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During the same whirlwind week last July, when four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James created a roar by signing with the Los Angeles Lakers, the organization also quietly renounced their rights to Julius Randle, their former lottery pick who was the leading scorer and rebounder last season, and the only player to appear in all 82 games. Randle's return hit a bump in the road when he limped off the floor late in a 102-96 loss against the visiting Miami Heat on Sunday. He then sat out his first game of the season on Wednesday, a 123-115 loss against the Milwaukee Bucks that kicked off a four-game road trip. Continue to Article

December 20, 2018 11:02:pm EST

You made three of the biggest plays of the game,” James told Bryce, sitting on the sideline together after the team barely eked out a win. You get too down on yourself for no reason. The 33-year-old dad of three then goes on to describe what exactly those three impressive plays were: getting the offensive rebound when the team was down by four, firing off an outlet pass to teammate Owen “when he got the and-one” and then making another key pass at the end to win the game. Continue to Article

December 20, 2018 1:23:pm EST

Try to get to a player and someone — team security, arena security, a police officer — will not-so-politely move you out of the way. You can see the security guard start to reach for the phone, then he took his cue from LeBron, stepped back, and let that woman get her new Instagram post/wallpaper/Christmas card/all of the above and more photo. Continue to Article

December 19, 2018 10:00:am EST

LeBron James was asked Tuesday about the possibility of the Los Angeles Lakers acquiring New Orleans Pelicans superstar Anthony Davis via trade. "That would be amazing," James told ESPN's Dave McMenamin. "That would be amazing, like, duh. James obviously wants to play with good players, and Davis is a bona-fide superstar who would make the Lakers instant contenders. Continue to Article

December 19, 2018 7:46:am EST

Kenny Atkinson felt Jarrett Allen's spectacular block to deny LeBron James a slam dunk made a statement and set the tone for the Brookyln Nets' win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Nets center Allen sprung up to thwart James in the second minute of the Nets' 115-110 win on Tuesday. The Nets have now won six in a row and coach Atkinson says Allen's intervention so early in the contest was a key moment. Continue to Article

December 19, 2018 6:20:am EST