Lakers know how to beat Timberwolves. But can they pull it off?
Austin Reaves was tired Monday, the Lakers having just wrapped up a really hard practice.In the first minutes of Game 1 Saturday evening, he was…
Lakers give Rob Pelinka a contract extension and new title
The Lakers have given Rob Pelinka a contract extension and a new title: president of basketball operations. Terms of the deal were not announced Friday.Pelinka,…
Bronny James got A+ from JJ Redick before struggling in first Lakers start
Bronny James saw his share of highs and lows during his rookie season with the Lakers organization.Before the team’s regular-season finale Sunday against the Portland…
Austin Reaves scores 37 as Lakers fall to Denver for another loss
DENVER — Lakers coach JJ Redick lately has repeated a lyric from an old Jay-Z song: “It was all good just a week ago.”Entering Friday’s game against…
Hernández: Lakers find an identity, forged by a true leader in JJ Redick
The Lakers have found their leader.After Mike Brown and Mike D’Antonio, after Byron Scott and Luke Walton, after Frank Vogel and Darvin Ham, they have…
Inside the podcast relationship of Luka Doncic and JJ Redick
You don’t have to wonder what Lakers coach JJ Redick actually thinks of Luka Doncic. When you hire a head coach who used to host…
Lakers embarrassed against short-handed 76ers
PHILADELPHIA — JJ Redick’s voice over the last two weeks has begun to sound gravelly, the routine of screaming his way through game after game starting…
LeBron James: Roster build forces Lakers to play perfectly or lose
JJ Redick, on multiple occasions this season, has spoken about his belief in being process-oriented. It’s a necessary tool for any athlete, and especially one…
In first game since wildfires, Lakers reflect on ‘bittersweet’ night
When Anthony Davis described watching the flames approaching his family home, he didn’t sound like a star player on the Lakers.He sounded like a concerned…
Lakers seek relief in return to court, but Spurs offer little solace
Most of the time, NBA teams do whatever they can to fight off distractions. Monday, the Lakers couldn’t have been more thrilled to have one.LeBron…
LeBron James says Lakers must ‘get uncomfortable’ to be great
HOUSTON — The curse of the NBA regular season is that it’s a monthslong slog from city to city, from hotel rooms and hostile arenas, with…
JJ Redick responds to Charles Barkley criticism: ‘Don’t care.’
One day after a clip of Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley ripping JJ Redick went viral, the Lakers coach issued his own rebuttal —…
LeBron James at 40: A look at his longevity and twilight of his career
LeBron James loves horror movies, loves them so much he has a tattoo of his “Big Three” villains on his thigh. There’s “Nightmare on Elm…
Lakers are coming home and could be getting healthier
LeBron James and Rui Hachimura were home sick. Anthony Davis was in the back getting his injured ankle treated. D’Angelo Russell and Jaxson Hayes weren’t…
Max Christie makes his case to be Lakers’ next stopper
Max Christie reclined in his locker while a recent Grizzlies game played on the Lakers’ locker-room television. He looked relaxed and ready to go.However, he…
JJ Redick doesn’t know when LeBron James will rejoin Lakers
MINNEAPOLIS — LeBron James remained away from the Lakers in Minnesota on Friday, the 39-year-old listed as out with a left foot injury.James hasn’t been around…
Lakers’ lineup changes pay off with a convincing win over the Spurs
SAN ANTONIO — It was almost 4 a.m. Wednesday when the Lakers arrived at their hotel, their last two losses exposing some of the worst internal…
Another lackluster effort as Lakers lose to the Suns
PHOENIX — The idea, JJ Redick said before the game, would be for the Lakers to get back to the plan he set in place when…
Anthony Davis sustains eye injury in Lakers’ win over Toronto
JJ Redick caught himself before the 10th game of his coaching career Sunday night.The young Lakers coach was about to use an old coaching saying,…
Lakers can’t hide from their defensive issues in loss to Pistons
DETROIT — JJ Redick, the mathematically inclined Lakers coach, knows the sample sizes are too small as the Lakers enter their third week of the season.…