LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are down 0–3 and facing the harsh reality that none of the 149 NBA teams who found themselves down 0–3 was ever able to mount a comeback and win a 7-game playoff series. Make no mistake. LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Lakers…

After blowing two golden opportunities to steal a win in Denver, the Los Angeles Lakers still remain on course again to win the series in six games by winning their three home games and stealing one game on the road. As impressive as Jokic, Murray, and the Nuggets were in…

The bad news is the Los Angeles Lakers lost two close, winnable games on the road to the Denver Nuggets. The good news is the Lakers now have an opportunity to win the next two games in Los Angeles to even the series. While the Nuggets have a 2–0 lead…

After finishing with just 8 points and a team-worst plus/minus of -25 in Game 1 of the West Finals, mercurial Lakers’ point Guard D’Angelo Russell found himself back on the court later that night trying to find his stroke. A big part of the Lakers late season finish and first…

Rookie head coach Darvin Ham has been on a hot streak since the Lakers remade their roster at the trade deadline where every single roster move he’s made has worked out beautifully. He’s now 8 games away from a chip. As a rookie coach, Darvin Ham has done an impressive…

The Lakers may have found the formula for optimizing LeBron James at this point in his career by surrounding him with an army of smart, young, talented, team-first players who could be his best supporting cast ever. The Lakers making the conference finals stunned the basketball world and left the…

LeBron James and Anthony Davis rejected claims by Lakers doubters and critics who want to put a ceiling on their season and confirmed they’re not satisfied just playing with house money. They want another championship. That may be presumptuous for a #7 seed that had to finish the season on…

After missing an opportunity to close out the Warriors, Darvin Ham may now be forced to replace Jarred Vanderbilt as a starter due to his shooting struggles to give the Lakers a better chance to win Game 6 tomorrow night. While Ham’s been amenable to midstream changes at the back…

Sometimes a picture’s clearly worth a thousand words. That smug smile on LeBron James’ face says it all as he eyes what could grow and develop into the deepest and most diverse supporting cast in his 20-year NBA career. Slowly but surely, the rest of the basketball world is suddenly…