With the Lakers struggling to win since the In-Season Tournament, head coach Darvin Ham recently discussed the possibility of changing the starting lineup.
After a breakout performance in the playoffs and signing a new contract with the Lakers, Rui Hachimura’s uneven start to the season is growing more noticeable.
The Lakers and Bulls have been leading the rumor mill regarding a Zach LaVine trade, but recent reports suggest the Lakers feel they’d be helping Chicago more than themselves with a move.
Despite superstar-level play from LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers are only slightly better than average — a major problem for a team with title aspirations.
Making trades to improve the Lakers is not as simple as acquiring someone who can do things currently missing on the roster, but is also about striking the right balance of what skills you’re dealing away, too.
After missing nearly two months with a knee injury, Gabe Vincent looks set to return to the court for the Lakers in Wednesday’s game against the Bulls.
The Lakers raised their In-Season Tournament banner on Monday, a move that both LeBron James and Darvin Ham were in favor of as they spoke after the game.
Despite early rumors saying the Lakers wouldn’t put up a banner if they won the In-Season Tournament, they did just that on Monday, with the league reportedly pressuring the franchise to do so.
There haven’t been many moments for Maxwell Lewis to show us what he can do at the NBA level. But he’s shown flashes of the promise and an ability to adapt his game into what the Lakers need in the future.
The job’s not done for the Lakers as they celebrated their In-Season Tournament title one more time but lost against the Knicks, a sign of the struggles this team has to overcome to win it all in 2024.
We are in the heart of NBA trade rumor season and while Zach LaVine is the talk of the league, the Lakers appear to still consider Austin Reaves untouchable.