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The Lakers have been injured all season, but the Game 2 loss magnified the issue.

Pau Gasol explained he was thinking about the Los Angeles Lakers' chances in the long term when he called Kobe Bryant's 47 points in 48 minutes performance against the Portland Trail Blazers "bittersweet."

Amin Elhassan ranks his top five trade-deadline deals of the past five seasons, including the Grizzlies sending Pau Gasol to the Lakers for Marc Gasol and the Knicks giving up the farm to the Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2013

With Pau Gasol out, do the Lakers have a chance to reach the postseason?

Story | Conversation | February 07, 2013

Tom Carpenter looks back at Monday's action, including Pau Gasol's solid game off the bench and his fantasy value going forward.

The Lakers stopped the bleeding, but don't be fooled as things don't get any easier.

Kobe Bryant had a simple answer for what has been plaguing the 15-16 Lakers this season: their age.

LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers on Friday retired the jersey of Jamaal Wilkes, a.k.a. "the other guy" on those early 1980s championship teams that starred Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar but never would have won all those titles without "Silk" in the...

LOS ANGELES -- Driving to the arena tonight, the talk on ESPNLA 710 Radio's "Max & Marcellus Show" being hosted by Jeff Biggs and J.A. Adande revolved around the must-win nature of Friday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Yes, there were ...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- After recently shutting it down for eight games to rest his aching knees, Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol isn't about to go back to the sidelines while dealing with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Gasol will play Fr...

Forward Pau Gasol has been diagnosed with plantar fasciitis in his right foot, the Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday. His status for Friday's home game against the Portland Trail Blazers is listed as probable. An MRI was performed Thursday by ...

DENVER -- Heading to the altitude of Denver for the second night of a back-to-back after playing at home on Christmas looked like a tall task when the NBA schedule was released in the summer. The challenge proved to be too much for the Los Angeles La...

Tom Carpenter recaps Sunday in the NBA, and discusses the fantasy values of injured bigs Pau Gasol and Amar'e Stoudemire.

Tom Carpenter recaps Sunday's news and game action, which included more bad news for Anthony Davis and positive signs for Jonas Valanciunas.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- If admission truly is the first step to recovery, then the Los Angeles Lakers maybe, just maybe, started to crawl out of the ditch they've found themselves in at the start of this season with their postgame talk after a 116-106 loss...

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Despite players, coaches and front-office members associated with the purple and gold preaching patience for a solid month as the team went winless in the preseason and laid an egg on opening night, it will be awfully hard to quiet ...