Jacob Rude

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Editor-in-Chief at Silver Screen and Roll

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How Mavs landing No. 1 pick in 2025 NBA Draft could benefit Lakers

1 day ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

David Banks-Imagn Images In a bit of good fortune and literally nothing else and certainly nothing predetermined or rigged, the Mavs lucked into the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NBA Draft at Monday’s lottery. It’s good to see a general manager like Nico Harrison rewarded for such fine work as a general manager, an opinion held likely only by Lakers fans across the NBA landscape. Jokes aside, it’s a huge shift in the landscape for the NBA.
How the Lakers could benefit from the Mavs landing the No. 1 pick

1 day ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jacob Rude

In a bit of good fortune and literally nothing else and certainly nothing predetermined or rigged, the Mavs lucked into the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NBA Draft at Monday’s lottery. It’s good to see a general manager like Nico Harrison rewarded for such fine work as a general manager, an opinion held likely only by Lakers fans across the NBA landscape. AdvertisementJokes aside, it’s a huge shift in the landscape for the NBA.
What were your favorite moments of Christian Koloko’s season?

1 day ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

Photo by Amanda Loman/NBAE via Getty Images As we review the season of every player for the Lakers, we’ll also take a daily look at the moments, games and quotes that fans enjoyed most from this season. Today, we continue with Christian Koloko. After joining the Lakers with some uncertainty regarding his health, Christian Koloko ended the season featuring often for the Lakers.
LeBron James had the same reaction as everyone else to the Mavs winning the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft

2 days ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images The NBA may never beat the rigged allegations after Monday night. While it is likely not true that the league is rigged in any way, that’s a harder truth to accept after Monday’s lottery for the 2025 NBA Draft. Coming into the night with just a 1.8% chance of the top pick, the Dallas Mavericks moved up eight spots to No. 1, winning the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. And everyone had the exact same thought.
LeBron James had the same reaction as everyone else to the Mavs winning the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft

2 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jacob Rude

The NBA may never beat the rigged allegations after Monday night. While it is likely not true that the league is rigged in any way, that’s a harder truth to accept after Monday’s lottery for the 2025 NBA Draft. Coming into the night with just a 1.8% chance of the top pick, the Dallas Mavericks moved up eight spots to No. 1, winning the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. AdvertisementAnd everyone had the exact same thought.
What were Lakers fans’ favorite moments of Trey Jemison’s season?

2 days ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images As we review the season of every player for the Lakers, we’ll also take a daily look at the moments, games and quotes that fans enjoyed most from this season. Today, we start with Trey Jemison. Signed as a two-way player midway through the season, Trey Jemison quickly became a fan favorite. His playstyle — which was basically just being a ball of energy running around the court, for better or for worse — endeared him to fans.
Tracker: Everyone we know the Lakers have looked at in 2025 NBA Draft

3 days ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

Photo by Kostas Lymperopoulos/NBAE via Getty Images The final piece of the Anthony Davis trade with the Pelicans will be conveyed this season as the Lakers’ first round pick will head to Atlanta after New Orleans dealt it for Dejounte Murray. As a result, LA will have just its own second round pick in this season’s draft. And after their late-season surge to the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, their pick will be No. 55 overall.
Dalton Knecht says learning ‘anything can happen’ was biggest takeaway from rookie season

3 days ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

Photo by Soobum Im/Getty Images It’s hard to imagine a rookie year filled with more drama than the one Dalton Knecht experienced. He started games, came off the bench, was a fixture in the rotation, fell out of the rotation and was traded off the dang team at one point. Everything that could happen seemingly did happen to Knecht. He navigated it all and came out the other side with lessons learned.
Bronny James admits pressure got to him at beginning of rookie season

5 days ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

Photo by Soobum Im/Getty Images It’s hard to imagine a rookie coming into the league with the type of media attention and focus that Bronny James did this season. Many first-year players have entered the league with much fanfare, popularity and expectations. However, none have entered the league with specific expectations of playing with their father.
LeBron James says no players questioned JJ Redick’s decision to make no subs in Game 4 vs. Wolves

5 days ago | silverscreenandroll.com | Jacob Rude

Photo by Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images It’s going to take some time for Lakers fans — and head coach JJ Redick — to move past these playoffs. It wasn’t a great showing by Redick, highlighted by his Game 4 decision to play the same lineup for the entire second half. Not only was it detrimental in that contest, but it likely cost the team the series and their postseason hopes, as the defeat dropped them to a 3-1 hole in the series they didn’t get out of.