If there’s one thing the Lakers will not be doing in this truncated offseason, it’s stand pat. While the idea of running it back always sounded nice, even the best teams are trying to find ways to improve, and the defending champion Lakers are no exception. With that, reports that the team is going to […]
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Lakers to Sign JR Smith?
No, you didn’t just take a bunch of mushrooms and visit my site. Yes, you did read the title to this blog post correctly. That’s right, the Lakers may be tryin’ to get that pipe. With Avery Bradley deciding he will not join the Lakers in Orlando for the NBA’s scheduled restart in July, they […]
Lakers Reportedly Frontrunners to Sign Markief Morris
Let’s start with what we know, because that’s always easiest. According to The Atheltic’s Shams Charania, the Lakers are frontrunners to sign Markieff Morris, who was recently bought out by the Detroit Pistons. Look, he tweeted it right here: What else do we know? Let’s get the basic stuff out of the way first: The […]
Amid Flurry of League Wide Action, Lakers Stand Pat at Trade Deadline
The Lakers come out of the trade deadline the same team they were heading into it. Not a single move made, though it remains unclear how hard they pushed to make something happen. What we do know, errr — what we see being reported, is that the Lakers refused to part with Kyle Kuzma in […]
NBA Trade Deadline is Here
At the moment I am typing this, we are 3 hours away from the NBA trade deadline. While there are Lakers rumors swirling, there is little substantive activity to report on. In the past couple of weeks, the Lakers have reportedly shown interest in Derrick Rose, Marcus Morris, Markief Morris, Dennis Schroeder, and Spencer Dinwiddie. […]
Ranking the Lakers Needs at the Trade Deadline
The NBA Trade Deadline is Thursday and the Lakers have holes on their roster. Normally, then, you’d expect them to be active in trying to fill in the gaps on a team that is near the top of the league in terms of record, but on that has also had some high profile losses vs. […]
Laker film Room Podcast: Trade Season
In this episode of the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I talk about the Lakers heading into trade deadline. From what the team’s needs are, what trade targets most intrigue us as possible additions to the team, and the Kyle Kuzma rumors, we dive into how the Lakers should approach the deadline and what […]
Trade Rumor Season is Upon Us, Kyle Kuzma Edition
The NBA’s trade deadline is Thursday, February 6th. That is, at the time of this writing, exactly a month away. On December 15th, the 40% of the league that signed contracts as free agents this past summer became trade eligible under NBA rules. You know what this means, right? IT’S TRADE RUMOR SEASON. Act accordingly, […]
Laker Film Room Podcast: Discussing Darren Collison
In this episode the Laker Film Room Podcast, Pete and I discuss the recent news on Darren Collison, who is considering coming out of retirement in February with his preferred destinations being either the Clippers or…you guessed it…the Lakers. Pete and I dive right in to talk about what a potential Collison addition could mean […]
Lakers Targeting Ron Adams as Assistant Coach?
We’ve heard very little about the construction of Frank Vogel’s coaching staff beyond the hiring of Jason Kidd and Lionel Hollins. That changed today with a report from ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk and Adrian Wojnarowski: Ron Adams has been on Steve Kerr’s staff for the Warriors entire run of success and, before that, was a key […]