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Dwight Howard says Thunder are ‘afraid’ of Lakers: ‘I see no problems with OKC’

1 week ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Heading into the 2025 NBA Playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder might just be the team to beat in the Western Conference. They are led by one of the best players in the NBA right now in guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and the team finished the 2024-25 regular season with the NBA’s best record at 68-14. To put the Thunder’s historically dominant regular season into perspective, Oklahoma City is one of just seven teams in league history to win 68 games or more in a single season.
Rashad McCants theorizes Bradley Beal would've had no problem being asked to ‘play like Kobe Bryant’

1 week ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

In the wake of Mike Budenholzer getting dismissed from his job as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, a fascinating report has surfaced regarding what he asked out of one of his star players, guard Bradley Beal. Budenholzer reportedly told Beal he wanted him to be the “Jrue Holiday of this team,” and Beal is said to have gotten offended in response. He apparently told Budenholzer not to disrespect him.
Stephen A. Smith says J.J. Redick will win championship in 'near future': 'I don't consider it bold'

1 week ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

J.J. Redick has had a very successful inaugural season leading the Los Angeles Lakers. Under his leadership, Los Angeles has won 50 games so far in the 2024-25 campaign with the final outcome of Sunday’s season finale still up in the air. This marks the team’s first campaign with 50-plus wins since all the way back in the 2019-20 season. That season ended in a title for the Lakers. One person who’s particularly impressed with what the Lakers have accomplished under Redick is ESPN analyst Stephen A.
Paul Pierce names Austin Reaves as one of his top 5 white Americans in NBA: ‘That team ain’t beating nobody’

1 week ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves made some interesting comments regarding how he views other white NBA players not long ago, explaining that there’s a stigma that exists around them. In light of Reaves’ comments, Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce rattled off his top five white Americans in the NBA today.
Brian Windhorst says something changed for Luka Doncic and Lakers on Wednesday: ‘He felt it’

2 weeks ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Wednesday night’s contest between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks was emotional for guard Luka Doncic in the sense that it marked his first game back at American Airlines Center since Dallas parted ways with him leading up to the trade deadline. But the Lakers rallied around Doncic, who went off for 45 points, and the team managed to come out on top in the game. Lakers forward LeBron James chipped in 27 points, and fellow forward Rui Hachimura dropped 15 of his own.
Austin Reaves on how he sometimes looks at white players: 'They're not very good'

2 weeks ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves is amid a career year in the NBA and has done enough to be mentioned in the race for the Most Improved Player award, even if he’s facing long odds to win it. He’s averaging career-highs in points (20.2), rebounds (4.5), assists (5.8) and steals (1.1) per game in the 2024-25 campaign for a Lakers team that owns a top-three seed in the Western Conference currently.
Austin Reaves shares Anthony Davis' immediate reaction to trade in Lakers group chat

2 weeks ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves and forward LeBron James were on the heels of standout performances in a Feb. 1 victory over the New York Knicks when they caught wind of the team’s apparent decision to trade big man Anthony Davis. The Reaves-James duo had just combined for 60 points in the contest with Davis sidelined, leading to chatter between Reaves and James about how effective the Lakers could be with Davis also in the mix.
Anthony Davis makes succinct statement about facing Lakers: 'No emotions'

2 weeks ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Dallas Mavericks star big man Anthony Davis is slated to face off against his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, on Wednesday for the first time since the storied franchise traded him to the Mavericks for a package highlighted by guard Luka Doncic. Los Angeles and Dallas previously did battle on Feb. 25 in what was Doncic’s first game playing against the Mavericks, but Davis was sidelined for the contest with an adductor strain.
Skip Bayless implies LeBron James stat-padded vs. Pelicans: ‘Highly unimpressive points'

2 weeks ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James put together yet another big scoring performance in his 22nd NBA season in Los Angeles’ win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday. He dropped 27 points and reached that point total in pretty efficient fashion, as he shot 9-of-17 from the field, 2-of-7 from deep and 7-of-8 from the line. But longtime sports media talking head Skip Bayless was quick to downplay the impressiveness of James’ scoring showing.
T-Mac says LeBron would get ‘crushed’ in 1-on-1 vs. NBA players: ‘And I’m sure LeBron would tell you that'

3 weeks ago | lakersdaily.com | Jesse Cinquini

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has been a phenomenal scorer throughout his lengthy stint in the NBA. James has one scoring title and is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. He’s also quite the accomplished player on the defensive end of the floor. He has been named All-Defense six times and finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting in two separate seasons.