Now that the season is over for the Los Angeles Lakers, there are many questions surrounding the historic franchise when it comes to its future. The obvious elephant in the room is the task of keeping Dwight Howard. The Lakers can offer him a max deal of up to $118 million, $30 million more than any other franchise. Howard has [...]

Win or lose, Dwight Howard deserves the support of Lakers fans because he gave us all he’s got and he wasn’t 100% all year. He’s the best center in the league when healthy and there is no argument here: no one can step up to him when he is healthy, so please stop and think about what you are saying. [...]

  The Los Angeles Lakers are entering unfamiliar territory this summer. They will be without owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, which leaves his son, Jim Buss, as the man in charge. Serious questions surround not only the direction that the team will choose this summer, but also the possible long term effects. The Lakers are roughly $30 million over the cap limit, which leaves [...]

It can be best described as a soap opera – yes, I’m talking about this season for the Los Angeles Lakers. The season has finally come to an end in dramatic Hollywood fashion, with the Lakers being swept out of the playoffs by the San Antonio Spurs 103-82 in Game 4, finishing way short of their championship aspirations. What was [...]

The Lakers lost again tonight, but I’m not ready to throw in the towel just yet. As I sit here, it is 11:54 PM on Friday night and the Los Angeles Lakers just lost Game 3 to the San Antonio Spurs. I look to my left and see a poster of Kobe Bryant - I think to myself: what could have been? But, [...]

Welcome to the Lakerholicz.com edition of Throwback Thursdays! Each Thursday, we will recognize a random moment in Laker history. It can be anything like classic game winning shots, interviews, quotes, trash talking, dunks, etc. Some memories will be completely random, while others may be relative to what is happening in the present day. The Lakers are currently losing a playoff [...]

With the Lakers being down 0-2 to the San Antonio Spurs – and with the purple and gold heading back to Los Angeles to face the Spurs for Game 3 and 4 on Friday and Sunday night – this series not yet over for the Lakers. Kobe Bryant will be in the house for both games, and that may give the [...]

Lakers tickets  Before the start of this season, expectations were really high with the acquisitions of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard. Most people thought the Lakers were going to coast all the way to title 17, but no. This year has been a roller coaster and a really emotional type of season for the Los Angeles Lakers - anything that could [...]

The following is a guest post by Jory Dreher: As the winner of the Defensive Player of the Year was revealed, something within my stomach began to turn in disgust. It’s not that Marc Gasol isn’t a good defender, but Defensive Player of the Year? In a league where Serge Ibaka posted a remarkable 3.0 blocks per game (compared to Marc’s [...]

The torn Achilles injury that took place for Kobe Bryant against the Golden State Warriors has left many fans around Los Angeles waiting to see what the next step is for the Black Mamba on his road to recovery, hoping this is not the last we have seen from him. In the meantime, the Lakers have closed out the regular season [...]