You have to feel a bit for Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni, who was brought in to a bad team that didn't fit his style,…

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This video from @CJZero is a beautiful microcosm of the current state of Los Angeles basketball. Sure, the Lakers…

If you were somehow able to coax your abnormally tall dad into lacing up his New Balances and participating in a…

The following is excerpted from Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s,…

At 19-37, only the Sixers, Bucks and Magic are worse than the Celtics in the East. Things are actually worse for the…

Dwight Howard's return to Los Angeles went pretty much as expected: Fans got on him, and the Lakers got blown out.…

Steve Nash turned 40 last night and had a pretty solid game for the Lakers in a 112-98 win over the 76ers. He had…

The Lakers started tonight's game in Cleveland with only eight available players. That dropped to six when Nick…

It's hard to blame Kobe for letting his frustration get the better of him. A man can only handle so much Swaggy P…

One-time Washington Wizards lockerroom gun-brandisher Javaris Crittenton, who hasn't played in the NBA since his…

Want to know far has Andrew Bynum's star fallen? Look no further than this report from ESPN's Brian Windhorst and…

The following is excerpted from Lord of the Rings, the new Phil Jackson biography by Peter Richmond. The text is…

The Lakers are hanging in there, but Pau Gasol, who was supposed to be a dependable and veteran presence in the…

There was a very odd, long story on CBS Sports earlier this week that read uncomfortably like an infomercial for "Dr.…

Why the hell is this two minutes long? It is so long. Nothing really happens.

So, this is just great. Former Los Angeles Lakers teammates Byron Scott and James Worthy were on Time Warner Cable…

Down late at home to the Lakers and out of time outs, Nets coach Jason Kidd improvised a trick straight out of…