team led to the postponement of their past two games. Fizdale missed the Lakers’ start to their three-game road trip in Dallas for non COVID-19-related personal reasons and rejoined the team […]
Continue readingLakers’ Russell Westbrook clears COVID protocol; team signs Isaiah Thomas to 10-day contract
Westbrook flew from Dallas to Minneapolis after the testing, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Westbrook was placed in the health and safety protocols following the Lakers’ 107-104 overtime road win against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. For a player to be cleared from the protocols, he must return two negative tests 24 hours apart. “It’s […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Lakers add Russell Westbrook, Avery Bradley to COVID-19 protocols
Meanwhile, the Lakers, if granted a hardship exemption by the league, plan to sign free agent Isaiah Thomas to a 10-day contract on Friday, sources told ESPN. The hardship exemption was put into place by the league to allow a team to exceed the full 15-man roster limit if dealing with sickness or illness to […]
Continue readingLos Angeles Lakers’ Anthony Davis says team needs to play like ‘underdogs’ after loss to Grizzlies
“These guys already feel like they’re the underdogs when they’re coming in, especially when they’re without their star players,” Davis said of a Memphis team playing without its top two scorers, Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks, because of the health and safety protocols. “And we got to play like we’re the underdogs. Which, now, at […]
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