Yesterday, we told you about a rumor via Sam Amico: apparently, the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to move up in the draft via trade. Today, Steve Kyler of HoopsWorld said on Twitter that he hasn’t heard anything about the Lakers looking to move up in the draft – in fact, they’ve apparently been very nonchalant about the entire process, [...]

Mitch Kupchak said it himself during his exit interview: the activity and chatter around the league beings heat up as the NBA draft in June approaches. Officials from teams are gathering at the draft combine in Chicago right now, and naturally, the rumor mill is beginning to churn. According to Sam Amico, the Los Angeles Lakers are among the teams [...]

With Metta World Peace reportedly intending to opt-in to his $7.7 million contract for next season, it’s not all that surprising that the Los Angeles Lakers are hoping that Metta will decline his player option and becomes a free agent, as Sam Amico reports: If Metta does opt-in for next season, the Lakers will most likely amnesty him. While this [...]

When Phil Jackson agreed to help out with the Detroit Pistons‘ coaching search this off-season, it seemed like a sure thing that one of Jackson’s ex-assistant coaches would get a shot at the job, and it appears they will. Brian Shaw is being lined up to interview for the head coaching position, according to Hoops Rumors. Shaw is currently an [...]

Are the Los Angeles Clippers preparing to make a run at Dwight Howard? According to the Dallas Morning News - via the Houston Chronicle - some executives around the league have heard that the Clippers are looking to do just that: For the Clippers to clear enough cap room to sign Howard, they’d need to do a fair bit of shuffling, which would include trading [...]

Back in 2007, many Laker fans were praying for Kevin Garnett to get traded to Los Angeles. Could he finally end up wearing purple and gold six years later? According to the Boston Celtics‘ sideline reporter Greg Dickerson, Garnett would likely only waive his no-trade clause to be traded to the Los Angeles Clippers or Los Angeles Lakers. Garnett of course [...]

The trade of James Harden to the Houston Rockets before the start of the season was absolutely shocking. It came out of nowhere. Suddenly, the lowly Rockets were catapulted into the Western Conference’s playoff picture, beating a plethora of good teams throughout the season and even took the Thunder to 6 games in the playoffs. Led by Harden, Jeremy Lin, [...]

Metta World Peace may have played his last game as a Laker. MWP has an early termination option in his contract this off-season. If Metta doesn’t take it, he’ll be on the Lakers’ books for $7.7 million next season which could cause him to get amnestied by the Los Angeles Lakers. According to Larry Coon, Metta won’t opt-out of his [...]

Steve Clifford is a man in high demand right now. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers‘ assistant coach is scheduled to meet with the Milwaukee Bucks today to discuss their head coaching vacancy: Clifford is also expected to talk with the Charlotte Bobcats about their head coaching position. Mike D’Antoni apparently wants to bring Clifford back next year, [...]

Former Laker Mark Madsen is coming back to Los Angeles. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Lakers’ D-League affiliate team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, are looking to bring in Madsen to coach their squad: After having their best season ever in 2011-12 as they went 38-12, they followed it up with a poor 21-29 record last season. Sometimes, it’s hard to [...]