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1 week ago | 
lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini
One of the most glamorous franchises in all of professional sports is set to have a new majority owner. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Buss family has agreed to sell majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers organization to Mark Walter, an American businessman and CEO with a net worth of billions.
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1 week ago | 
lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini
As the Los Angeles Lakers look to add to their frontcourt, they have been linked to Utah Jazz forward John Collins in a new report.
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1 week ago | 
lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini
It’s been months now since Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James confronted ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith during a regular-season contest between the Lakers and New York Knicks on March 6. Allegedly, James told Smith to watch his mouth when it comes to James’ son Bronny. Smith has had plenty of time to move past the incident, but it doesn’t seem as if he and the elder James are going to break bread anytime soon and settle their differences.
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1 week ago | 
heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini
NBA star DeMar DeRozan is on the record as saying that he considered the Miami Heat to be a “real, personal, legitimate” option for him as a free agent in the summer of 2024 before he joined the Sacramento Kings. That offseason, DeRozan got moved from the Chicago Bulls to the Kings in a three-team sign-and-trade deal. He signed a three-year contract as part of the transaction. Around a year after DeRozan considered joining the Heat, it seems as if he could be in play for Miami once again.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Jesse Cinquini
The dog days of the NFL offseason are here, and Logan Ulrich of NFL Trade Rumors recently compiled a power ranking of the league’s 32 teams ahead of the 2025 campaign. Unfortunately, in all likelihood, the lion’s share of Miami Dolphins fans aren’t going to be happy with where Ulrich ranked the Dolphins.
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1 week ago | 
yardbarker.com | Jesse Cinquini
It’s public knowledge at this point in time that Miami Dolphins tight end Jonnu Smith is seeking a restructured deal and one that would keep him under contract with the organization for the long haul. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand why he’s looking for a lucrative extension, either, as he’s on the heels of his best season in the NFL by leaps and bounds.
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1 week ago | 
heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini
In the summer of 2004, the Miami Heat orchestrated one of the more significant trades in franchise history. They shipped Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant along with a first-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers and landed Shaquille O’Neal in return. The O’Neal trade was a home run for Miami in the sense that he ended up being the second-best player on the 2006 title team behind only Dwyane Wade.
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1 week ago | 
heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini
With the NBA Finals in full swing and the start of the offseason approaching, rumors have begun to heat up around the league, and one of the more prominent names that’s been in recent trade rumors is Phoenix Suns star forward Kevin Durant. NBA insider Jake Fischer came out with a report regarding Durant on Saturday that should have fans of the Miami Heat feeling cautiously optimistic about the chances that he gets dealt to Miami.
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1 week ago | 
heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini
Former NBA guard Lou Williams flew under the radar in the 2005 NBA Draft. He was fresh out of high school at the time, and he didn’t hear his name called until the Philadelphia 76ers selected him in the middle of the second round. Specifically, he was the No. 45 overall pick and saw many players get picked ahead of him. Williams had reason to believe he would be drafted in the opening round, however.
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1 week ago | 
lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini
Fans of the Los Angeles Lakers know that franchise legend Kobe Bryant played at an elite level for the lion’s share of his 20-year career in the NBA. Bryant stacked up individual and team accomplishments like pancakes during his prolonged stint in a Lakers uniform, as he earned five championships, one league MVP, two Finals MVPs and 15 All-NBA selections, among other accolades.
