Even though the playoffs are in full swing, with only 4 teams left competing for the championship this truly is the off-season for most of the league. And with that we are at the point where the maneuvering and jockeying into positions to upgrade rosters are also in full swing. The draft lottery just took […]
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Lakers Rumors: LA Looking Forward to 2019 Free Agency?
Rewind a little less than a year. It’s May 2017 and newly minted President of Basketball Operations Magic Johnson is talking about what the team’s plans will be in the upcoming summer. The free agent market is going to be stacked — Durant, LeBron, Curry, and others — and the Lakers have the ability to […]
Lakers Rumors: LA Wants to be Sellers at the Trade Deadline
The Lakers’ plan to pursue max level free agents is well known. What’s also well known is the Lakers do not actually have the cap space to sign the two superstars they’d like to ink to deals. This means they’ll need to dump salary between now and next July 1st — something the current players […]
Lakers Rumors: Paul George Still Dropping Hints About a Future in LA
The OKC Thunder visit Los Angeles to play the Lakers on Wednesday night and that means Paul George is in town. As an opponent. The Lakers — fined for tampering related to Paul George this past summer — and their fans (photoshopping George into forum blue and gold colored unis for months) would like for […]
Lakers Rumors: LeBron James to the Lakers? NBA Writers Weigh In…
Look, if you think these types of Lakers rumors are going away, they’re not. If you want them to go away, I can appreciate that, but also feel bad for your disappointment. So, I figure I can either ignore them, or at least offer it in only small doses. Today, I choose the latter. Sports […]
NBA News: What the Carmelo Anthony trade means for the Lakers
One of the major, ongoing storylines of the summer has been what is going to happen with Carmelo Antony and the Knicks. Well, rest easy. The Carmelo Antony Trade is done. He’s going from New York to Oklahoma City per Adrian Wojnarowski: New York has agreed to a deal to send Carmelo Anthony to OKC […]
Lakers Rumors: L.A. Offered Andre Iguodala $20 Million in Free Agency
In a wonderful behind the scenes look at what Andre Iguodala’s free agency process was like this summer, Chris Haynes of ESPN reports that the Lakers offered the Warriors wing big money to leave Golden State for Los Angeles. Here’s Haynes with the details: Set up in the presidential suite at the Montage Hotel in […]
Lakers Rumors: Why the Dwyane Wade Laker Fit Is Bad
Is Dwyane Wade the Lakers’ penultimate step? You can’t always go for the juggernaut right away. To make the critical strike in a game of chess, you have to be thinking ahead and make some set up moves before unleashing that power punch. When high jumping, the approach is essential, but it’s that penultimate step, […]
Closing the Rumor Mill – Shabazz Muhammad Won’t be a Laker
One of the last vestiges of Lakers free agency rumor season was regarding their 15th roster spot and whether they would use that vacancy to fill a hole on the wing. The name that was most recently associated with that opening was Shabazz Muhammad, the Timberwolf turned restricted free agent turned unrestricted free agent. The […]
On the Pursuit of George Hill and the Dwindling Point Guard Market
It’s July 4th and while Lakers fans are waiting for their free agency fireworks, they might just settle for some sparklers at this point. The team has been fairly quiet since the market opened, making contact with Andre Iguodala (stayed in Golden State) and Ben McLemore (signed in Memphis), had multiple conversations with Rajon Rondo […]