Shaq believes Phil Jackson’s coaching style leads to more long-term success than Pat Riley’s approach

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal had the privilege of playing for both Phil Jackson and Pat Riley, two of the greatest coaches in NBA history, during his career. He played under

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Zach Lowe thinks Bronny James is ‘100 percent’ playing in Lakers’ season opener alongside LeBron

The Los Angeles Lakers are likely to attract the attention of many NBA fans in their season opener on Oct. 22 for a variety of reasons -- but one of

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Shaq says he used to motivate Kobe by making him mad: ‘They got this kid LeBron in Cleveland who’s better than you’

According to Shaquille O'Neal, back when he was teammates with Kobe Bryant on the Los Angeles Lakers, he would motivate Bryant by aggravating him. O'Neal apparently used to bring up

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Kendrick Perkins believes LeBron will be on ‘minimum’ 2 more All-NBA teams before he retires

Former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins — who was once Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James' teammate — is convinced that James has multiple All-NBA seasons left in the tank

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Bleacher Report pegs Darius Garland as ‘realistic’ dream target for Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers have several things on their wish list as the new NBA season approaches, and one of them, at least in an ideal sense, is an upgrade

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How Christian Koloko complicates things for a Lakers roster that is already full

The Los Angeles Times' Dan Woike explained that the Los Angeles Lakers will — in all likelihood — cut ties with one player on the team that is currently inked

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Report: LeBron’s camp ‘did not love it’ when people started calling Steph the best player in the world years ago

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry seem to have a very solid relationship these days, and that was on full display when the

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Lakers insider gives insight into when we’ll know it’s the ‘final march’ of LeBron’s career

ESPN's Dave McMenamin provided fans with information regarding how Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will handle the end of his NBA tenure. https://twitter.com/espnnba/status/1834675221380411699 "I wouldn't start looking at it

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Dan Hurley’s wife says Lakers meeting felt ‘yucky,’ but also ‘so right’

University of Connecticut men's basketball coach Dan Hurley's wife Andrea said meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers in June felt like "cheating." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EMRXuJy16s "It felt yucky because we have —

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DeMar DeRozan on Lakers’ lack of interest in him despite support from LeBron and AD: ‘They made their choice’

NBA star DeMar DeRozan revealed how he felt knowing that the Los Angeles Lakers did not reciprocate his interest in joining the team. "Yeah, you just learn how to deal

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