The Lakers are looking to turn things around tonight against a hot Utah team. Los Angeles (3-7) and Utah (7-3) have been trending in opposite directions recently, but will both finish their regular seasons with lots to be happy about.
Lakers News: Travis Wear 10-Day Contract
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Lakers have signed Travis Wear of the South Bay Lakers to a 10-day contract. Here’s everything you need to know about the 27 year old UCLA product.
20 Stats on the Pre-ASG Lakers
57 games are in the books and the Lakers are 7 games out of the playoffs. In a year without any incentive to lose but also without a realistic shot at the playoffs, it’s a year to focus on growth. Many seasons are defined by winning or losing. For LA, this one is different. The process […]
Lakers Data Report: Bulls Game
Just like the team’s record and performance on the court, the numbers through this recent stretch have generally been trending upward. Let’s take a look at some Lakers data from the team’s 5-point win against Chicago on Friday. Lakers Offense The Lakers won the areas they were expected to win. On my last preview podcast […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Indiana Pacers
What was looking like a potential win has gotten less exciting with the news that Lonzo Ball (knee) and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (achilles) will be out against the Indiana Pacers on Friday. But this should still be a close and exciting game. This Lakers game preview will get into how Nigel Hayes may have an impact […]
Lakers News: LA to Sign Nigel Hayes to 10-day Contract
The Los Angeles Lakers are signing forward Nigel Hayes of G League’s Westchester to a 10-day contract, league sources tell Yahoo. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 18, 2018 It was recently reported that the Lakers are signing former Wisconsin Badger and current Westchester Knick Nigel Hayes to a 10-day contract. Hayes has played the most […]
Lakers Data Report: Hawks Game
Lakers Offense This was LA’s highest CPOE performance on the year, scoring 128 points when they’d be only expected to score 112.5. We’ll focus mostly on the offense today, because there was a lot of good that came out of this game. Transition LA went OFF in transition. Here’s their shot chart: They had some […]
Who is Jamil Wilson?
Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Lakers may be signing soon to be former Los Angeles Clipper Jamil Wilson. Assuming he clears waivers today, the Lakers are strong front-runners to sign forward Jamil Wilson to a 10-day contract, league sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 8, 2018 So who is Wilson, where should we […]
Same Faces, New Places: Lakers Usage
People change. Are you the same you were a year ago? Are you spending your time the same ways? A year ago I hadn’t even considered writing or podcasting, and used Twitter rather passivey. I’d say I’m mostly the same person but with more experience and smarts and have used my time rather differently. NBA […]
Lakers Data Report: Thunder and Hornets Games
Hello! Welcome to this edition of the Lakers post game data report, where the basketball is bad and the numbers are worse. Today we find our Los Angeles Lakers with a body of work and remaining schedule (including rest days & injuries) that result in a 24 game win projection. Tribute to Kobe aside, that’s […]