June 2, 2020 LeBron James, Stephen Jackson share powerful conversation following death of Jackson's friend George Floyd Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James and former NBA player Stephen Jackson, a good friend of George Floyd, shared a powerful conversation on Monday after Jackson gave a passionate speech about his late friend.
May 31, 2020 Vanessa Bryant posts old photo of Kobe Bryant in 'I Can't Breathe' shirt amid George Floyd death, riots Vanessa Bryant, the widow of the late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, shared her thoughts on the death of George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer when he had his knee on Floyd’s neck as he screamed for help and couldn’t breathe.
May 27, 2020 LeBron James, other star athletes speak out on George Floyd's death LeBron James and other pro athletes spoke out about the police-involved death of a Minnesota man Tuesday with some throwing their support toward NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
May 24, 2020 Charles Barkley says he played game drunk for 76ers after Lakers trade fell through When NBA great Charles Barkley was on the Philadelphia 76ers during the 1992 season, he said his agent told him that by the end of the day, he would be a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, so he started drinking -- before the trade fell through.
May 24, 2020 Ex-NBA All-Star Kermit Washington denied prison release despite coronavirus concerns: report Kermit Washington, a former NBA All-Star serving six years in federal prison for charity fraud, was denied release despite concerns over the coronavirus, according to a report Sunday.
May 22, 2020 Kobe Bryant 'truly thought he was better than Michael Jordan,' NBA great Tracy McGrady recalls The late Kobe Bryant was a student of basketball, studied Michael Jordan’s career and maybe more than any other player of his era replicated him on the court.
May 20, 2020 Magic Johnson thinks these 5 NBA players could have competed in Michael Jordan era One of the biggest debates among basketball fans is whether NBA stars of the present could compete in the era when players like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas dominated.
May 19, 2020 LeBron James believes he would have meshed well as Michael Jordan's teammate LeBron James played fantasy basketball on Monday.
May 18, 2020 Michael Jordan 'had really one job,' ex-NBA player argues in debate of greatest player of all time The Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James debate was revisited over the last month during the airing of “The Last Dance” and one of James’ former teammates threw his support behind “The King.”
May 18, 2020 Lakers' Dwight Howard healing after death of son's mother The mother of Dwight Howard's 6-year-old son died nearly six weeks ago due to an epileptic seizure, the Los Angeles Lakers center says.
