Despite the injury to Kobe Bryant, Stephen A. Smith believes the Los Angeles Lakers will make the playoffs.
Nets Pushing Hard For Hawks’ Josh Smith
February 11, 2013 | Posted by
The Brooklyn Nets are heavily pursuing a trade with the Atlanta Hawks to acquire forward Josh Smith, according to sources close to ESPNNewYork.com. The website reported a few days ago the opening of discussions between the two teams. The pace of talks has increased recently, but no deal has been reached, according to the website. [...]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s List of Essential Jazz Albums
November 22, 2012 | Posted by
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, legendary UCLA and Lakers center, six-time NBA MVP and Bruce Lee foe, has had a passion for jazz his entire life. Raised in New York, Abdul-Jabbar had the opportunity to soak up the center of the jazz world at one of its most vital periods. He regularly crammed himself into the tiny tables [...]
Lakers Set To Honor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar With Statue
August 27, 2012 | Posted by
The Los Angeles Lakers plan to unveil a state featuring Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at some point this coming season, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. A firm date for the honor has yet to be finalized. Abdul-Jabbar remains the NBA’s all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points. He won five of his NBA [...]
Metta World Peace Ready To Take The Blame If The Lakers Don’t Win
August 24, 2012 | Posted by
Metta World Peace says he knows just where all the fingers should point should his suddenly star-studded Los Angeles Lakers team fail to win the NBA Championship this coming season. At himself. The man formerly known as Ron Artest says the blame game just comes with the territory in Los Angeles, where championships are routinely [...]
Ramon Sessions Goes From Lakers To Bobcats
July 13, 2012 | Posted by
Ramon Sessions did not provide the Los Angeles Lakers the backcourt production they needed last season, and he could sense he was not wanted back. Sure enough, Steve Nash came over and the Lakers now believe they are talking championship again. Sessions was courted by the Dallas Mavericks, but ended up signing with Michael Jordan’s [...]
Lakers Formally Welcome Steve Nash
July 11, 2012 | Posted by
Steve Nash knew the scene was more than a bit surreal when he stood in the Los Angeles Lakers’ training complex, grinning and holding up a gold No. 10 jersey with his name on the back. “Being here right now is something I never foresaw,” Nash said Wednesday. “That (jersey) was a major hurdle for [...]
Kobe, Bynum Do Work, Lakers Hold Off Scrappy Nuggets
May 2, 2012 | Posted by
Kobe Bryant’s and Andrew Bynum’s offense staked Los Angeles to an early substantial lead and the Lakers’ defense helped them fend off the scrappy Denver Nuggets 104-100 to take a 2-0 playoff series lead. Bryant scored 38 points and Bynum tossed in 27 for the Lakers, who played their second game without suspended Metta World [...]
Lakers’ Jordan Hill To Play Tonight Despite Assault Charges
May 1, 2012 | Posted by
Fresh off the distraction of Metta World Peace’s suspension, the Los Angeles Lakers are now dealing with forward Jordan Hill’s charge of third-degree felony assault for an alleged February altercation with his girlfriend in Houston. Jordan faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. He had a court date today in Texas, but did [...]
Facing 7-Game Suspension, World Peace Says He Didn’t Mean It
April 26, 2012 | Posted by
Even with his fate already sealed by the seven-game suspension, Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace maintains that while his elbow to Oklahoma City’s James Harden was tough to watch, it was unintentional and merely a result of his passion for the game. “During that possession there was so much passion,” World Peace said [...]
