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confirmed that

LAKERS REPORTEDLY CONTEMPLATED TRADING KYLE KUZMA FOR The Lakers reportedly looked into a Kyle Kuzma for Spencer Dinwiddie trade earlier this season. Spencer Dinwiddie can become an unrestricted free agent this summer. There isn’t a LAKERS SAY CHRIS PAUL UNDERCUTTING LEBRON JAMES WAS ‘A The Lakers were not happy about the way Chris Paul collided with LeBron James at the free-throw line during Game 1. Screengrab via ESPN. LeBron James often has a LAKERS STAR ANTHONY DAVIS DOESN’T CARE IF YOU THINK HE’S Anthony Davis doesn’t ‘give a (expletive)’ if you think he’s soft. Anthony Davis isn’t worried about anyone who questions his toughness. The Lakers star says he has “nothing to prove LAKERS TO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION, NEGATIVE COVID-19AUTHOR:

HARRISON FAIGEN

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FAIGEN

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confirmed that

LAKERS REPORTEDLY CONTEMPLATED TRADING KYLE KUZMA FOR The Lakers reportedly looked into a Kyle Kuzma for Spencer Dinwiddie trade earlier this season. Spencer Dinwiddie can become an unrestricted free agent this summer. There isn’t a LAKERS SAY CHRIS PAUL UNDERCUTTING LEBRON JAMES WAS ‘A The Lakers were not happy about the way Chris Paul collided with LeBron James at the free-throw line during Game 1. Screengrab via ESPN. LeBron James often has a LAKERS STAR ANTHONY DAVIS DOESN’T CARE IF YOU THINK HE’S Anthony Davis doesn’t ‘give a (expletive)’ if you think he’s soft. Anthony Davis isn’t worried about anyone who questions his toughness. The Lakers star says he has “nothing to prove LAKERS TO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION, NEGATIVE COVID-19AUTHOR:

HARRISON FAIGEN

Lakers will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test to enter Staples Center. The Lakers revealed the rules that they will hold fans to when Staples Center re-opens in an email to DENNIS SCHRÖDER SAYS HE IS ONLY LAKERS PLAYER NOT Dennis Schröder returned to the court for the Lakers after missing seven games in the health and safety protocols, but didn’t provide a whole lot more clarity on LAKERS RUMORS: DENNIS SCHRÖDER DECLINED 4-YEAR, $84AUTHOR: HARRISON

FAIGEN

Dennis Schröder turned down a four-year, $84 million contract extension from the Lakers. Lakers starting point guard Dennis Schröder seems determined to test HOW TO WATCH KOBE BRYANT GET INDUCTED INTO BASKETBALL HALL The Class of 2020 Enshrinement Ceremony is when Bryant will be posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame by Michael Jordan, a player Bryant that NBA RUMORS: LAKERS WILL REPORTEDLY START NEXT SEASON IN 16 hours ago · Last season, the Los Angeles Lakers started training camp on Dec. 1, just 51 days after they lifted the Larry O’Brien Trophy at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. That THIS 2021 LAKERS FLAMEOUT IS A REMINDER TO ALWAYS GO ALL 17 hours ago · More From Silver Screen and Roll Podcast: Kyle Goon on why this miserable Lakers season was a championship tax; Anthony Davis doesn’t regret playing in LAKERS RUMORS: TEAMMATES DIDN’T WANT ANTHONY DAVIS TO PLAY 15 hours ago · First, let’s lead with the good news: Anthony Davis did not make his strained groin seriously worse by playing on it in Game 6 of the first round WNBA SCORES: MYSTICS BEAT SPARKS 89-71 10 hours ago · After a two-game home stand in which the defense was firing on all cylinders — and perhaps a few extra ones, as well — the Los Angeles Sparks hit the road, and were met with a KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE GOT ONE VOTE FOR DEFENSIVE PLAYER 21 hours ago · The Lakers guard was snubbed once again. There’s still a chance that Caldwell-Pope makes one of the two All-Defensive Teams, but if the voting results for WHY THIS MISERABLE LAKERS SEASON WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP TAX 13 hours ago · and then had a discussion about the truly exhausting nature of this last, seemingly endless run of basketball, and how it ultimately was the price for the team winning the championship. LAKERS PODCAST: WHICH GUARDS SHOULD THE LAKERS PRIORITIZE 1 day ago · The Lakers have lots of decisions to make this offseason in free agency, and they start at the point guard position. Dennis Schröder, Alex Caruso, and Talen Horton-Tucker will all be free

agents

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confirmed that

LAKERS STAR ANTHONY DAVIS DOESN’T CARE IF YOU THINK HE’S Anthony Davis doesn’t ‘give a (expletive)’ if you think he’s soft. Anthony Davis isn’t worried about anyone who questions his toughness. The Lakers star says he has “nothing to prove LAKERS SAY CHRIS PAUL UNDERCUTTING LEBRON JAMES WAS ‘A The Lakers were not happy about the way Chris Paul collided with LeBron James at the free-throw line during Game 1. Screengrab via ESPN. LeBron James often has a LAKERS TO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION, NEGATIVE COVID-19AUTHOR:

