History Of The Los Angeles Lakers

The Gateway to the west, isn’t always the best. The St. Louis Rams couldn’t have an NFL team due to the lack of people in the city, money issues, and stadium debt. Los Angeles is a city of countless opportunities for the Rams to thrive and build their franchise. Los Angeles, a city of over 4 million, has finally achieved world class status but, on the other hand, relocating and building a new stadium costs millions of dollars and Stan Kroenke, the owner of the NFL Rams franchise, has a very hard decision to make whether or not he wants to move due to the fact he could lose millions of dollars if they are unsuccessful . Although many may say that the Rams were right to leave due to the lack of attendance, the financial burden the team places

Growing up in Italy, Kobe was very different from all of the other kids, him not speaking the language and being black, really made him an outlier from the other kids. This helped him although, because friends would have distracted him from his ultimate goal; becoming a Los Angeles Laker. Kobe being so isolated from everyone, brought in a lot of people assuming things about him; “‘It wasn’t that people thought I was soft,’ he says, slightly wincing at the implications of the word. ‘It was more

As far as positives; Kobe Bryant had an assist on seven of the Lakers first 12 baskets, passed Lakers legend, NBA Hall of Famer, the logo, Jerry West (6,238), landing in

2016 was the year that the craziest free agency signing happened in NBA history. Kevin Durant decided to join the Golden State Warriors. This is the team that had just broke the record for most wins in a season and after that season they add the second-best player in the NBA. His decision to sign with them put a huge target on his back, because a lot of NBA fans including myself considered the move weak. Some fans even said that it was the same thing LeBron did in 2010; leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to sign with the Miami Heat. There are a few things that are similar between the two, but I completely disagree with the people who think that it’s the same. Kevin Durant signing with the Warriors is worse than LeBron signing with the Heat.

First on the Lakers' list will be Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics whom they will face on November 8, while the road game against the Phoenix Suns on November 13 will cap off the four-game road trip. However, the said road trip will be first of many for the franchise and the first in the careers of Ball, Kyle Kuzma, and Josh Hart.

The upcoming NBA season is what the teams are looking forward to specially the Cleveland Cavaliers who took home the championship title and probably planning to aim for a back-to-back championship. In relation to this matter, Cleveland Cavaliers is on their run in improving their lineup which will possibly push them in “trading” players assumed to be involving Memphis Grizzlies’ Vince Carter.

Can you imagine waking up one morning to find out that the best basketball player on the planet is coming back home to play for your city? On July 11, 2014, LeBron James announced that he would be returning to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was a bright, sunny morning. I woke up and went downstairs to eat some breakfast. All summer long, people in Ohio were very hopeful that LeBron would come back. A lot of people thought the rumors were a joke and that it would never happen. They thought he would win another championship and rub it in our faces again while the Cavs were nowhere near making the playoffs for another straight year. The team was bad, but we had a promising point guard to set up LeBron and score the ball too. I went back

Two years ago the Lakers drafted their point guard of the future in D’Angelo Russell, and although he

Have you ever been known to be a “die-hard fan?” Have you ever loved a team so much, that you decorated your room with the team’s logo everywhere, or bought your favorite players jersey for that team? I have, and that team to me was the Los Angeles Lakers. I remember watching some of the most successful seasons the Lakers ever had, either when they were winning championships or breaking NBA records. Slowly I began to see good players leave Los Angeles and their record start to get worse and worse every year. Something needs to get done for the Lakers so they can become a successful team like they once were, and I know exactly how to do it.

The reports also say that the addition of Smart and Ellis to the Kings will solve their problem on their backcourt and as for Johnson, he can be a mentor for the young frontcourt of the Kings. On the Pacers side, they will also get what they wanted by acquiring Gay. It's been a while that the Pacers are also hunting Gay this offseason and this is their chance to make it happen.

LOS ANGELES — Lakers fans are spending hundreds of dollars on tickets to bid farewell to Kobe Bryant as he winds down his final season in a Hall of Fame-caliber career. They are coming to Los Angeles from out of state and from overseas. They are skipping work and sacrificing vacation days.

The Los Angeles Lakers reached a 4 year deal with Timofey Mozgov worth 64 million dollars just hours after the beginning of the NBA Free Agency. To be honest, most of us were shocked with the deal and Twitter without a doubt proved the basketball world's shock. Mozgov however, maybe will live up to such a large deal and here are the reasons. A year ago, Mozgov was one of the Cavaliers leading scorers and a key figure in the NBA Finals. His presence and dominant rebounding forced Steve Kerr to implement to so familiar Warriors " Death Lineup," with Draymond Green at the center spot. One could argue his rise resulted from the absence of the Cavs' players, but nevertheless Mozgov demonstrated he could ball with the best of them.

The Clippers quietly signed enigmatic Lance Stephenson. Lance is a player who was “Born Ready” to play basketball, regardless of how he may have blew his chance to solidify himself as a premier player in the NBA. Most associate Lance with his on-court antics of blowing in Lebron James ear during the playoffs rather than him leading the NBA in triple doubles that

Despite posting the two worst seasons in franchise history over the last two years, the Lakers future is the opposite of bleak. Being in Los Angeles is an innate advantage in free agency, with Kobe Bryant coming off of the books, the team has an enormous amount of cap space, and unless

The Cavs' restricted free agents are all valuable to their team, too. Tristan Thompson already turned down $52 million, and LeBron James has lobbied for his return. Iman Shumpert is a valuable "3 and D" wing player, and Dellavedova became an important contributor in the playoffs.