Kobe Bryant: Mythical or Misguided

It's hard the fathom the pressure Kobe Bryant feels right now. It's not the pressure of a police officer drawing his weapon in the line of duty, of a single mom struggling to make ends meet, of an addict trying…

Brian Champlin

Phil Jackson Wants Team to Play Desperate & The Top NBA News

Top Story After the Los Angeles Lakers' Game 4 loss to the New Orleans Hornets, Coach Phil Jackson said the Hornets played desperate. Jackson told reporters he would like to see his own team play with a sense of desperation.…

Ramneet Singh

Kobe to Play in Game 5 Despite Sprained Left Ankle

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers has a sprained left ankle, but he is expected to play in tonight's Game 5. Bryant refused to undergo an MRI on the ankle, and he is not allowing the Lakers' training staff…

Ramneet Singh

Ron Artest Wins NBA Citizenship Award

In a move that defines the complete transformation of Ron Artest the NBA has announced the Lakers forward as the recipient for this year's J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship award. Just six years after Artest's infamous role in the brawl at…

Daniel Buerge

Kobe, Lakers Hobble Home; Look To Bounce Back At Staples Center

Hornets Projected Starting Line-up: PG: Chris Paul SG: Marco Belinelli SF: Trevor Ariza PF: Carl Landry C: Emeka Okafor Key Reserves: C Aaron Gray, G Willie Green, F Jason Smith, G Jarrett Jack Injuries: Lakers - Kobe Bryant (Sprained Left…

Devin Ugland

NBA Playoffs Results and Schedule & The Top NBA News

NBA Playoffs- Results for April 24th, 2011 Philadelphia 76ers-86 Miami Heat-82-F (Miami leads 3-1) Boston Celtics- 101 New York Knicks-89-F (Boston wins series 4-0) Atlanta Hawks-88 Orlando Magic-85-F (Atlanta leads series 3-1) New Orleans Hornets-93 Los Angeles Lakers-88-F (Series tied…

Ramneet Singh

Times Are Tough for the Lakers in the Big Easy

The Lakers are in trouble. Kind of. The Hornets are a team the Lakers beat handedly during the regular season by sweeping their four-game set and three of those games included David West, New Orleans’ second-best scorer. Without West, Chris…

Nadya Avakian

The Lakers’ Department of Defense; 2008 till Present Day

If there was one lesson to be learned from losing the 2008 Finals to the Boston Celtics, then it would be the need for defense.  The 2007-2008 season was a roller coaster year for the Lakers, to say the least.…

Elizabeth Benson

Kobe Expects to play Tuesday Despite Swollen Foot

During last night's loss to the New Orleans Hornets Kobe Bryant suffered an ankle sprain late in the fourth quarter. This caused Bryant to leave the game momentarily and had him on crutches after the game. The injury happened to…

Daniel Buerge

Report: Rookie Derrick Caracter Arrested Sunday Morning

According to Mike Bresnahan the Lakers' rookie Derrick Caracter was arrested early Sunday morning following an altercation outside the team hotel. The altercation is an alleged assault but the full details have not been released. Caracter was inactive for tonight's…

Daniel Buerge