HARRISON FAIGEN

Lakers will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test to enter Staples Center. The Lakers revealed the rules that they will hold fans to when Staples Center re-opens in an email to DENNIS SCHRÖDER SAYS HE IS ONLY LAKERS PLAYER NOT Dennis Schröder returned to the court for the Lakers after missing seven games in the health and safety protocols, but didn’t provide a whole lot more clarity on LAKERS RUMORS: DENNIS SCHRÖDER DECLINED 4-YEAR, $84AUTHOR: HARRISON

FAIGEN

Dennis Schröder turned down a four-year, $84 million contract extension from the Lakers. Lakers starting point guard Dennis Schröder seems determined to test HOW TO WATCH KOBE BRYANT GET INDUCTED INTO BASKETBALL HALL The Class of 2020 Enshrinement Ceremony is when Bryant will be posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame by Michael Jordan, a player Bryant that SILVER SCREEN AND ROLL, A LOS ANGELES LAKERS COMMUNITYSPARKSPODCASTSABOUT Filed under: Lakers News; Marc Gasol isn’t sure if he’ll be back, but says it was ‘an honor’ to play for the Lakers. The future is uncertain for Marc Gasol and the Lakers. LAKERS VS. SUNS GAME 6 FINAL SCORE: L.A. COMEBACK ATTEMPT After trailing by as much as 29 points in the first half, the Lakers clawed their way back in the second half only to lose to the Phoenix Suns, 113-100, and get eliminated from the NBA Playoffs THIS LAKERS SEASON WAS DOOMED BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED This Lakers season was doomed before it started. New, 38. comments. The Lakers were denied a real chance to defend their title. The reasons why make some degree of NBA STATEMENT STRONGLY IMPLIES LEBRON JAMES HAS TAKEN The NBA released an update on why LeBron James was not put into isolation ahead of the NBA playoffs, and in the process may have

confirmed that

LAKERS STAR ANTHONY DAVIS DOESN’T CARE IF YOU THINK HE’S Anthony Davis doesn’t ‘give a (expletive)’ if you think he’s soft. Anthony Davis isn’t worried about anyone who questions his toughness. The Lakers star says he has “nothing to prove LAKERS SAY CHRIS PAUL UNDERCUTTING LEBRON JAMES WAS ‘A The Lakers were not happy about the way Chris Paul collided with LeBron James at the free-throw line during Game 1. Screengrab via ESPN. LeBron James often has a LAKERS TO REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION, NEGATIVE COVID-19AUTHOR:

HARRISON FAIGEN

Lakers will require proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test to enter Staples Center. The Lakers revealed the rules that they will hold fans to when Staples Center re-opens in an email to DENNIS SCHRÖDER SAYS HE IS ONLY LAKERS PLAYER NOT Dennis Schröder returned to the court for the Lakers after missing seven games in the health and safety protocols, but didn’t provide a whole lot more clarity on LAKERS RUMORS: DENNIS SCHRÖDER DECLINED 4-YEAR, $84AUTHOR: HARRISON

FAIGEN

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it

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Before injuries

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free agents

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LAKERS EXERT AS LITTLE ENERGY AS POSSIBLE IN WIN OVER WARRIORS

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The Lakers did just enough to win on the road against the Warriors in the first game of the Andrew Wiggins era.

By Harrison Faigen

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Updated Feb 8, 2020, 8:20pm PST

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The Los Angeles Lakers

came out flat,

barely tried to run competent offense for most of the night and played so little defense in the first quarter that their coach said on national television that they were “not honoring the game.” Nevertheless, despite the Lakers’ best efforts to give this one away with 24 turnovers, they managed to win anyway, coming out with a 125-120 victory mostly because the Golden State Warriors

are

terrible.

Trade-deadline acquisition

Andrew Wiggins

gave the

Warriors a bit of a spark in his debut (finishing with 24 points) while Marquese Chriss

casually

dropped 20 points in the first half because the Lakers refused to guard him. But L.A. decided to try for a few minutes to start the third quarter, and it was enough to give them a large enough cushion to survive the night with a victory despite Vogel continually needing to burn timeouts in order to stop Warriors runs down the stretch, and even with the worst team in the league keeping a game the Lakers led by as much as 21 points within 5 for most of the last few minutes. Still, even if this was about as unimpressive a win as the Lakers have had all season, there were a few positives to take away. Avery Bradley

continued

his red-hot shooting

of late,

knocking down five of his seven attempts from deep to finish with 21 points. And while this wasn’t LeBron James

’ best

game of the season, he did manage to make some history from behind the

arc.

In the third quarter, James moved into the top 15 in all-time

3-pointers made

in the game,

and knocked down three triples total to finish the night with 22 points, 11 assists and 8 rebounds (including one final 3-point dagger to ice the game with 16.9 seconds left). And a win is a win, no matter how unimpressive. This one moves the Lakers to 39-12, and it’s the team’s third victory in the last four games. The Lakers will now head home and get Sunday off before hosting the Phoenix Suns at Staples Center on Monday night. That will be the team’s second-to-last game before the All-Star break, a vacation they desperately appears to need. We’ll see if the Lakers sputter all the way there, or actually try to exert themselves in one or two of these remaining games.

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