Lakers News: Magic Johnson Providing $100 Million For Minority-Owned Businesses
Former Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson announced that his company, Equitrust, has partnered with MBE Capital Partners to provide $100 million in loans to minority-owned businesses impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It has left countless…
NBA Rumors: Walt Disney World Offering To Host 2020 “Summer League”
There continues to be movement towards the return of NBA basketball at some point this summer, though the actual dates remain unclear. One thing that is for certain is that the schedule for the offseason as well as the 2021…
How The Rumored 1-16 NBA Playoff Seeding Would Impact Lakers
If and when the 2019-20 NBA season resumes, the Los Angeles Lakers’ six-year playoff drought will end. That much we do know. As the current top seed in the Western Conference, in a normal year the Lakers would have home-court…
Lakers News: Jared Dudley Says NBA Players Will Be Allowed To Leave ‘Bubble,’ But With That Comes Risk Of Punishment
Things seem to be moving slowly towards the NBA resuming play and finishing out the 2019-20 season, which is great for teams like the Los Angeles Lakers who had legit championship aspirations this year. The league and players have been…
Danny Green Concerned NBA Shutdown ‘Big Disadvantage’ For Lakers
Before the NBA season got shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Los Angeles Lakers were arguably the hottest team in the league. They comfortably held the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference after back-to-back wins over…
Jeanie Buss ‘Assumed’ Jim Buss Would Uphold Lakers Standard, But Lack Of Clear Path Required Change
As the glamour franchise of the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers are no strangers to drama. Throughout the years, there was seemingly always a major story following the storied franchise and it was to be expected given all of the…
Lakers News: Pau Gasol Reminisces On Speaking Spanish With Kobe Bryant During Games
While Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal became one of the greatest duos of all-time in Los Angeles Lakers franchise history, that of Bryant and Pau Gasol was similarly successful and arguably more fun. Beyond winning two championships and appearing in…
NBA Rumors: Board Of Governors Expected To Have Conference Call To Discuss Timetable, Return To Play Plan
The NBA’s Board of Governors, as well as commissioner Adam Silver, have been in fairly regular communication about the return of the 2019-20 regular season. A number of details have been discussed, with tons of scenarios being thrown out regularly…
NBA Rumors: 2020 Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony Could Be Postponed Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic
The 2020 class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is one of the greatest of all-time. Featured in it is Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, along with fellow greats Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, and also WNBA…
NBA Rumors: Teams Informed They Will Be Allowed to Bring ‘Roughly’ 35 People In Travel Party
Since March 11, the world has been without NBA basketball as the 2019-20 season was put on hold due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that swept the globe. Several players and team officials tested positive for coronavirus, but have fortunately…
Jared Dudley: Playing Clippers In Western Conference Finals At Staples Center Would Have Given Lakers ‘Potentially’ 7 Home Games Addresses Homecourt Advantage Without Fans
The Los Angeles Lakers began to hit their stride and were sitting atop the Western Conference with a 49-14 record before the 2019-20 NBA season was suspended in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Although the league is doing what…
NBA Rumors: Adam Silver Warns Players No Return To Play Will Be ‘Risk-Free’
With commissioner Adam Silver putting himself and the NBA on a two-to-four week timeline to make a decision regarding the return of play, he must figure out ways to minimize risk when a return eventually happens. Putting all 16 playoff…
