Report: There are powerful people close to Lakers who ‘aren’t thrilled’ with Phil Jackson’s role in coaching search

It was recently reported that the Los Angeles Lakers are leaning on legendary former head coach Phil Jackson in their current head coaching search. The report revealed that the former…

Jonathan Sherman

J.J. Redick slams Lakers for allowing Phil Jackson to advise head-coaching search

Former NBA player and current ESPN analyst J.J. Redick was not happy with the Los Angeles Lakers' decision to allow former head coach Phil Jakcson to advise the team in…

Peter Dewey

Stephen A. Smith says executives have told him that Anthony Davis’ trade value is low because of his injury woes

Entertaining NBA pundit Stephen A. Smith seems to have plenty of Los Angeles Lakers tea at the moment. First off, Smith expressed a belief that the Lakers should consider trading…

Jonathan Sherman

Stephen A. Smith: ‘The Los Angeles Lakers should strongly consider trading LeBron James’

The Los Angeles Lakers just endured one of the most disappointing NBA seasons in recent memory, and as a result, it appears that some people are getting drastic ideas. Sports…

Jonathan Sherman

Masai Ujiri clowns the Lakers for thinking they have a chance to land Nick Nurse

There's been a ton of noise around the idea of Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse possibly landing the Los Angeles Lakers' open head coach slot. However, Raptors president of…

Justin Benjamin

Report: Phil Jackson advising Lakers in coaching search

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the middle of a pivotal coaching search. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers are leaning on coaching legend Phil Jackson to guide the…

Justin Benjamin

Report: There are ‘widespread rumblings’ that Doc Rivers is intrigued by Lakers job

The Los Angeles Lakers will need to find a new head coach before the start of the 2022-23 season. Even before the 2021-22 season came to an end for the…

Jonathan Sherman

Brian Windhorst argues that Giannis Antetokounmpo is a better defender than LeBron James ever has been

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are now gaining serious playoff momentum in their attempt to repeat as NBA champions. Obviously, that's due in large part to the two-time MVP,…

Jonathan Sherman

Report: Lakers search for head coach ‘widely expected’ to be slow in order to find someone who can ‘win LeBron James’ buy-in’

The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly are expected to have a slower head-coaching search to make sure they find someone who can “win” over superstar LeBron James. The Lakers decided to…

Peter Dewey

Nick Nurse shoots down reports of Lakers’ interest in him with strong statement

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse quickly eliminated any thought of him being a possible candidate to take over the vacant head coaching position of the Los Angeles Lakers. https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1521152792211202049…

Brad Sullivan