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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...

Mike Brown plans to "stay the course" despite the Lakers' 0-3 start.

The Los Angeles Lakers have expressed interest in free-agent guard Delonte West, according to a league source.

With the No. 3 seed in the West already locked up heading into Thursday's regular-season finale against the Kings, the Lakers' coaching staff is planning to sit team's stars and use the game as a talent evaluator for its young players.

If Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown learned anything from Sunday's 102-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, it's that even a seemingly routine substitution involving Kobe Bryant can become a point of discussion for L.A. sports fans.

Ramon Sessions was the Los Angeles Lakers' starting point guard Friday against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Los Angeles Lakers might have traded for Ramon Sessions with the intention of him replacing Derek Fisher, but that doesn't mean Sessions will replace Fisher's spot in the starting lineup just yet.

Lakers coach Mike Brown said he did not address the team about Thursday's trades, nor did he confer with Kobe Bryant to hear his thoughts about losing his longtime backcourt mate in Derek Fisher.

After playing with a face mask Tuesday, Kobe Bryant says he has no hard feelings toward Dwyane Wade following the concussion and broken nose he suffered from the Heat star's hard foul.

Mike Brown credits the great play of LeBron James for helping him get the Lakers coaching job.

Kobe Bryant, who has been playing with a torn ligament in his wrist this season, says the injury is getting better.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown would have good reason to harbor bitterness toward the Cleveland Cavaliers but he says he understands the NBA is a business.

Forwards Josh McRoberts and Troy Murphy re-entered the Lakers' lineup at the same time Steve Blake will be out 3-4 weeks with a costochondral fracture.

Taking a glance at the NBA standings two weeks into the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season can be pretty confusing. The defending-champion Dallas Mavericks are just 3-5, while the Deron Williams-and- Jerry Sloan-less Utah Jazz are 4-3. Boston and...

Metta World Peace had the least productive campaign of his 12-year career last season, averaging career lows in points per game (8.5), rebounds per game (3.3) and shooting percentage (39.7). Lamar Odom had one of the best seasons of this career la...

Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak knows that the particulars of the post-lockout world will present new challenges for him to continue to field a championship-caliber team.