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From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Howdy, my name is Houston Mitchell and today is the big day…… another episode of "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD." Lakers After a few days of criticism for...
June 28, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Somehow, miraculously, unimaginably, those stumbling Lakers have suddenly found themselves standing on the precipice of becoming a Super Team. Kawhi Leonard, the floor...
June 27, 2019 at 3:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers will have a new No. 23 next season, and now have the capability to sign a third superstar. According to people familiar with the deal, the Lakers have...
June 27, 2019 at 12:50 PM -
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Jeanie Buss was at a loss for words, which wasn't entirely unusual when it comes to her 40-year relationship with Magic Johnson. When Johnson abruptly resigned as the...
June 26, 2019 at 8:50 PM -
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The Lakers have extended qualifying offers to Alex Caruso and Johnathan Williams, making them restricted free agents. Williams would become a two-way player if he...
June 26, 2019 at 1:50 PM -
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It was nice that after two months of front office implosions, Jeanie Buss finally decided to talk. That she conducted her first interview on a red carpet was as...
June 25, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Lakers co-owner Jeanie Buss finally broke her silence about the state of the organization while walking the red carpet before the NBA Awards in Santa Monica on Monday...
June 24, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
It's been eight years since Frank Vogel first became an NBA head coach and he's seen the league evolve. The Indiana Pacers hired him in 2011 and there he coached teams...
June 24, 2019 at 4:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Lee Zeidman was on vacation in Charleston, S.C., last weekend when his cell phone began to suddenly ping like a winning slot machine in Las Vegas. The Lakers had just...
June 22, 2019 at 12:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Bill Plaschke warns that Rob Pelinka must not foul up again, as if Pelinka has anything to do with any of this. Does anyone really believe the Lakers are in chaos? Does...
June 21, 2019 at 3:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
"With the fourth pick in the 2019 NBA draft, the Los Angeles Lakers select De'Andre Hunter from the University of Virginia!" Say what? Everybody knows that the Lakers...
June 21, 2019 at 10:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers moved into the second round of the NBA draft on Thursday night to select Iowa State guard Talen Horton-Tucker with the 46th overall selection. The Lakers sent...
June 20, 2019 at 9:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Howdy, my name is John Cherwa and I'm the substitute teacher on this here newsletter as Houston Mitchell puts the final touches on his Lakers-Clippers First Round Draft...
June 20, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
While the basketball world wonders who might be the third player to form the Lakers' newest constellation of stars, the Clippers are patiently waiting for their moment...
June 19, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Magic Johnson didn't make many right calls as the Lakers' president of basketball operations, so it's little wonder he credited the wrong people for the Anthony Davis...
June 18, 2019 at 8:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
No team in Los Angeles defines success quite like the Lakers. "Showtime" packaged glamour and excellence into a civic happening. Adoring fans embraced a series of...
June 18, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Howdy, my name is John Cherwa and I'm piloting this here newsletter as Houston Mitchell decides if he should apply for the Lakers GM job. One great thing about being a...
June 18, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The hangover hit quick. Hours after LeBron James agreed to join the Lakers last summer, with fans throughout Los Angeles still raising toasts to the King, he was...
June 17, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers became favorites to win the NBA championship next season, at least in the eyes of Vegas, when they agreed to a blockbuster trade to acquire Anthony Davis...
June 17, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
"Today, the basketball gods smiled upon the Nets." In the summer of 2013, Mikhail Prokhorov, the Nets' billionaire owner, took a victory lap in the news release...
June 17, 2019 at 4:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The details of the blockbuster trade that will make Anthony Davis a Laker are still being sorted out. Chief among them: the timing of the trade. For now, the plan is to...
June 16, 2019 at 11:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Howdy, my name is John Cherwa and I'm the guest instructor on this here newsletter as Houston Mitchell contemplates what to do with his Lonzo Ball Lakers jersey. Anthony...
June 16, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
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Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie had just watched the movies "Shaft" and "Rocketman" on Saturday afternoon when he noticed his cell phone was pinging with the news that...
June 15, 2019 at 10:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
You can close your eyes and let your imagination run wild, LeBron James dribbling the ball at Staples Center, pushing toward the basket. The defenders collapse around...
June 15, 2019 at 8:50 PM -
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Jeff Sherman is laughing as he sits in front of four computer screens in an office behind the ticket takers at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Saturday morning...
June 15, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
A look at superstar Anthony Davis, who will be traded to the Lakers, from his first days in Chicago to his seven seasons in the NBA. Born: March 11, 1993, Chicago...
