Photo Courtesy of TMZ The Lakers are once again must-see TV. Only this time, their post-game pressers, locker room interviews, and practice reports may be just as interesting as their games. First and foremost, they have the best player in the world in LeBron James suiting up in purple and gold. That alone is enough to divert eyeballs down to L.A. But more than that, the optics of seeing the best player in the game playing for arguably the best franchise is irresistibly rich

Photo Courtesy: Lakers Outsiders From working class beginnings in Lansing, Michigan to signing one of the most lucrative contracts in sports history, Earvin “Magic” Johnson has never shied away from the spotlight. To the contrary, he has lived and thrived in it. Magic isn’t just the best point guard in NBA history, he remains one of the most popular stars the league has ever seen. Aside from his billion-dollar smile, and jack-in-the-box personality, polarizing passing, and wi

Lonzo Ball in Magic Johnson’s Los Angeles is looking like a match made in Laker heaven. It’s a symbiotic relationship with each adding to the fuel of the other: Lonzo has all of the pressure he could wish for, his Big Baller Brand camp has a platform for promotion and the Lakers have a young franchise cornerstone with popularity befitting Hollywood and potentially the talent to continue the Showtime and Kobe Bryant Laker dynasties. Off-court and on-paper everything adds up, b

If you’ve been watching Laker games this season you’ve already fallen in love with rookie Kyle Kuzma. The young native of Flint Michigan, came into the league with the kind of tenacity Laker fans love and a playing style that fits perfectly in today’s NBA. With no holes in his game, the young power forward has captivated NBA fans to beg the question: how did so many teams pass on him? No one is arguing Kyle Kuzma went from late-first-round college prospect to this year’s stea

If the summer of 2017 wasn’t the Summer of The Worst Trades Ever, the Los Angeles Lakers trade with the Brooklyn Nets would have been the worst trade of the summer. Considering the trade involved the league’s most famous franchise and a controversial number two overall pick, it went somewhat under-the-radar; likely due to the fact that it came just two days before Jimmy Butler was traded and 10 days before Paul George was traded. Those were two of the worst trades in NBA hist

Only Kobe Bryant could get two numbers retired. Earlier in the week, the Los Angeles Lakers announced they would retire both Kobe’s 8 and Kobe’s 24. There has been speculation for years on which number the Lakers would choose to retire and choosing both numbers only seems par for the course for the type of career Bryant had in Los Angeles. Bryant started his career as a Laker with number 8 and in that time he won three championships with the club alongside Shaquille O’Neal. H

Tinsel town is officially back on the NBA landscape as the Los Angeles Lakers has recently hired former Laker legend Ervin Magic Johnson to be the new President of Basketball Operations. This was not shocking as Magic hinted since he was hired as an “advisor” earlier in the month he wanted to ultimately call the shots of all basketball operations involving the Lakers. Should the City of Angels be celebrating? Are the Lakers officially back in the discussion to be a premier la

The Lakers are the type of franchise that is championship or bust, and with good reason. They have won 16 championships in their illustrious history. If they don’t get more proactive in free agency and trading, it will be very hard for the Lakers to get back to that. The Lakers haven’t been without a superstar for many years, going back at least 20 years, prior to Kobe Bryant, and before that, they had Magic Johnson. Not to mention others like James Worthy, Shaquille O’Neal,

It has now been 4 seasons since the trio of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and DeAndre Jordan have been together in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Clippers organization has gotten more and more attention as people are starting to open to the possibility of splitting the trio. Although the Clippers organization has an extremely talented point guard in Chris Paul, a versatile power forward in Blake Griffin and a strong defensive center in Deandre Jordan, they have never made it out o