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Why 5-foot-11 Markus Howard is the nation’s most dangerous scorer

There just aren’t too many players like Howard — a 5-foot-11 guard who can seemingly get his shot off against anyone in the country, and is capable of going off for 40 or 50 points on a given night. So we went around the country, gathering different viewpoints — from opposing coaches and players, NBA […]

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Duke lands Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones

“We just wanted the best opportunity to win,” Okafor said after the decisions were announced live from the players’ respective high schools on ESPNU. Okafor and Jones are the most notable package deal in college basketball since Greg Oden and Mike Conley committed to Ohio State in the 2006 class, but it’s unprecedented in that […]

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Who’s the best 3-point shooter on the Lakers? LeBron James, Anthony Davis weigh in

LeBron James was responsible for two of them, going 2-for-6 from deep, which caused his season percentage to dip ever so slightly to 38.2% — which would be the second-best 3-point shooting season of his 18-year career should he keep it up. Earlier in the week, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said James was “probably the […]

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Calm and confident, LeBron James says Los Angeles Lakers can ‘absolutely’ repeat in 2021

“We can [repeat]. I mean, it’s that simple,” James said on an episode of “Road Trippin’,” hosted by Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye and Allie Clifton, that aired Tuesday on Spectrum SportsNet. “We absolutely can. … First of all, it all starts with health. You have to have some luck. You have to have health. If […]

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Dennis Schroder says he intends to start at point guard for Los Angeles Lakers

“I did this off-the-bench stuff already in two years with OKC,” Schroder, who finished second behind teammate Montrezl Harrell for Sixth Man of the Year for his role with the Thunder, said on an introductory videoconference call with reporters Monday. “I think I try to move forward, and I think with [Anthony Davis] and LeBron, […]

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Los Angeles Lakers VP: Short layoff means balancing act for LeBron James, team

Rob Pelinka, the Lakers’ vice president of basketball operations and general manager, believes the rapid turnaround will create a challenge for a veteran like James that the entire organization has to manage. “That’ll just be a balancing act throughout the season,” Pelinka said on a videoconference call with reporters Thursday. “Recognizing that there was an […]

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NBA Finals: The scenes of a Lakers title celebration like no other

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Drake’s latest hit, “Laugh Now Cry Later,” was blaring in the Los Angeles Lakers’ makeshift locker room at AdventHealth Arena. And fresh off his fourth NBA championship, LeBron James needed a quieter place to talk. Drenched in Champagne, goggles strapped to his face, holding a lit cigar in one hand […]

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Los Angeles Lakers lean on defense in dominant Game 6 win vs. Miami Heat, claim first NBA title in a decade

Three-hundred fifty-six days after the season began, the Lakers won the 2019-20 NBA championship. In a 106-93 closeout Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night against the Miami Heat, LeBron James logged a triple-double — 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists — to win his fourth Finals MVP award and fourth ring. […]

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NBA Finals: Inside the relationships and history that bind the Lakers and Heat

The Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers have combined to play in nine of the past 15 NBA Finals series — including seven consecutive from 2008 to 2014 — without ever facing each other. That is, until Game 1 on Wednesday, the first time the two teams met on the NBA’s biggest stage. Still, these […]

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‘It’s very important we stay together’: WNBA, NBA figures promote strengthened bond

The Los Angeles Sparks’ Chelsea Gray chats with NBA players such as the Los Angeles Lakers’ Quinn Cook and the Orlando Magic’s Michael Carter-Williams. They’re all professional basketball guards in their late 20s who can talk hoops and life and who have mutual respect. Friendships between WNBA and NBA players have been commonplace over the […]

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