June 15, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
This was more than just a trade for Anthony Davis. This was a trade for a championship. In dealing Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart and three first-round draft...
June 15, 2019 at 5:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Anthony Davis saga is over and the Lakers have their next superstar big man. And it could cost them big as they attempt to return to the level of NBA elite. The New...
June 15, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Anthony Davis will soon be the Lakers' next superstar big man after the New Orleans agreed to a trade Saturday that will ship three young Lakers and three first-round...
June 15, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Perhaps Round 2 will be more successful than Round 1 was for the Lakers. The Lakers are trying to trade for New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis again, and whether...
June 12, 2019 at 2:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
As Snoop Dogg made the media rounds during the NBA Finals, he echoed a familiar opinion we've heard around Los Angeles for years. "The Clippers are the Lakers' little...
June 8, 2019 at 2:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
For more than a decade, NBA fans have wondered exactly what went down with Paul Pierce in Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals. How was a guy whose knee was apparently hurt so...
June 6, 2019 at 10:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers will add Lionel Hollins to their coaching staff as an assistant, a person with knowledge of the hire said Tuesday. Hollins joins head coach Frank Vogel and...
June 4, 2019 at 2:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he supports the Clippers' efforts to build an arena in Inglewood because it could ease scheduling conflicts among the team, the Lakers...
May 30, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
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The Lakers will open preseason play next season on Oct. 5 in San Francisco when they play the Golden State Warriors at 5:30 p.m. in the first NBA game at Chase Center...
May 30, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Metta World Peace smiles as he stands across the street from Staples Center and looks at the arena that served as the stage for the biggest moment of his career. Nine...
May 29, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hello everyone. My name is Houston Mitchell and let's get right to the news. Lakers America's favorite soap opera is back for another installment. This week, J.R...
May 29, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
For most of the last two years, the question facing the NBA's most glamorous franchise for the summer of 2019 was clear. Which superstar is going to sign with the...
May 28, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka loves telling stories. One of them involves former Lakers star Kobe Bryant and the late actor Heath Ledger. And it might not be true...
May 28, 2019 at 1:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Lakers have hired Judy Seto as their director of sports performance, the team announced Friday. Seto worked for the Lakers from 2011-16 as the team's...
May 24, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Who would have ever dreamed there would come a time that Lakers fans would look back nostalgically on the "good old days" when the team Buss was being driven by the...
May 24, 2019 at 3:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Lakers forward LeBron James was selected to a record-tying 15th All-NBA team when it was announced Thursday that he made the third team despite missing 27 games this...
May 23, 2019 at 12:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Clippers' season ended last month but they were the most talked-about team in the league on Wednesday. That's what happens apparently when you have an off day on the...
May 22, 2019 at 9:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hello everyone. My name is Houston Mitchell and let's get right to the news. Lakers Bill Plaschke checks in with more on the Magic Johnson situation: "A common theme was...
May 22, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
A common theme was repeated by devastated Lakers insiders Monday in the wake of Magic Johnson's franchise-leveling rant on national television. "Who's the backstabber...
May 21, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
LeBron James sat in a barber's chair on his HBO show "The Shop" and declared that he longed for Magic Johnson to call him, even if to simply say, "Kiss my … ."...
May 21, 2019 at 5:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers held a news conference Monday to introduce new coach Frank Vogel. But by the time the event took place at the UCLA Health Training Center, people were more...
May 21, 2019 at 7:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers called a news conference Monday to introduce their new coach. But what Frank Vogel had to say was minimized hours before he ever uttered a word. Magic Johnson...
May 21, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
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Lakers owner Jeanie Buss is a pro wrestling fan. Actually, more than a fan. She co-owns Women of Wrestling (WOW) with David McLane, who previously founded Gorgeous...
May 20, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
What was supposed to be Frank Vogel's introductory news conference became a referendum on the dysfunctional Lakers. The new coach spent the better part of a...
May 20, 2019 at 3:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Magic Johnson went on national television Monday morning to make public his criticism of Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka and to set the record straight while bringing...
May 20, 2019 at 2:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers held a press conference Monday to introduce new head coach Frank Vogel, but much of the focus was on two other people, one of whom wasn't even there. Hours...
May 20, 2019 at 11:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Magic Johnson has once again performed the seemingly impossible. He has just made the Lakers messier. In an interview on ESPN's "First Take" talk show Monday —...
May 20, 2019 at 10:50 AM -
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Magic Johnson said Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka's "betrayal" played a role in Johnson's abrupt resignation as the president of basketball operations before the...
