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August 31, 2016

Excited Lakers provide early look at new training center

After Kobe Bryant's retirement and the worst season in team history, the Los Angeles Lakers' quest to rebuild a championship ...

Lakers forward Nance has 'probable fracture' in right hand

The Los Angeles Lakers say forward Larry Nance Jr. has a "probable fracture" is in right hand. Nance played Thursday in an ...

Tim Duncan

Duncan's retirement the latest in a summer full of goodbyes

Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant. Dwyane Wade and Kevin Durant. Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah. Players synonymous with their cities ...

Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant

Different exits, same Hall of Fame future for Kobe, Duncan

First Kobe Bryant, now Tim Duncan. A two-decade chapter of NBA history has closed. Two giants of their generation retired ...

Snoop Dogg gives Kobe Bryant a Lakers-themed convertible

Kobe Bryant has received a one-of-a-kind retirement gift from rapper Snoop Dogg: a Los Angeles Lakers-themed convertible.

Nick Young

Video shows Lakers' Nick Young holding firework that bursts

It looks like Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young hasn't learned much about fireworks safety from New York Giants defensive ...

Luol Deng

AP source: Lakers get Luol Deng for 4 years, $72 million

With Kobe Bryant gone and the team in desperate need of mature leadership, the Los Angeles Lakers are turning to Luol Deng ...

Lakers selling their future, not history, to free agents

The Los Angeles Lakers spent the last few summers attempting to sell the NBA's top free agents on the franchise's glamorous ...

Nick Young, Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea, Nick Young split up over 'trust' issues

Rapper Iggy Azalea and Los Angeles Lakers star Nick Young have called off their engagement months after a social media ...

Draymond Green

As NBA Finals move to Cleveland, Warriors looking unbeatable

When the Golden State Warriors returned to Cleveland in January for the first time since clinching the championship there ...

Draymond Green

Warriors whip Cavaliers 110-77 to take 2-0 NBA Finals lead

Draymond Green emphatically flexed his bulging biceps with big plays on both ends of the floor, and these Golden State ...

Chamberlain

Warriors-Cavaliers are the 14th NBA Finals rematch

It'll either be repeat or redemption. A rematch will decide. Cleveland and Golden State are about to reunite in the NBA ...

Ex-NBA player Kermit Washington arrested in Los Angeles

Kermit Washington, a former NBA player who notoriously gave a bone-breaking face punch to the Houston Rockets' Rudy ...

DeMarre Carroll, LeBron James

DeRozan, Raptors end Cavaliers' streak with 99-84 win

Cleveland's perfect playoff run went south in the north. DeMar DeRozan scored 32 points, Bismack Biyombo set a Toronto ...

Cavs 9-0 in these playoffs, and joining rarefied NBA air

Starting a postseason 9-0 does not guarantee a championship. Neither does 10-0. Or even 11-0, for that matter. But the ...

76ers win NBA draft lottery, Lakers stay at No. 2, keep pick

The Philadelphia 76ers have lost big for three years, when they appeared to value draft picks more than players. They got a ...

After lots of losing, 76ers hope to win big in NBA lottery

The Philadelphia 76ers lost plenty the previous two seasons, though never managed to lose the most. This season, they finally ...

At LA arena, Dylan rocked, Nixon talked, Clippers flopped

The dump will jump no more. The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, the building that Bruce Springsteen affectionately dubbed ...

Russell Westbrook, Tony Parker

Westbrook leads Thunder past Spurs, 95-91, for 3-2 lead

Russell Westbrook couldn't be stopped down the stretch, not even when the San Antonio Spurs were trying to foul him.

Byron Scott

Former Lakers coach Byron Scott 'shocked' over firing

Former Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott says he thought he had more time to right the ship before the team fired him ...