Jovan Buha
Senior Reporter, Lakers at The Athletic
Senior NBA reporter covering the Lakers @TheAthletic. Buha's Block podcast. Serbian & Puerto Rican. YouTube/TikTok/IG: @jovanbuha. Pronounced: Yo-von Boo-ha.
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Jovan Buha
The Los Angeles Lakers have signed Rob Pelinka to a multiyear contract extension and named him president of basketball operations and general manager, the team announced Friday. "For eight seasons, I have relied on Rob's vision and leadership to do what's best for the Lakers organization," Lakers governor Jeanie Buss said in a statement.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Jovan Buha
The big Lakers question: Can their center-less lineups hold up? Trading Davis and rescinding the Mark Williams trade has settled the Lakers on a center-less identity. While Jaxson Hayes has been largely impressive and outperformed his veteran's minimum contract, the Lakers are often at their best with some frontline combination of James, Hachimura, Dorian Finney-Smith and Jarred Vanderbilt.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jovan Buha
The Los Angeles Lakers opened the preseason and regular season against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and now they'll open the postseason against them as well. The No. 3 seed Lakers will host the No. 6 Timberwolves in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. Game 1 is Saturday in Los Angeles. Los Angeles closed the regular season short-handed in a 109-81 road loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Jovan Buha
LOS ANGELES - Duke star freshman Cooper Flagg said he doesn't plan on rewatching Duke's 70-67 Final Four loss to Houston as he continues to process the heartbreaking end to his season. "I haven't watched any film from the game yet," Flagg told The Athletic on Friday at the 2025 John R. Wooden Award availability at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Jovan Buha
DALLAS - In February, at the Lakers' UCLA Health Training Facility in El Segundo, Calif., Dončić sat hunched over, staring at the ground or into the distance. There were respites for smiles and smirks, but Dončić, a typically reserved but jovial personality, was still processing the shock of the blockbuster trade that shipped him from Dallas to Los Angeles. "That first day was really hard," Dončić said at his introductory news conference.
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