Austin Reaves is no longer the Lakers’ feel-good bargain. He may be their next massive financial decision. Reaves is reportedly seeking a maximum contract that could reach five years and …
For two decades, any serious basketball conversation involving LeBron James began with one assumption: if he wanted something, the franchise around him had to listen. That is what happens when …
The Los Angeles Lakers have always sold themselves as something bigger than a basketball team. They are purple and gold mythology, Showtime inheritance, Hollywood gravity, championship banners and global reach. …
The Oklahoma City Thunder were already dangerous. Now they may be whole again. Jalen Williams, who missed the entire second-round sweep of the Lakers with a Grade 1 left hamstring …
On May 16, 1980, Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Magic Johnson filled in at center for the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Game 6 of the 1980 NBA Finals. Magic was …
Kenny Smith cut through the noise with the kind of perspective few people can honestly claim. In college, he shared a locker room with Michael Jordan at North Carolina. In …
The Lakers’ game-ball controversy was already a strange little window into the politics of greatness. Then Gilbert Arenas got involved, and the whole thing became something louder, funnier and far …
On May 14, 1996, basketball fans witnessed the end of an era as Earvin “Magic” Johnson officially announced his retirement from the NBA – for the second time. After a …
There is still no decision, and that matters. LeBron James has not announced whether he will return for a 24th NBA season, retire, stay with the Lakers, or look elsewhere. …
Gary Payton has never been confused with a man who whispers around a microphone, so when he looked at LeBron James’ uncertain future and pointed straight toward the Bay Area, …
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