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LeBron James participated in about half of practice Thursday, and coach Luke Walton expects him to play Friday when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Brooklyn Nets, The Athletic reported. The team listed James' status as probable. With the Lakers managing the superstar's minutes down the stretch, the superstar forward has sat out two of the past three games. Continue to Article

March 21, 2019 8:15:pm EST

Kobe Bryant, who spent his entire career with the Lakers, has said he wanted to play for the Wizards and Bulls. Add the Knicks to the list. What other teams would you have liked to play for besides the Lakers? Continue to Article

March 21, 2019 1:44:pm EST

The Lakers will not renew Andre Ingram's contract, and will send the 33-year-old back to the South Bay Lakers after his latest stint with the team. It appears that Andre Ingram's latest stint with the Los Angeles Lakers has come to an end. The Lakers — who signed Ingram to a 10-day contract earlier this month, nearly one year after he made his NBA debut as a 32-year-old with the franchise in perhaps the best feel-good story of last season — are not renewing his contract, according to Bill Oram of The Athletic. Continue to Article

March 20, 2019 7:13:pm EST

CLEVELAND (AP) -- �� The Bucks are staggering to the finish line of a special regular season. Milwaukee superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss his second straight game with a sprained right ankle on Wednesday night, one of several key injuries to hit the Eastern Conference-leading Bucks in recent days. A leading MVP contender, Antetokounmpo will rest against the Cavaliers as the Bucks, who enter with the NBA's best record, try to clinch their first Central Division title since 2001. Continue to Article

March 20, 2019 6:41:pm EST

This likely means Mirotic is out until about the start of the playoffs. All those injuries — with Brogdon likely stretching into the postseason — makes one wonder how deep a playoff run the Bucks can make? They need to get healthy to have a shot with how little margin for error there is among the big four in the East. Continue to Article

March 20, 2019 3:35:pm EST