May 20, 2019 at 9:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Magic Johnson said Monday he stepped down as Lakers president of basketball operations last month because he felt betrayed by general manager Rob Pelinka and that he...
May 20, 2019 at 8:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Congratulations to the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, F.J. Vogelkidd! Richard Turnage Burbank :: It's nice to see such a warm welcome for new Lakers coach...
May 17, 2019 at 3:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hi this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times here with your Lakers newsletter. I write to you from Chicago, where the NBA draft lottery...
May 16, 2019 at 11:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Brook Lopez screamed for what felt like 82 straight seconds after hitting his first shot Wednesday night. If he had stayed in Los Angeles with the Lakers for this past...
May 15, 2019 at 11:50 PM -
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The Lakers' last playoff game was on April 28, 2013. At that point, the franchise, dating to its first season in 1948 in Minneapolis, had missed the postseason five...
May 15, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
In the latest episode of The Times' "Arrive Early, Leave Late" podcast, columnist Bill Plaschke offers an interesting take on the Lakers' recent head coaching hire. He...
May 15, 2019 at 9:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Only a few hours remained before the NBA's draft lottery on Tuesday night when Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka breezed through a hallway at the Hilton Chicago where...
May 15, 2019 at 4:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
It was a fourth-place finish that felt like a victory. It was a lottery leap that could carry them back to greatness. Congratulations, Lakers, on stealing the No. 4...
May 14, 2019 at 9:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Lakers Hall of Famer and longtime NBA executive Jerry West has agreed to return to the Clippers next season to continue in his advisory role with the team's front...
May 14, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers were one of the big winners in NBA draft lottery on Tuesday, moving up considerably to land the fourth pick in June's draft. The Lakers entered with the...
May 14, 2019 at 5:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hello everyone. My name is Houston Mitchell. Let's get right to the news (or lack thereof) today. Lakers Count our own Dylan Hernandez as one of those not happy with the...
May 14, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The news is as astonishing now as it was a couple of days ago: the Lakers are hiring Jason Kidd to be an assistant coach. Of all of the confounding decisions the Lakers...
May 13, 2019 at 8:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers have entered the NBA's lottery sphere for the sixth consecutive time, the truest ominous sign of how far they have fallen from their once mighty perch among...
May 13, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers made it official Monday when the team announced that Frank Vogel is their new coach. Vogel, who agreed to a three-year deal on Saturday, will take over a...
May 13, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Jeanie Buss isn't selling the Lakers, isn't trading LeBron James and isn't firing Rob Pelinka. It seems silly to have to start with the obvious, but when opinions on...
May 13, 2019 at 1:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Two percent isn't much. Michael Beasley scored 2% of the Lakers' points this season. Svi Mykhailiuk and Mike Muscala combined to grab 2% of the Lakers' rebounds...
May 13, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hello everyone. My name is Houston Mitchell, and I take one weekend off for Mother's Day and the Lakers decide to do something crazy. Lakers I was all set to write a...
May 13, 2019 at 5:50 AM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
When Shaquille O'Neal was asked to share his thoughts on what many consider the Lakers' scratch-your-head hire of Frank Vogel as coach, the Hall of Fame center didn't...
May 12, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
No disrespect to Frank Vogel, but … whaaaat? The Lakers have found a head coach to replace Luke Walton who recently lost more games than Walton. The Lakers have...
May 11, 2019 at 7:50 PM -
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When Lonzo Ball made his debut in a Lakers uniform in 2017 during the Las Vegas Summer League, Jason Kidd was there to watch as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. Many have...
May 11, 2019 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Frank Vogel has agreed to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. Here's a look at what he's accomplished and where he's from: Age: 45 NBA head coaching...
May 11, 2019 at 5:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Frank Vogel agreed to a three-year contract to become the Lakers' coach and Jason Kidd will be on his staff as an assistant, according to people familiar with the...
May 11, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
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George Murray and Jacob Samuel had seen and heard enough. The 18-year-old Calabasas High students weren't alive when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal won their first...
May 11, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Had any other team been run like the Lakers of the past half decade, the owner would have received the public's wrath. Yet, from the beginning, Jeanie Buss has received...
May 10, 2019 at 4:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
It appears some Los Angeles Lakers fans have had enough of the team's wayward coaching search and front-office follies. A small group of Lakers fans protested outside...
May 10, 2019 at 2:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
The Lakers will continue their search for a new coach by interviewing J.B. Bickerstaff on Friday at the team's practice facility in El Segundo, according to several...
May 10, 2019 at 10:50 AM