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Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports For a franchise that has won 16 titles, any Los Angeles Lakers season that doesn't end with a championship is considered a failure. But rather than just dole out a blanket "F" for the Lakers' disappointing 2012-13 ...

SAN ANTONIO -- The Los Angeles Lakers said all the right things Wednesday after it became official that Mike Brown, who was let go by the Lakers in November after the team's 0-8 preseason and 1-4 regular season start, was rehired by the Cleveland Cav...

Despite returning to limited practice this week, Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Blake is still experiencing pain in his groin and will require additional treatment.

HOUSTON -- With the Los Angeles Lakers' starting power forward, starting center and primary back-up big man all sidelined indefinitely, Metta World Peace could be relied upon to play some center in their stead. Despite standing just 6-7 and not ha...

It has been six games since Devin Ebanks last appeared in a game for the Los Angeles Lakers. The time frame coincides with the amount of games the team has played since Mike Brown was fired, but the dearth in playing time also started immediately fol...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- With all the drama surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers since the start of training camp -- from a winless preseason, to Steve Nash getting hurt, Mike Brown being fired, Phil Jackson being spurned and Mike D'Antoni being hired -- ...

LOS ANGELES -- The exchange had the feeling of one of those commercials you see after a team wins a championship. "Hey, so and so, you just won the Super Bowl, what are you going to do next?" So and so: "I'm going to Disney World!" Only this...

Although Mike D'Antoni is still on crutches after his recent knee surgery, he's already at work with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Before Kobe Bryant told reporters last week he wanted Phil Jackson back as his coach, there was a different name he told to Los Angeles Lakers management: Mike D'Antoni.

Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said the decision to hire Mike D'Antoni instead of Phil Jackson didn't come down to money, demands over personnel control or travel restrictions. It came down to basketball.

There is still a bit of shock making its way throughout Southern California as Lakers fans learn that Mike D'Antoni, not Phil Jackson, has been hired as the team's new coach. There's plenty of intrigue surrounding the decision -- the circumstances...

Here's how Mike Brown spent his penultimate night as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers: The Lakers plane landed back in L.A. just after midnight Thursday following the team's 95-86 road loss on Wednesday night in Utah that dropped its record to...

LOS ANGELES -- There was no pomp for the purple. No circumstance for the gold. Nope, there was no celebration when Bernie Bickerstaff was introduced as the 23rd head coach in Lakers' team history. The 68-year-old basketball lifer has seen it al...

Kobe Bryant isn't worried about the Lakers' 1-4 start.

This certainly isn't Kobe Bryant's first rodeo. The 34-year-old veteran has just about seen it all in his 17-year career, from an NBA Finals Game 7 to a first-round flameout in the playoffs to everything in between. So it's entirely feasible Br...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Kobe Bryant didn't waste any time leaving the court after the Los Angeles Lakers lost 95-86 to the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. Bryant made a beeline to the locker room with a scowl on his face as the Lakers fell to 1-4 to start a season...