The Los Angeles Lakers may be the most surprising team in the NBA right now. An opening night win, an upset against the Golden State Warriors, and a 10-10 record highlights their current season. Just last year, the Lakers didn’t get their 10th win until February 2nd which shows their progression already. Luke Walton has
Some NBA fans are concerned with Brandon Ingram. In the words of Packers QB Aaron Rodgers, “R-E-L-A-X.” The Lakers’ 2nd overall pick has enjoyed a nice start to his NBA career, contrary to what many others are saying. His box score stats (7 points per game, 3.1 rebounds per game, 1.7 assists per game) haven’t
The Los Angeles Lakers are off to an encouraging start to the 2016-17 season. There is a certain excitement back in the Staples Center and its not provided by Chris Paul and Blake Griffin this time. D’Angelo Russell is showing the great ability that he has at the point guard position. Ingram is fitting in well
After spending the majority of the 2015-16 campaign entrapped in Byron Scott’s doghouse, Lakers swingman Nick Young has used basketball’s prelude to the regular season to prove he’s still a serviceable scoring option for Los Angeles. Young’s hoops temperament, which is to chuck mercilessly at times and play little to no defense, coupled with the
There’s a lot of pressure that comes with being selected as the number 2 pick in the NBA draft. Brandon Ingram may be feeling that early on this preseason as this has not been the best start for the young forward. Following the draft, many were describing him as the future of this Los Angeles Lakers
Welcome to the 2016-17 Lakers Lair season roundtable. Lakers Lair is where our Society Laker fans come together to talk subjectively about their favorite team. The Los Angeles Lakers are going through their first training camp without Kobe Bryant in 20 years. Some new blood on the roster and on the sideline makes for more transitions
Los Angeles Lakers forward Julius Randle is not an inept jumper-shooter. Randle was 33-130 (25.4%) on shots ranging from 16-24 feet, including a grim 10-36 (27.8%) behind the arc. On anything that qualified as a jumper by NBA.com/stats standards, Randle shot 26.2%. He recognized that he needed to make some alterations in that area in
D’Angelo Russell is looking to take a big step as he prepares for the upcoming season. Amongst a group of young guys, at the point guard position many will look to him as a leader of this team. Looking back at last season, he gave himself harsh critique of his rookie year (via Rob Perez
Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell has already begun to forge a strong relationship with his new head coach Luke Walton, something that must be invigorating for the second-year guard from Ohio State after clashing with former head man Byron Scott for a bevy of reasons last season. In an interview with Serena Winters of
B.J. Boyer returns to the Lakers Lair, this time with a quick podcast to discuss seldom used center Tarik Black, who re-signed with Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon. In this episode of LL, Boyer talks about what Black brings to the team, what his limitations as a player are, and why re-signing him was an