Tag: Los Angeles Lakers
In the latest round of NBA rumors, the Los Angeles Lakers remain interested in signing free agent ex-Dallas Mavericks center Christian Wood. The Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat were reportedly pursuing the 6-foot-10 big man in July. However, neither of the three aforementioned teams have negotiated a deal for Wood. “The Bulls are suddenly viewed […]
The Miami Heat have signed former Los Angeles Lakers forward Cole Swider to an Exhibit 10 contract, according to sources. Los Angeles waived the 6-foot-9 wing in July. Swider, 24, went undrafted out of Syracuse University last July and signed a two-way contract with the Lakers. Swider appeared in seven games with Los Angeles in […]
Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a three-year, $186 million max extension, the richest annual extension in NBA history at $62 million, according to Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul. Davis, 30, is now locked in until 2028 for a total of over $270 million. His new deal begins in the 2025-26 […]
Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis is now officially eligible to sign a long-term contract extension. Davis, 30, is currently signed to a five-year, $189.9 million contract. The eight-time All-Star is slated to make $40,600,080 in 2023-24. His deal also carries an early-termination option of $43,219,440 for 2024-25. According to Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times, […]
NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson is living life to the fullest, driving his jet ski on the Ionian Sea off the coast of Greece during his annual summer yacht vacation. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers legend posted a video to Twitter, sporting a life jacket and ripping around on a black and white […]
Wilt Chamberlain’s 1972 NBA Finals jersey is expected to sell for over $4 million at Sotheby’s online auction house. Online bidding for the NBA Hall of Famer’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey will run from Aug. 28 to Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. ET. The current record sale for a Chamberlain sports memorabilia item is $1.79 […]
Not one incoming eighth-grade student at LeBron James’ I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, has passed a state math test in over three years, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Students have not passed the state’s math test since the third grade, per the report. The inaugural class was in the third grade in the […]
Bronny James, LeBron’s eldest son, attended a family dinner on Friday night in Santa Monica at Giorgio Baldi restaurant, and this was the USC freshman’s first public appearance since suffering a cardiac arrest during a basketball practice at Galen Center on Monday. The consensus four-star recruit was spotted walking inside the Italian restaurant with the […]
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss said LeBron James’ jersey will be retired in the future. Regardless of where the four-time MVP spends the remainder of his NBA career, the Lakers are planning to retire his jersey. “The standard for having your jersey retired as a Laker is when a player is inducted into the […]
The Los Angeles Lakers have officially waived two-way forward Cole Swider, per sources. Swider, 24, went undrafted out of Syracuse University in July 2022 and signed a two-way contract with the Lakers. Swider appeared in seven games with the Lakers in the 2022-23 season, averaging 1.3 points, 1.0 rebound, and 5.9 minutes per game. The […]
