The duo of LeBron James and Anthony Davis has proven they can reach the highest level when they led the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2020 NBA Championship.
From LeBron James’ and D’Angelo Russell’s contract decisions to Darvin Ham’s future with the organization, here are the five biggest questions facing the Lakers heading into the offseason.
James — who has a reputation for being hard on head coaches — has averaged a new HC every 2.6 seasons.
It has been an up-and-down two seasons for Darvin Ham as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, to say the least. There have been some rough stretches, but also some great successes.
Current Lakers head coach Darvin Ham's future with the team is far from secure.
Magic Johnson lives and breathes Los Angeles Lakers. The five-time NBA champion and showrunner of the Showtime Lakers is always involving himself when it comes to anything and everything Lakers.
The Los Angeles Lakers gave the Denver Nuggets everything they could handle in their first round playoff series. LeBron James and Anthony Davis did it all, but ultimately it was Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray coming through when it mattered most to give the Nuggets the series victory in five games.
LeBron James has a player op-out this summer for his contract with the LA Lakers. As reported by Brian Windhorst, he intends to use it and become a free agent for the first time in 5 years.
Barkley is tired of everyone making Ham the fall guy for the Lakers' first-round loss to the Nuggets.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wanted to support the Los Angeles Lakers for the season they had after a 4-1 first-round exit to the Denver Nuggets. Unfortunately, Bass did so by praising the Lakers' In-Season Tournament win instead, prompting fans ire and Bass' team deleting the tweet.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shared a post on Instagram that showcased the difference between Kobe Bryant's attitude after a series loss compared to LeBron James' Lakers.
The Los Angeles Lakers face huge problems as they look past their disappointing 2024 playoff run. The team was expected to make a run for the Larry O’Brien trophy, but they fell short to the Denver Nuggets in the first round.
Anthony Davis apparently has no problem pitching the idea that staying with the Lakers is the best option for LeBron James. With the Lakers getting eliminated from playoff contention and Lebron James reportedly opting out of his player option, it’s possible we saw the last game of the LeBron-Anthony Davis pairing.
The Lakers lost to the Denver Nuggets in five games during their Western Conference first-round playoff series.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ 2023-24 NBA journey has concluded, marked by their defeat to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs, ending their season in five games despite the efforts of LeBron James and his team.
Someone has to take the blame for the Los Angeles Lakers’ disastrous season. Unfortunately for head coach Darvin Ham, that someone appears to be him. The 50-year-old just completed his second season with the Lakers, and now that he’s seen by many as the logical scapegoat, it appears that this may have been his last.
Since the arrival of LeBron James in the Los Angeles Lakers, the goal has been to win multiple NBA championships. The Purple and Gold managed to win one title under LeBron’s reign; however, they never followed up on another.
Second-year Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham offered up a surprisingly brutal appraisal of an unnamed starter after his Purple and Gold squad had been officially eliminated from the 2024 postseason.
After getting beat by the Denver Nuggets in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers are now in their offseason. With plenty of time on their hands, the Lakers organization can use that period to restrategize and make adjustments.
Los Angeles Lakers All-Star combo forward LeBron James, still the second-best player on a playoff-bound 47-35 team even at age 39, has long expressed a desire to play next to his older son Bronny James, a freshman USC Trojans combo guard who has declared for the draft while also entering the NCAA's transfer portal.
In spite of a determined effort against the reigning champions, the Los Angeles Lakers succumbed to defeat in their opening-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets.
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