Featured Lakers History This Day In Lakers History: Nick Van Exel Outduels Gary Payton To Eliminate SuperSonics From NBA Playoffs In the mid-1990s the Los Angeles Lakers were in a transition between the ‘Showtime’ era of the 1980s to the… Corey Hansford05/04/20242 minute read
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Featured Lakers News Lakers News: Russell Westbrook Feeling ‘Grateful’ After Passing Gary Payton For 10th All-Time In Assists Los Angeles Lakers guard Russell Westbrook passed NBA legend Gary Payton for 10th all-time on the NBA’s assists leaderboard… Matt Peralta01/31/20233 minute read
Featured Lakers News Kobe Bryant, LeBron James & Shaquille O’Neal Among 15 Current Or Former Lakers To Make ESPN Top 74 NBA Players All-Time List In honor of the NBA’s 74th anniversary this year, ESPN released their list of the top 74 players of all time and… Daniel Starkand05/14/20202 minute read
Featured Lakers News Gary Payton: Lakers Planned To ‘Bring The Band Back’ Had They Won 2004 NBA Finals The 2003-04 Los Angeles Lakers saw one of the greatest collections of talent on a single team in NBA history. In… Ron Gutterman05/05/20202 minute read
Featured Lakers News Lakers News: Gary Payton Details What Made Kobe Bryant Different From Others The 2003-04 Los Angeles Lakers are one of the better collections of talent the NBA has ever seen. In an attempt to win… Ron Gutterman04/28/20202 minute read
Lakers News Lakers News: LeBron James Passes Gary Payton For 9th On NBA All-Time Assists List Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James passed Seattle SuperSonics legend Gary Payton for ninth on the NBA’s all-time… Ron Gutterman12/21/20192 minute read
Lakers News Lakers News: Barack Obama Thinks Gary Payton Made Michael Jordan Play More Like Kobe Bryant In 1996 NBA Finals Game 2 of the 2019 NBA Finals was a huge matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors as all eyes… Corey Hansford06/03/20192 minute read
Lakers News Gary Payton Says Jason Kidd Was First LeBron James Coming Out Of High School No one had more attention or faced more pressure coming out of high school than LeBron James. The new Los Angeles… Corey Hansford09/05/20182 minute read
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