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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is 1,364 points shy of reaching 50,000 total career points. This includes both the regular season and the playoffs across his 21-year career. Through 1,492 career NBA regular-season games (1,490 starts), James has amassed 40,474 points. In 54 postseason games, the four-time MVP has also totaled 8,162 points, bringing […]
The Los Angeles Lakers will be honoring Michael Cooper during the 2024-25 NBA season. The Lakers announced Thursday that the team will be retiring Cooper’s No. 21 jersey on Jan. 13, 2025, against the San Antonio Spurs. Cooper, 68, was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for the Class of 2024. As a […]
The NBA released its complete game schedule and national television schedule for group play of the Emirates NBA Cup 2024. The complete game schedule and national broadcast schedule for the 2024-25 regular season will be unveiled on Thursday, Aug. 15. Group play games will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays from Nov. 12 through Dec. […]
The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue depicting Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant during a private tented ceremony Friday outside of Crypto.com Arena. The statue is the second of three planned monuments to the NBA Hall of Famer and Lakers legend. Kobe and Gigi died in a helicopter crash along seven others in […]
The Los Angeles Lakers home locker that NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant used at Staples Center from 2003-04 to his final season in 2015-16 has sold for a record-setting $2.9 million, the auction house that brokered the sale said Friday. According to Sotheby’s, it’s the most valuable sports locker to ever sell at auction. […]
Bronny James, the Los Angeles Lakers’ 55th overall pick from this year’s NBA draft and the eldest son of LeBron James, was featured in the new NBA 2K25 trailer. Bronny, LeBron James will become the first father-son duo in NBA history in the 2024-25 season In July, Bronny signed a four-year, $7.9 million contract with […]
A statue depicting Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant will be unveiled in a private tented ceremony Friday outside of Crypto.com Arena, a source from the Los Angeles Lakers informed ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue depicting Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant on Friday The statue is the second […]
The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday, following the team’s first-round series loss to the Denver Nuggets. Ham was 90-74 (.549) with a Western Conference finals berth, two play-in victories, and an in-season title. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka informed Ham of the decision in a phone call a short time ago, […]
The NBA playoffs will not see LeBron James, Kevin Durant or Stephen Curry in the second round for the first time since 2005. James and the Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated in five games by the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. This came after Durant and the Phoenix Suns were swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves […]
USC freshman guard Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, will enter the 2024 NBA Draft while maintaining his college eligibility and will also enter the NCAA transfer portal, he announced Friday on Instagram. James was sidelined for five months after suffering cardiac arrest in July due to a congenital […]
