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The Los Angeles Lakers face off against the Houston Rockets on Saturday night, making them the latest team to try to stop James Harden. Harden is averaging a cool 42 points per game in his last 18 games, and it’s quite telling that Lakers coach …
Luke Walton may have a fallback nearby in the event that he is shown the door by the Los Angeles Lakers. In a piece for Forbes that was published on Tuesday, basketball insider Adam Zagoria quoted a UCLA source who listed Walton’s name among …
Rajon Rondo was so into coaching the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night that Luke Walton had to tell him to zip it. Rondo is out 4-5 weeks recovering from surgery to repair a broken hand. While he’s out, he’s tried to stay involved with …
Magic Johnson has spoken, and he’s given assurances regarding Luke Walton. Johnson spoke with three Los Angeles Times reporters about the status of Walton, who is in his third season as the Los Angeles Lakers’ head coach. Johnson told the …
LeBron James is ignoring all the speculation about Luke Walton’s future, and the Lakers star thinks the coach is, too. James didn’t really bite on a question about whether it felt good to win Saturday night’s game for his embattled …
Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson may not be thrilled with how Luke Walton has the team playing, but his job apparently is not on the line yet. According to Tania Ganguli of the Los Angeles Times, it is true that Johnson angrily met with his …
The Los Angeles Lakers have not gotten off to the start they had hoped for when they signed LeBron James over the summer, and it sounds like president of basketball operations Magic Johnson is already losing his patience. ESPN’s Adrian …
The Los Angeles Lakers have played just three games in the LeBron James era, and head coach Luke Walton has already been fined for publicly bashing the officiating crew after one of them. On Wednesday, the NBA announced that Walton has been fined …
The NBA is a “get wins or get out” enterprise. The business can be callous at times, spurning head coaches who have seemingly earned job security — a lesson Dwane Casey learned the hard way in May. It’s still hard to imagine Casey on the …
Lonzo Ball is working his way back from a knee injury and has already impressed Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton. Ball underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in July to address issues that sidelined him at times last season. On …
When LeBron chose to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency, much was made about him supposedly making the decision without really consulting with head coach Luke Walton. In fact, one report said James had “zero contact” with …
It turns out that the early concerns about LeBron James’ relationship with Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton may be fairly overblown. Bill Oram of The Athletic reported on Tuesday that James and Walton have actually communicated via …
If Luke Walton needs some advice on how to coach LeBron James, he can look no further than James’ last head coach. Speaking at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Saturday, Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said that he was planning to meet …
The Los Angeles Lakers worked extremely hard to convince LeBron James to sign with them this offseason, but apparently they did not need any help from their head coach. Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports reports that LeBron had “zero contact” …
The LA Lakers have been careful with how they have addressed LaVar Ball’s criticisms in public, but they have apparently been rather irked in private. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reported on Thursday that the Lakers were “angry and …
Luke Walton was disappointed with his team’s effort in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, specifically saying that they got punked. The Lakers, who were without Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball, fell to the Grizzlies 123-114 as they shot …
